Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Frankie Williamson
Feb 17, 2015
Frankie P. Williamson, 90, of Clayton, Georgia., died Tuesday February 17, 2015 at her home. She was the widow of Albert Frank (Buff) Williamson, who died in 2010.Born in Rabun County September 10, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Birdie Canup Philyaw. She was a member of the Clayton Baptist Church and was a registered nurse...
Opal Nichols
Feb 14, 2015
Opal Burrell Nichols, 91, of the Persimmon Community, died Saturday February 14, 2015 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center.Born in Towns County, August 18, 1923 she was the daughter of the late Garnett and Ethel McNabb Burrell. She was a loving mother of nine Children, four grandchildren and one great great grandchild. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith....
Marian Gregory
Feb 11, 2015
Marian Edith Hollifield Gregory, 94, of Maple Valley Drive in the Tiger Community, died in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia., Wednesday evening February 11, 2015. Born in Rabun County June 29, 1920 she was the daughter of the late John D. Hollifield, Sr., and Nora Keener Hollifield. She was a seamstress in the textile industry and was a...
Ernest Cox
Feb 10, 2015
Ernest Dewy Cox, 73, of Sherwood Lane Clayton, Georgia., died Tuesday February 10, 2015 at his home in the Chechero Community.Born in Charleston, South Carolina., April 15, 1941, he was the son of the late Robert and Margaret Doar Hanrahan. He was a dental technician, a U.S. air force veteran of Vietnam, a member of the VFW and a member...
Linda Mackin
Feb 6, 2015
Linda Gail Ramey Mackin, 62, of Stockbridge, Georgia., formerly of Clayton died Friday February 6, 2015 in Southern Regional Hospital in Riverdale, Georgia., after a long illness.She was born August 26, 1952 in Seneca, South Carolina., to Louise Holt Ramey of Clayton and the late Vernice A. Ramey. She was a homemaker and in her younger years attended the Clayton...
Charles Reeder
Feb 4, 2015
Charles Thomas Reeder, 82, of Tiger, Georgia., affectionately known as “Tom” died Wednesday February 4, 2015 in Mountain View Health Care.Born in Montrose, Missouri., February 3, 1933, he was the son of the late David Huse Reeder and Katherine Ethel Wickline Reeder. Mr. Reeder was a real estate developer. He was an airplane pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps., in...
Clifford Nichols
Feb 2, 2015
Clifford Vaughn Nichols, 70, of Clayton, Georgia., went to Heaven on February 2, 2015 after a long illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vaughn and Marie Eller Nichols, One daughter, Angela K. Nichols all of Clayton and two sisters, Violet Richmond of Maryland and Viola Eller of Virginia. Clifford is survived by one son, Anthony (Jeanna) Nichols...
Victor Franks
Feb 1, 2015
Victor Franks, 92, of Highway 76 East, Clayton, Georgia., died Sunday February 1, 2015 in Macon, Georgia. He was born July 2, 1922 in Blue Ridge, Georgia., and had spent most of his life in North Carolina and Rabun County, Georgia. He was an automobile mechanic and was a U.S. Army Veteran of WW II and the Korean War. He...
Gilbert Kelly
Jan 30, 2015
Gilbert Allen Kelly, 85 of Oak Ridge passed away at his home on January 30, 2015.He was born to parents Earl and Margie Carver Kelly on December 7, 1929 in Rabun Co. Georgia .Gilbert served in the US Army from 1951-1953. He then became a carpenter with Martin Marietta Energy Systems. He also was a member of the Carpenters Local...
Doris Burrell
Jan 26, 2015
Doris Mae Stancil Burrell, 77, of Lakemont, Georgia., died Monday January 26, 2015 in the Oaks of Scenic View Nursing Home, Baldwin, Georgia.Born in Rabun County, September 12, 1937 she was the daughter of the late Joseph R. Stancil and Josephine Rose Stancil. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Camp Creek Baptist Church.She was twice married...
Bud, June Runion
Jan 26, 2015
Elrey “Bud” Runion, 69, and June Runion, 66, of Marietta died Monday, January 26, 2015.Funeral Services will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday at Mount Paran North in Marietta with Dr. Mark Walker officiating. Bud and June were married for 38 years. Bud was the founder of Forever Grateful Ministries.Survivors include their daughters and her step-daughter, Virginia Owens (Heath) of Cleveland,...
Robin Porterfield
Jan 23, 2015
Robin Iona Alexander Porterfield, 51, of Martin, Georgia., died Friday January 23, 2015 at her home. Born in Toccoa, Georgia., July 3, 1963, she was the daughter of Craig and Anna Free Alexander of Martin, Georgia. She was the widow of William Douglas Porterfield. Mrs. Porterfield was a dispatcher for the trucking industry and was a member of the Bethlehem...
Billy Watts
Jan 4, 2015
Billy Jarrell (Bill) Watts, 76, of Bridge Creek Road Tiger, Georgia., died Sundy January 4, 2015 at his home.Born in Rabun County September 21, 1938, he was the son of the late Roy Milton Watts and Arietta Wall Watts. He was a farmer, a security guard, an avid fisherman and hunter, a Baptist, a charter member of Rabun Rescue and...
Cecil Davis
Dec 30, 2014
Cecil Garland Davis, 64, of Amanda Drive, Clayton, Georgia., died Tuesday December 30, 2014 in Wilks County Georgia.Born in Altavista, Virginia., he was the son of Elma Mae Chumley Davis and the late Cecel O. Davis. He was a heavy equipment operator in the construction industry and was a Baptist. He is survived by his wife, Cecilia Ramey (Teeter) Davis...
Shirley Galloway
Dec 28, 2014
Shirley M. Kilby Galloway, 78, of the Warwoman Community, Clayton, Georgia., died Sunday December 28, 2014 at Mountain View Health Care.Born in Rabun County, July 20, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Austin and Mae Justus Kilby. She was the wife of Lawton Galloway. Shirley was retired from the textile industry and was a homemaker and a member...
Annie Garrett
Dec 26, 2014
Annie Mae Welch Garrett, 75, of Playhouse Drive, Mountain City, Georgia., widow of Wilkin B. (Jack) Garrett died Friday December 26, 2014 at her residence.Born in Rabun County October 17, 1939 she was the daughter of the late George W. Welch and Beuna Pennington Welch. She had lived her entire life in Rabun County. She had retired from Burlington and...
Mary Dale
Dec 24, 2014
Mary Lou (Norris) Dale, 80, of Maysville, Georgia died December 24, 2014 at her residence. She was the widow of William P. Dale.Born in Hall County Georgia June 2, 1934 she was the daughter of the late Ruben and Florida Tatum Norris. She was a laborer in the poultry industry and was of the Baptist Faith.She was preceded in death...
Emanuel Hunt
Dec 20, 2014
Emanuel C. Hunt, 89, affectionately known as (E.C. or Manny) died December 20, 2014 in Clayton, Georgia., at his residence of natural causes.Emanuel was born on December 17, 1925 in White City, Florida to Millard and Patronella Weyers Hunt. He had two sisters, and three brothers. He graduated from St. Anastasia High School in Ft. Pierce, FL., and served in...
Nellie Turpin
Dec 20, 2014
Nellie Belle York Turpin, 99, of the Warwoman Community, beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother and widow of Martin Jesse Turpin peacefully went home to meet her Lord on Saturday December 20, 2014 at her home, which was her greatest wish.Born in Rabun County July 9, 1915 she was the oldest of eleven children born to the late John Escoe...
Sue Tyler
Dec 20, 2014
Sue Dickerson Tyler, 76, of Wade Lane Clayton, Georgia., died Saturday December 20, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia.Sue was born in Rabun County, Georgia., August 28, 1938 to the late William Gordon Dickerson and Eula Taylor Dickerson. She was a nurse’s aid and attended Mountain Grove Baptist Church.She was preceded in death besides her parents, by her...
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