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Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Inez Carnes

Inez Carnes

Dec 19, 2014

Inez Snyder Carnes, 79, of Tiger, Georgia., wife of Rev. Cranford E. Carnes died Friday December 19, 2014 in Gateway Health & Rehab in Cleveland, Georgia.Born in Macon County, North Carolina, May 24, 1935, she was the daughter of the late William Henry Snyder and Mary Jane Ramey Snyder. She was a homemaker and served as pianoist in churches where...

Carolyn Whitted

Carolyn Whitted

Dec 17, 2014

Carolyn Jean Reynolds Whitted, 57, of Lakemont, Georgia., died Wednesday December 17, 2014 in Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, Georgia. Her home was in Lakemont, Georgia.Born in Brevard, North Carolina., August 24, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Briscoe T. Reynolds and Helen Elizabeth Hunter Reynolds. She was a seamstress and was a member of the Prentiss Baptist...

Paul Moore

Paul Moore

Dec 13, 2014

Paul Allen Moore, 90, of Wolffork Road, Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Saturday December 13, 2014., at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Born in Rabun County February 1, 1924 he was the son of the late Burt and Sarah B. Hurst Moore. He was a farmer and was retired from General Motors in Pontiac, Michigan. He was a member...

James Keith

James Keith

Dec 12, 2014

James Howard Keith, 68, of Clarkesville, Georgia., died Friday December 12, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. He was the husband of Jeannette Robinson Keith. Mr. Keith was born in Geneva, Alabama., to the late James Luther and Agnes Currenton Keith. He worked for the Georgia Department of Corrections as a corrections officer and was a U.S....

Aver Brewer

Aver Brewer

Dec 11, 2014

Brewer, Aver "Angie"; of Auburn Hills, Michigan; 100 years old; born July 4, 1914. Wife of the late James Brewer; mother to the late James "Bud" (Marie) Brewer andthe late Margaret (Gil) Pacene; grandmother to Donna (Al) Pierce and Debbie (Jeff) Russow; great grandmother to John (Jennifer) Brown, Joe (Jessica) Brown, James Coleman (Jeremy Hall) and Clayton Coleman (Staci Sigmon)...

Keith  Hoose

Keith Hoose

Dec 7, 2014

Keith Brian Hoose, 53, of Karate Lane, Tiger, Georgia., died Sunday December 7, 2014 at Atlanta Medical Center Atlanta, Georgia. He was the husband of Lisa Emmett Hoose.Born in Chenango, New York., February 2, 1961 he was the son of Katherine Laymon Hoose and the late Ralph Hoose. He worked maintenance for Field Dale Farms and was of the Baptist...

Terry Crone

Terry Crone

Dec 7, 2014

Terry Eugene ( Buddy) Crone, 55, of Twin Lake Circle, Eastonollee, Georgia in Stephens County Georgia., died Sunday December 7, 2014 at his residence.Born in Rabun County January 9, 1959 he was the son of the late Lawrence and Irene Ramey Crone. He had lived most of his life in Clayton, GA., and Columbia, SC. He had worked most of...

Bee Broadrick

Bee Broadrick

Nov 24, 2014

Mrs. Bee Weatherly Broadrick, 95, widow of Ed B. Broadrick died Monday November 24, 2014 at Mountain View Health Care Clayton, Georgia., Born in Mountain City, Georgia., January 27, 1919 she was the daughter of the late George M. Weatherly, Sr., and the late Fannie York Weatherly. She attended the primary and elementary schools in Rabun County and graduated in...

Darnce  Shook

Darnce Shook

Nov 23, 2014

Darnce James Shook, 90, of Clayton , Georgia., died Sunday night November 23, 2014 in Mountain View Nursing Home. He was the widower of Lillie Beck Shook.Born in Hiawassee, Georgia., August 24, 1924, he was the son of the late Dillard and Della Gibson Shook. He was employed in the timber industry for many years and was a member of...

Stella Lakey

Stella Lakey

Nov 20, 2014

Stella Mason Lakey, 90, of Mountain City, Georgia., widow of Nelson Lakey, died Thursday evening November 20, 2014 in Highlands, North Carolina.Born in Macon County, North Carolina., April 27, 1924 in the Tellico Community, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Maude Bolin Mason and was married to Nelson Lakey for 64 years, when he died in 2007.Mrs....

Helmut Wales

Helmut Wales

Nov 20, 2014

Helmut Paul Wales, 86, of Cat Gap Road, Clayton, Georgia., died Thursday November 20, 2014 in Habersham Home West Demorest Georgia.Born in Germany April 3, 1928, he was the son of the late Alexander and Elfrieda Caula Bywaletz . He came to the U.S.A. in 1958.He was preceded in death by a son, Roy Wales and by a grandson, Brandon...

Shelia Delp

Shelia Delp

Nov 17, 2014

Sheila Dianne DelpSheila was born in Bibb County Georgia on May 14, 1946 and died on November 17, 2014. She was a resident of Jacksonville Florida for forty years and worked for King Edward Cigar for thirty of those. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was married to the late Richard Delp, Sr., for thirty years. Survivors...

Ronnie Keener

Ronnie Keener

Nov 15, 2014

Ronnie Keener, 66, of Elberton, Georgia., formerly of Rabun County Georgia., died Saturday November 15, 2014 at his home in Elberton.Born in Rabun County January 19, 1948, he was the son of the late Ed Keener and Kate Curtis Green Keener. He was a meat cutter for several meat markets and was a member of North Clayton Baptist Church.Besides his...

Savannah Welborn

Savannah Welborn

Nov 12, 2014

Savannah Justus Welborn, 90, of Tiger, Georgia., died Wednesday evening November 12, 2014 at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was the widow of the late Buster Brown Welborn.Savannah was born June 15, 1924 in Clayton, Georgia., to the late Issac Benson Justus and Mary Ellen McDowell Justus. She worked for Claybourne MFG. and Burlington Industries...

Fred  Turpin

Fred Turpin

Nov 6, 2014

Fred Turpin, Jr. 75, of the Warwoman Community Clayton, Georgia., died Thursday morning, November 6, 2014 at Mountain View Health Care.Born December 25, 1938 in Rabun County, he was the son of the late Fred Turpin, Sr., and Rosa Beck Turpin. He was a heavy equipment operator in the construction industry and had served in law enforcement, both as a...

Sara Gipson

Sara Gipson

Oct 31, 2014

Sara Ruth Shirley Gipson, 88, of Lakemont, Georgia., died at her residence Friday night October 31, 2014. She was the widow of Jesse Carlton Gipson.Born in Rabun County June 10, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Amanda Taylor Shirley. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Wiley Presbyterian Church.Besides her Parents and her...

Denver  Shirley

Denver Shirley

Oct 27, 2014

Denver R. Shirley, 70, of Cat Gap Road, in the Persimmon Community, Rt. 2 Clayton, died suddenly and unexpectedly Monday afternoon October 27, 2014 at his home.He was born February 9, 1944 in Wiley, Georgia., to the late Fred E. Shirley and Bertha Welborn Shirley. He was employed for many years with Rabun Mills and worked in the Timber Industry...

William Mcclanahan

William Mcclanahan

Oct 25, 2014

William Robert (Bob) McClanahan, 88, of Clayton, Georgia., died Saturday October 25, 2014 in Clayton.Born September 15, 1926 in Centerville, Tennessee. He was the son of the late Revo Jones McClanahan and Mary Lottie Sheppard McClanahan. He lived most of his life in Hapeville, Georgia. He was a builder with his brothers in McClanahan Enterprises and was a member of...

Milo Cabaniss

Milo Cabaniss

Oct 12, 2014

Milo Clason CabanissAugust 29, 1922****October 12, 2014Milo Clason Cabaniss of Clayton, GA and Stockbridge, GA, died peacefully at her home in Clayton, GA on Sunday, October 12, 2014. Mrs. Cabaniss was born and raised in Columbus, GA and was the daughter of the late Thomas Sidney Clason and Mary Frances Wells of Columbus, GA. She is preceded in death by...

 Daisy  Justice

Daisy Justice

Oct 9, 2014

Daisy Martin JusticeDaisy Martin Justice, better known to her family and many others as, "Mama Daisy" went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 9, 2014.Mama Daisy was born January 19, 1918 in Habersham County, Georgia to Oscar and Pearl Hopper Martin. Her family moved to the Betty’s Creek Community when she was a young child and she became...

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