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Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas

Onie  Gragg

Onie Gragg

Apr 27, 2015

A Celebration of Life for Onie Nay Nunnally Gragg is scheduled for 11:00 A.M. Wednesday April 29, 2015 at the New Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home Clayton, Georgia., conducted by Rev. Danny Cannon and Layman Lloyd Hunter. Burial will follow at the Flat Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Lakemont, Georgia.Mrs. Gragg went home to be with the Lord on Monday...

Deleur  Gordon

Deleur Gordon

Apr 27, 2015

Deleur Carson Gordon died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on the morning of April 27, 2015.Born May 27, 1931, in Greene County, Georgia, raised in Athens, Georgia., she spent the last 30 years in lakemont, Rabun County, Georgia.She was preceded in death by her parents, Inez Ayers and Samuel Carson, two brothers, Bubba and Buck Carson, and two...

Howard Coan

Howard Coan

Apr 25, 2015

Howard Winston (Butch) Coan, 70, of Sky Valley Way in Dillard, Georgia., died Saturday Evening, April 25, 2015 at his residence.Born in Harrisonburg, Virginia., May 14, 1944. He was the son of the late Frank Perry Coan, Sr., and Mary Kanney Coan. He worked in management in Sky Valley for a long time and was of the Baptist Faith.Butch was...

Alton Welborn

Alton Welborn

Apr 23, 2015

Alton N. Welborn, 75, of the Liberty Community, Tiger, GA., died Thursday April 23, 2015, at his home.Born in Rabun County, Georgia., October 25, 1939 He was the son of the late Buster (Buck) Welborn and Savannah Justus Welborn.Alton Retired as a landscaper and had worked in the building industry for a number of years. He was of the Baptist...

Ronald Garrison

Ronald Garrison

Apr 13, 2015

Ronald Douglas Garrison, 69, of Clayton, Georgia., died Monday April 13, 2015 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center.Born in Jackson, Michigan., November 18, 1945, he was the son of the late John W. Garrison, Sr., and Dorothy Simpson Garrison. He was an automobile mechanic and was of the Catholic Faith.He was the last member of his immediate family. He is survived...

David  Speed

David Speed

Apr 8, 2015

David Allen Speed, 55 died Wednesday April 8, 2015 at Georgia Regence University Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia., after a lengthy illness with cancer.He was born June 4, 1959, in Rabun County to the late Richard A. Speed and Dorothy (Seay) Speed.He was the sixth of seven children born to Richard and Dorothy Speed. He was of the Baptist Faith, a...

Lois Trotter

Lois Trotter

Apr 6, 2015

Lois Chamblee Trotter, age 83 of Demorest, passed away Monday, April 06, 2015, at her residence. Born in Rabun County on March 18, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Lester Verdo Chamblee and Dollie Bell Wilborn Chamblee. Mrs. Trotter was a homemaker and member of Old Nacoochee Baptist Church. She enjoyed working in her yard, flowers, and sewing....

Jesse Sherrill

Jesse Sherrill

Apr 2, 2015

Jesse Claude Sherrill, 33, of Muscadine Lane Clayton, GA., died Thursday April 2, 2015 at his residence.Born in Gastonia, North Carolina., October 7, 1981 he was the son of Ronald Edward Sherrill and Rita Lee Branch. He was a landscaper, and loved the outdoors riding his motorcycle. He was an avid member of Ibar International Brother Hood of Adventure Riders....

Patricia Fair

Patricia Fair

Mar 24, 2015

Patricia Robinson Fair, 71, of Black Branch Road, Rabun Gap, GA., died Tuesday night March 24, 2015 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center Clayton, Georgia. Born in Rabun County Georgia July 4, 1943 she was the daughter of the late Carl Robinson and Bessie Hopper Robinson. She was a textile worker for Haynes and was of the Baptist Faith.She was preceded...

Rev. Donald Gragg

Rev. Donald Gragg

Mar 23, 2015

Rev. Donald Phillip Gragg 85, of West Wolf Creek Lakemont, Georgia., died March 23, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Georgia. He was the husband of Dovie Gragg.He was born in Rabun County Georgia. April 13, 1929 to the late Ralph Gragg and Noba Key Gragg. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and a Heavy Equipment Mechanic he also...

Brenda  Bryson

Brenda Bryson

Mar 20, 2015

Brenda Louise Bryson, 64, of Tiger, Georgia., died Friday March, 20, 2015 at her residence surrounded by her loving family and friends.Born in Highlands, North Carolina., November 11, 1950 she was the daughter of the late John Hayes Bryson and Bessie Owens Bryson. She was a Security Guard for Fruit of the Loom for many years and was of the...

Clyde  Leroy

Clyde Leroy

Mar 19, 2015

Clyde Alvin Leroy, 64, of Colchester Lane, Mt. City, Georgia., died Thursday March 19, 2015 at Gentiva Hospice in Athens, Georgia.Born in Oconee, South Carolina., July 2, 1950 he was the son of the late Abrham Anderson Leroy and Margie Sarah Pointer Leroy. He worked for the Dillard House for many years and was of the Baptist Faith.He was preceded...

Donald  Dickerson

Donald Dickerson

Mar 15, 2015

Donald Boyd Dickerson, 86, of Rabun Gap, died Tuesday March 15 , 2016 , in Mountain View , Clayton , Ga. Born in Rabun County March 27 , 1929 , and was the son of the late , Joesph Edward and Alma Ramey Dickerson. Donald was a member of the Blue Heights Baptist Church for a number of years, he...

Randall  Hudgins

Randall Hudgins

Mar 13, 2015

Randall Goode Hudgins, 60, of Garrett Lane Clayton, Georgia., died Friday March 13, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia.Born in Dekalb, Georgia., September 5, 1954 he was the son of the late H.T. Hudgins and Jane Goode Hudgins. He worked in demolitions and asbestos removal for many years. He was preceded in death besides his parents, by one...

Everard  Siller

Everard Siller

Mar 12, 2015

Dr. Everard J. “Rod” SillerRod Siller, M.D., 82, of Scaly Mt., N.C. died March 12, 2015 at his home surrounded by friends, following a long illness.Born on August 29, 1932 to Everado Siller and Elizabeth Crawford Bell, he was raised partly in Tennessee but spent most of his formative years in the rural area around Atlanta. He attended Marist High...

Betty  Justus

Betty Justus

Mar 9, 2015

Betty Kendrix Smith Justus, 79, of East Wolf Creek Road Tiger, GA., died Monday March 9, 2015 at her daughter’s residence with her loved ones by her side. Born in Rabun County, Georgia., October 16, 1935 she was the daughter of the late Willis Pinkney Kendrix and Cora Moore. She was preceded in death by two husbands, first to the...

Marlor  Speed

Marlor Speed

Mar 5, 2015

Marlor Calvin Speed, Jr., 89, of Clayton, GA., died Thursday March 5, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Georgia. He was the husband of Margaret Kinney Speed.Born in Clayton, Georgia., August 21, 1925 he was the son of the late Marlor Calvin Speed, Sr., and Amanda Norton Speed. Mr. Speed was a farmer and was of the Baptist Faith.He...

George Welch

George Welch

Mar 3, 2015

George Welch, Jr., 78, of Westninster, SC., died Tuesday March 3, 2015 at Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Rabun County, Georgia., May 25, 1936 he was the son of the late George Welch, Sr., and Ethel Webb . He was a heavy equipment operator and was of the Baptist Faith.He was preceded in death besides his parents, by sisters, Phyllis...

Alvin Turpin

Alvin Turpin

Mar 3, 2015

Alvin Jesse Turpin, 70, of Warwoman Road died Tuesday March 3, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia. Surrounded by his loving family.Born in Clayton, Georgia., September 29, 1944 he was the son, of the late Martin Jesse Turpin and Nellie York Turpin. Alvin was U.S. Army Veteran serving in Viet Nam he also retired from the Textile Industry...

Mary Webb

Mary Webb

Feb 20, 2015

Mary Viola Webb, 68, of Colchester Lane, Mountain City, Georgia., died Friday February 20, 2015 at her residence.Born in Macon County, North Carolina., August 29, 1946 she was the daughter of Mary Magdaline Beasley O’shields, of Tiger, and the late William Harry Webb. She loved her friends and family and was of the Baptist Faith.She was preceded in death, besides...

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