Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Barbara Binnie
Jul 30, 2014
Barbara “Jeanne” BinnieBarbara “Jeanne” Binnie, 84, of Clayton, died on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at her home after an eleven month battle with pancreatic cancer.She was born in Los Angeles, California on April 30, 1930 and lived in California and Oregon before moving to Clayton, Georgia in 1995.She was the daughter of the late Edwin and Ruby Garheart and was...
Phillip Davidson
Jul 30, 2014
Phillip Lee Davidson, 63, of Lakemont, GA., died Wednesday July 30 2014 at his residence.Born in Milledgeville, GA., January 3, 1951, he was the son of the late J.T. Davidson and Phyllis Chadwick Davidson. He was owner- operator of pawn shops (Anentrepeneur) a mason and a Shriner and a member of the New Hope Methodist Church in Lawrenceville, GA.He is...
Claude Lovell
Jul 24, 2014
Claude Lovell, 85, of Clayton, Georgia., died Friday night July 24, 2014 in Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.Born in Habersham County, June 29, 1929 he was the son of the late John and Belle Martin Lovell. He was the husband of Gertrude Gragg Lovell. He was a carpenter by trade and was associated with the Flat Creek Baptist Church.Mr. Lovell was...
Ralph Dickerson
Jul 22, 2014
Ralph Jenkins Dickerson, 97, of Clayton, Georgia., died Tuesday, July 22, 2014 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton.Born in Hartwell, Georgia., May 6, 1917, he was the son of the late V.C. Dickerson, Sr., and Minnie Hendrix Dickerson, and he had lived most of his life in Clayton. He was a merchant in food stuffs and feed store and...
James Osborne
Jul 20, 2014
James W. “Jimmy” Osborne, Sr. 96, of Persimmon Road, Clayton, Georgia., died Sunday July 20, 2014 at his home in the Persimmon Community.He was born July 1, 1918 in Fitzgerald, Georgia to Olen Effie Osborne and Bessie Frances Farnell Osborne, and had spent most of his life in Jacksonville, Florida and had been in Rabun County for past 32 years....
Thomas Fountain
Jul 20, 2014
Thomas Fountain, Jr., 78, of Clayton, Georgia., died Sunday July 20, 2014 at his residence.Born in Rabun Gap, Georgia., October 1, 1935 he was the son of the late Thomas Fountain, Sr., and Vassie Garland Fountain. He was a self-employed carpenter and a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean conflict. He was a member of the Wolffork Baptist Church.Besides his...
Robert Massee
Jul 18, 2014
Robert Dewitt “Bob” Massee, 83, of Tiger, GA., died Friday July 18, 2014 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton. He was born in Atlanta, GA., October 2, 1930, the son of the late Richard Drew Massee, Sr., and Mary Dickson Massee. He had lived in Tiger, where he nurtured for a lifetime, the apple orchard he loved, “Tiger Mountain...
Louise Farmer
Jul 5, 2014
Louise Queen Farmer, 82, of Mountain City, Georgia., died Saturday night, July 5, 2014 in Habersham Medical Center, Demorest, Georgia.Born in Mountain City, Georgia., May 21, 1932 she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Belle Watts Queen. She was the widow of Young H. Farmer. She was a cook for the Rabun County School System and her last...
Bernice Banschbach
Jul 1, 2014
Bernice Mollan Banschbach, 97, of Clayton, GA died Tuesday, July 1,2014 at the Mountain View Health Care Center. She was born September 21,1916 in Chicago Illinois to Mark A. and Anna Wolfe Mollan. She was married to the late George W. Banschbach, Sr. for 37 years. She was a successful career woman who started out as a secretary, became an...
Agnes Roberts
Jun 26, 2014
Agnes Bernice Roberts, 83, of Martin, Georgia., formally of Clayton, died Thursday June 26, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia.Born in Franklin, North Carolina June 13, 1931 she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Mary Jane Ramey Snyder. She was a homemaker and a member of the Toms Creek Baptist Church.She is survived by two...
Melvin Gagliano
Jun 19, 2014
Melvin Lee, “Mel” Gagliano, 72, of Clayton, Georgia, died June 19, 2014, at his home, after a 13 month battle with Pancreatic Cancer. He was born on January 24, 1942, in Coos Bay, Oregon. He was a United States Army Veteran. He was married to Cecile Ingram Atkins in 1991 in Ocala, Florida. He retired from 42 years in the...
James Carpenter
Jun 17, 2014
James Lester “Jim” Carpenter, 66, of Tiger, Georgia., died Tuesday June 17, 2014 at the home of his sister, Dot Webb on Syrup City Road, Tiger, Georgia.He was born June 23, 1947 in Rabun County to Fred Lester Carpenter and Doris Mason Carpenter. He was employed by Burlington Industries and Fruit of the Loom and retired from Home Depot. He...
Delilah Pitts
Jun 16, 2014
Delilah “Dolly” Watts Pitts, 84 of Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Monday June 16, 2014 at her residence.Born June 12, 1930 in Tiger, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Hubert D. AND Ethel Baker Watts. She was the widow of John Calvin Pitts. She and Calvin lived in Lutz, Florida for several years. She was a bookkeeper and office...
Donald Melton
Jun 14, 2014
Donald Melton, 80, died peacefully at his home in Tiger early Saturday morning, June 14, 2014, with caregiver Belinda Whitmire, brother Easton Melton, sister-in-law Peggy Melton and Father Steve Hall at his side.Don was preceded in death by his parents, Eston “Skeet” and Laura “Icky” Melton, and by his wife Henrietta “Penny” Melton. Don is survived by his brother Easton...
Vicki Rogers
Jun 8, 2014
Vicki Lynn Rogers, 41, of Marsen Knob Drive, Rabun Gap, Georgia died Sunday June 8, 2014 at her residence.Born in Franklin, North Carolina July 25, 1972, she was the daughter of the late David Roy Rogers and Shirley Lee Hooper Rogers. She was a former member of the Head of Tennessee Baptist Church and was employed as a CNA. She...
Clifford Cormier
Jun 6, 2014
Captain Clifford CormierCaptain Clifford Cormier, of Van Buren and Bangor, Maine, died on June 6, 2014, at his home in Mountain City, Georgia.Born in 1931, in Van Buren, Maine, to Paul J. Cormier and Eva Theriault Cormier, he was brother to the late Arthur Cormier, Emile Cormier, Roland Cormier, Constance Mutton and Mary Ann Laughlin. He leaves his devoted wife...
John Bradshaw
Jun 5, 2014
John Bradshaw, 87, of Carl Chastain Road Clayton, Georgia., died Thursday June 5, 2014 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center Clayton, Georgia.Born in Yancey County North Carolina., March 8, 1927, he was the son of the late Ralph and Mary Williams Bradshaw. He was a retired house painter for Clemson University, a U.S. Army Veteran serving in WWII and was of...
Kitty Cantrell
Jun 2, 2014
Kitty Lou Gragg Cantrell, 68, of Rocky Top Lane off Bridge Creek Road in the Bridge Creek Community, Tiger, Georgia., died Monday morning, June 2, 2014 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center. She was the widow of Lewis Franklin (Bud) Cantrell.Born September 18, 1945 in Clarkesville, Georgia., She was the daughter of the late Avery Dave Gragg and Hallie Ruth Kennedy...
John Crumbley
May 28, 2014
John David Crumbley, 68, of Clayton, Georgia., died Wednesday May 28, 2014 in Clayton.Born September 20, 1946, in Fulton County Georgia, he was the son of the late Robert H. Crumbley and Lillian Whidby Crumbley. He was a short order cook and of the Baptist Faith. He was formerly of Lula, Georgia.He is survived by four brothers; Bennie Stilley of...
Wilhelmina Phillips
May 28, 2014
Wilhelmina Jean Justus Phillips, 72, of Westminster, South Carolina., went to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday morning May 28, 2014Born in Rabun County December 20, 1941 she was the daughter of the late Prelo D. and Jessie Faye Wall Justus. She was a homemaker and was a member of Blue Heights Baptist Church and she loved her family...
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