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Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Alice Holt

Alice Holt

Mar 29, 2014

Alice Marie Billingsley Holt, 73, of Scaly Mountain, North Carolina. Died Saturday March 29, 2014 at her residence, in Scaly Mountain.She was born September 9, 1940 in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina., to the late Jim and Lillie Brown Billingsley. She had spent most of her life in Scaly Mountain. She was the wife of the late Tom Lee Holt. Mrs....

Eloise Hopely

Eloise Hopely

Mar 23, 2014

Eloise Ann Hopely, 71, of Otto, North Carolina., died Monday March 24, 2014 at Angel Hospital Franklin North Carolina.She was born in Lapier, Michigan., April 12, 1942 to the late James A. and Eula F. Sweet Bulter. She was an accountant and was a member of the Hickory Noll United Methodist Church for over nine years.She is survived by her...

Claude  Shankle

Claude Shankle

Mar 22, 2014

Claude Michael Shankle, of Clayton 65, passed away Saturday March 22, 2014 at his residence.Born in St Petersburg, Florida May 7, 1948 he served in the Marine Corps and was a Vietnam War Veteran. He was a professional musician and avid fisherman.He is survived by his son Shea Michael Shankle and wife Heather of Nashville, Tennessee., daughter Angelica Marie Musall...

Frances Thompson

Frances Thompson

Mar 18, 2014

Frances Evelyn Thompson, 77, of Clarkesville, Georgia., formally of Clayton died Tuesday March 18, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville Georgia.Born in Marble, North Carolina., September 24, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Luther and Sallie Clark Thompson. She was a homemaker and Baptist by Faith. She was also a very loving Mother, Grandmother and friend...

Lois Erickson

Lois Erickson

Mar 17, 2014

Lois Marshall Erickson, 84, of Tate City Road Clayton, Georgia., died Monday March 17, 2014 at her residence. She was the widow of John H. Erickson.Born in Detroit, Michigan December 20, 1929 to the late Chester and Irene Henson Marshall. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Valley Community Church in Tate City for thirty years.She is...

Billie Daniel

Billie Daniel

Mar 11, 2014

Billie Daniel, 82, of Stornoway Drive Clayton, Georgia., died Tuesday Morning March 11, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia. Born in Birmingham, Alabama., March 6, 1932 to the late Guy and Mary Grace Hicks she worked for the W.W. Kellogg Company and attended the Clayton First United Methodist Church. She was the last member of her immediate family.She...

Jimmy  Carpenter

Jimmy Carpenter

Mar 10, 2014

Jimmy Carpenter, 65, of Coffee Lane, Cleveland, Georgia., died Monday March 10, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia. He was born in Clayton, Georgia., January 8, 1949 to the late James Fred and Dorothy Pearl Talley Carpenter. He lived the greater part of his life in Rabun County. He was a U.S. Army Veteran in the Vietnam era...

Frankie Tallent

Frankie Tallent

Mar 4, 2014

Frankie B. McCall Tallent, 80, of Clayton, Georgia., died Tuesday night March 4, 2014 at Macon Valley Nursing Home in Franklin, North Carolina. She was the widow of Harry Ralph Tallent.Born in Clayton, Georgia., August 14, 1933 to the late Horace Greeley and Mae Fountain McCall. She was a Seamstress at Claburne MFG. Company and was a member of North...

George Ensley

George Ensley

Mar 1, 2014

George Herman Ensley, 74, of Sunrise Mountain Road Mountain City, Georgia., died Saturday March 1, 2014 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the widower of Mildred Ensley. He was born in Canton, North Carolina., May 21, 1939 to the late Garland and Ruth Deitz Ensley. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran and was retired from Tallulah Falls School...

Charlotte Stewart

Charlotte Stewart

Feb 26, 2014

Charlotte Taylor Stewart, 57, of Joe Davis Road Tiger, Georgia., died Wednesday February 26, 2014 at her residenceShe was born in Rabun County Georgia, July 17, 1956 to the late William Alfred and Lelia Whitworth Taylor. She was a caregiver and attended the Rocky Grove Baptist Church.She is survived by her daughter, Michelle Bramlett (David) of Lakemont, GA., two brothers,...

Clint Ledford

Clint Ledford

Feb 25, 2014

Clint M. Ledford, 71, of Demorest, Georgia., died Tuesday February 25, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.Born in Hayesville, North Carolina., June 2, 1942 he was the son of the late Early and Ora Alene Prince Ledford. He was a police officer and a musician and was of the Baptist Faith.Clint was preceded in death, besides his parents, a brother, Kenneth Ralph...

Reba Stewart

Reba Stewart

Feb 24, 2014

Reba Stewart, 84, of Hunter Lane, Clayton, Georgia., died Monday February 24, 2014 at her residence.Born in Apache Junction, Arizona., September, 23, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Mary Club Renison. She was a cook in nursing homes and was a homemaker and attended the Christian Church.Mrs. Stewart was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Bibi...

Ernestine Dickerson

Ernestine Dickerson

Feb 22, 2014

Ernestine Cass McGee Dickerson, 94, joined the community of saints on February 22, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 pm on Sunday, February 23, 2014 at Clayton First United Methodist Church. Friends and family will gather at the church immediately following the service.Born on November 30, 1919 in Fitzgerald, Georgia, Ernestine was the daughter of the late...

James  Shirley

James Shirley

Feb 20, 2014

James Alfred Shirley, 81, of Shirley Grove Road, Clarkesville, Georgia., died Thursday February 20, 2014 in Highlands- Cashiers Hospital, Highlands, North Carolina.Born in Rabun County, Georgia., June 15, 1932, he was the son of the late John Alfred Shirley and Mary Lee Holcomb Shirley. He was a rock mason by trade and was a member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church.Alfred...

Myrtle Mccall

Myrtle Mccall

Feb 18, 2014

On February 18, 2014 God called Myrtle McCall of the Five Points Community to her Heavenly Home. Born in Clayton, Myrtle spent her life in Rabun County. She was a loving and devoted wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great- Grandmother and Great Great Grandmother. Besides being a homemaker, Myrtle worked for Burlington Industries. She then began a career as a cook, working...

Robert Marsengill

Robert Marsengill

Feb 10, 2014

Robert M. Marsengill, 79, of Clayton, Georgia., died Monday February 10, 2014 at his residence.He was born February 10, 1935 in Rabun County to Raymond and Florence Taylor Marsengill.Robert was graduated from Rabun County High School and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He worked with his father in his father’s Radio and TV Shop in Atlanta...

Daniel Lamberth

Daniel Lamberth

Feb 8, 2014

Daniel Lanier Lamberth was born on May 12th, 1949, in Dooly County, Georgia. He departed this life for a better one on Saturday, February 8th, 2014. Daniel, we always called him Danny, was the son of Grady Lamberth and Pearl (Kitchens) Lamberth, and they both preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Lamberth...

Bernice Chappell

Bernice Chappell

Feb 6, 2014

Bernice Miller Zoellner Chappell, 82, of Zoellner Lane, Dillard, Georgia., died Thursday night February 6, 2014 in North East Georgia Medical Center.Born in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina., she was the daughter of the late Montgomery and Ellen Rogers Miller. She was twice married; first to the late Charlie Zoellner and then to the late Brown Chappell. She was a retired...

Robert Buchanan

Robert Buchanan

Feb 2, 2014

Robert Buchanan, 45, of Seed Tick Road, Clayton, Georgia., died Sunday February 2, 2014 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center.Born December 22, 1968, he was the son of Rick and Liz McCrackin Buchanan. He was a carpenter in the building industry and was a member of the Boggs Mountain Baptist Church.Surviving are his parents; Rick and Liz McCrackin Buchanan of Clayton;...

Lester Rickles

Lester Rickles

Jan 27, 2014

Lester Ray Rickles, 80, of Tampa, Florida., died Monday January 27, 2014 in Clayton, Georgia. His body had been taken to Tampa, Florida., where entombment will be on Monday February 3, 2014.Hunter Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.An on-line obituary and guest register is available at www.hunterfuneralhomega.com

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