Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
John Stolp
May 26, 2014
John Ray Stolp, 29 of Clayton, Georgia., died May 26, 2014 in Clayton from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.The body has been cremated and a memorial service will be held at a later date by Hunter Funeral Home.Hunter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.An on-line obituary and guest register is available at www.hunterfuneralhomega.com
Gwenda Cannon
May 22, 2014
Gwenda Lee Cannon, 72, of Sandy Springs, Georgia., died Thursday May 22, 2014 in Northside Hospital Atlanta, Georgia.Born in Rabun County, Georgia., August 12, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Clyde P. and Evelyn Carpenter Cannon. She was an attorney at law and was a member of the Lakemont Baptist Church in Rabun County. She is survived by...
Thurston Wilbanks
May 21, 2014
Thurston Eugene (Gene) Wilbanks, Jr., 48, of Tiger, Georgia., died Wednesday morning May 21, 2014 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center.Gene was born in Greenville, South Carolina., September 16, 1965, the son of the late Thurston and Beth Justus Wilbanks, Sr. He was employed by the county of Rabun for a long period of time. He was a member of Battle...
Harriet Dayton
May 19, 2014
Harriet Gravley Dayton, 77, of Clayton, Georgia., died Monday May 19, 2014 at her home.Born in Rabun County in the Warwoman Community, October 17, 1936, she was the daughter of the late William Roy Gravley and Kancie Galloway Gravley. She was employed by Claburne MFG. Company and held other jobs over a period of years along with being a homemaker....
Sarah York
May 11, 2014
Sarah Dorothy York, 89, of Clayton, Georgia., died May 11, 2014 at her residence with her family by her side. She was the widow of John H. York.Born May 28, 1924 in Rabun Gap, Georgia., she was the daughter of the late Emory G. and Lizzie Ritchie Moore. She had lived all her life (She was a native) in Rabun...
Jesse Key
May 7, 2014
W. Jesse Key, 58, of Clayton, Georgia., died Wednesday May 7, 2014 at his residence.Born March 30, 1956 in Franklin, North Carolina., he was the son of Helen McDowell Key of Clayton and the late William Joe Key. He was a master carpenter, a master mason in the Fayetteville Georgia lodge and was a 32nd degree mason. He was a...
Paul Ashcraft
May 6, 2014
Paul Ashcraft, Jr. 68, of Wolffork Road, Rabun Gap, Georgia., died May 6, 2014 at his residence.Born in Clayton Georgia., September 25, 1945, he was the son of the late Paul Ashcraft, Sr. and Helen Moore Ashcraft, who died April 2014. Paul, Jr. was a machinist, a veteran of Vietnam Nam and served in the U.S. Navy. He was a...
Patsy Alley
May 5, 2014
Patsy Mitchell Alley, 81, of Clear Water Lane, Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Monday May 5, 2014 at her residence.Born January 2, 1933 in Rabun County, she was the daughter of the late John Rockaway Mitchell and Elzia McCall Mitchell. She was the widow of Samuel C. Alley. Patsy was a member of the Lakemont Baptist Church for 60 plus years...
Sandra Mcclure
May 4, 2014
Sandra Lynn McClure, 59, of Lamb Road, Dillard, Georgia., died Sunday May 4, 2014 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center.She was born March 23, 1955 in Hillsboro, Ohio, the daughter of the late Charles and Wilma King Musser. She had lived much of her life in Rabun County, Georgia. Mrs. McClure was a shipping clerk for Shaw Industries in Franklin, NC.,...
Weda Bryson
May 3, 2014
Weda Nichols Bryson, 87, of Clayton, Georgia., died Saturday May 3, 2014 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Georgia.She was born in Towns County, Georgia September 7, 1926 to Glen Nichols and Lola Eller and had lived most of her life in Rabun County. She was the widow of Loy G. Bryson.Weda operated the Western Auto Store, along with her...
Ethel Queen
Apr 28, 2014
Courtesy of Hunter Funeral Home Ethel Laverne Phillips Queen, 76, of Charlotte, died Monday, April 28, 2014, at the Harris Hospice unit of Novant Health Charlotte Campus.Ethel was born in Rabun County, Georgia, on October 3, 1937, the daughter of William Clarence Phillips and Lavonia Azilee Trustey. She entered the real estate profession and worked for many years as an...
Sarah Redden
Apr 25, 2014
Sarah Ann Redden, 94, of Franklin, North Carolina., died Friday April 25, 2014 at home on Southside Lane.She was born April 2, 1920 in Rabun County, Georgia., to the late John M. Redden and Martha Watts Redden. She worked in Rabun County Courthouse as Janitor and Housekeeper in County Offices. She was a member of the Mountain City Christian Church....
Jane Williams
Apr 18, 2014
Jane M. Williams, 93, of Pahrump, Nevada., died in Pahrump Friday April 18, 2014.Born in Commerce, Georgia., January 8, 1921 she was the daughter of the late Richard Allen Minish and Cammie Jane Segars Minish. She spent several years in Fairbanks, Alaska and in Rabun County Georgia. She was a seamstress in the clothing industry and was a member of...
Dorothy Welborn
Apr 18, 2014
Dorothy A. Goss Welborn, 85 of Tiger, Georgia., affectionately known as “Maw” died Friday April 18, 2014 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center, Clayton, Georgia.Born in Commerce, Georgia. February 22, 1929, she was the daughter of the late William and Rosa Vashti Robinson Goss. She was the widow of Jesse M. Welborn. She was a restaurant waitress and a seamstress and...
Shirley Welborn
Apr 11, 2014
Shirley Ann Watts Welborn, Clarkesville, Georgia, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2014 at her residence following an extended illness.Mrs. Welborn was born on October 11, 1940, in Clayton, Georgia, to the late Kelton and Ida Gibson Watts. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Jimmy Watts; sister, Evelyn Watts; great-granddaughter, Kayla Dotson. Mrs. Welborn was a member...
Tom Runion
Apr 9, 2014
Tom Runion, 82, of Mountain City, Georgia., died Wednesday April 9, 2014 at his residence. He was the widower of Ethel Hopper Runion.He was born in Rabun County, Georgia., March 15, 1932 to the late Gus and Leola Gibson Runion. He was a cook in nursing home and with Rabun County Sheriff’s Department and was employed for a number of...
Richard Coffey
Apr 9, 2014
Richard A. Coffey, 49, of Marsen Knob Drive Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Wednesday April 9, 2014 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. He was the husband of Kerri Merritt Coffey.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio June 21, 1964 he was the son of the late James William Coffey and Jean Darlene Kohler Coffey. He was a meat cutter at Ingles...
Madeline Henslee
Apr 7, 2014
Madeline Lee “Maddie” Henslee, infant daughter of Kallen and Megan Taylor Henslee, died Monday April 7, 2014 in Scottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. She was born February 10, 2014 in Gainesville, Georgia.She is the daughter of Kallen and Megan of Rabun Gap, GA., she was the granddaughter of Kenneth and Michelle Henslee of Rabun Gap, GA., Tracy and Mark...
Helen Ashcraft
Apr 4, 2014
Helen Moore Ashcraft, 94, of Wolffork Road Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Friday night April 4, 2014 at her home.Born in Rabun Gap, Georgia., January 17, 1920 she was the daughter of the late Emory G. Moore and Lizzle Ritchie Moore. She was a homemaker and a member of the Wolffork Baptist Church. She was the widow of Paul Ashcraft, Sr.Mrs....
Carlton Coffee
Mar 29, 2014
Carlton Lesley Coffee, 50 of Wiley, Georgia., affectingly known as “Cotton” died Saturday March 29, 2014 at his home. Born in Rabun County March 11, 1964, He was the son of the late Len Coffee and Evelyn Stancil. He lived most of his life in Rabun County. He was an automobile mechanic and attended Boggs Mountain Baptist Church.He was preceded...
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