Obituaries

Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

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...

Frankie  Williamson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...