Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Curtis Shirley
Dec 10, 2013
Curtis Rayburn Shirley, 66, of M.J. Shirley Drive went home peacefully to be with his Lord with his family by his bedside Tuesday morning December 10, 2013.Born in Rabun County March 24, 1947, he was the son of the late M.J. and Rose Holcomb Shirley. He was a carpenter and farmer and was a member of Bethel Baptist Church.Curtis was...
Harrison O'Shields
Dec 2, 2013
Harrison O’Shields,. Jr., 63, of Turpin Street, Tiger, Georgia., died Monday December 2, 2013 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, Georgia.He was born in Rabun County March 27, 1950 to Mary Beasley and Harrison O’Shields, Sr. He worked in maintence at the Dillard House for a number of years and was of the Baptist Faith.Junior was preceded in death...
Douglas Wadzeck
Dec 1, 2013
Douglas Lee Wadzeck, 59, of Rivendell Road, Clarkesville, Georgia., died Sunday December 1, 2013 in Habersham Medical Center in Demorest, Georgia.Born in Walsenburg, Colorado, April 4, 1954 he was the son of Shirley Manke Griffin and the late Lee Griffin and his adoptive father Al Wadzeck. He was a carpenter by trade and worked for the railroad and was a...
Linda Wilkins
Nov 29, 2013
Linda Faye Wilkins, 63, of Fayetteville, Georgia., died Friday November 29, 2013 in Emory Hospital in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia.She was born in Clayton, Georgia., May 26, 1950 to Faye Fry McKay of Tallulah Falls, Georgia., and the late Charles C. McKay. She was retired from teaching special ed for the Clayton County Board of Education in Clayton County, Georgia. She...
Robert Anderson
Nov 22, 2013
Robert F. Anderson, Sr. 62, of Underwood Lane, Clayton, GA., died Friday November 22, 2013 at his home.He was born April 23, 1951 in Peru, Indiana to Johnny Douglas Anderson and the late Margaret Jane Fultz Anderson. He worked in a defense plant making warheads, in auto manufacturing and for several years worked for Eller and Owens, delivering furniture and...
Catherine Wall
Nov 21, 2013
CATHERINE VIRGINIA CRAWFORD WALL, age 76, of Clarkesville, Georgia passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2013. Mrs. Wall was born in Rabun County on May 19, 1937, to the late Prince and Roselee Holcomb Crawford. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Wall, and sister, Thelma Crawford. She was a member of Antioch...
Octavia Holcomb
Nov 12, 2013
Octavia Moore (Tavia) Holcomb, 78, of Lake City, Georgia, died Tuesday, November 12, 2013 in Lake City.She was born in Rabun County, December 8, 1934 to John and Julia Watts Moore. She was the widow of George M. Holcomb. “Tavia” spent most of her life in Morrow, Georgia. She was a homemaker and a member of the Unity Baptist Church...
Edith Parker
Nov 9, 2013
Edith W. Parker, 89, of Wolffork Church Road Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Saturday November 9, 2013 at her home.She was born in Rabun County, February 12, 1924 to Raymond and Nova Moore Whitmire. She was twice married, first to Edward Burrell, who died in 1964 and later to Tom Parker who died in 1995. She had retired from Rabun Mills...
Evelyn Gragg
Nov 8, 2013
Evelyn A. Evans Gragg, age 102, of Wayah Trail, Clayton, Georgia., died Friday evening November 8, 2013 at her residence. She was the widow of Hubert V. Gragg.She was born in Clarkesville, Georgia., February 22, 1911 to William John and Nancy P. Gosnell Evans. She had lived most of her life in Rabun County. Mrs. Gragg was a member of...
Emma Sliger
Nov 7, 2013
Emma F. Sliger, 84, of Smiley York Road, Demorest, Georgia., died Thursday November 7, 2013 at her residence.She was born in Habersham County, Georgia., June 14, 1929, the daughter of the late Thomas and Cindy Gabrels Norris. She was the widow of George Sliger. She was a nurse (L.P.N.) and worked various hospitals along with being a homemaker and was...
Lelia Taylor
Nov 7, 2013
Lelia A. Taylor, 82, of Nevada Lane Tiger, Georgia., died Thursday November 7, 2013 at her residence.Born in Rabun County September 12, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Easburn and Alice Robinson Whitworth. She was the widow of William Alfred Taylor. Lelia was a homemaker and served as a caregiver to a lot of people. She was a...
Louise Henslee
Nov 4, 2013
Louise Henslee, 70, of Autumn Lane Clayton, Georgia., died Monday November 4, 2013 in Mountain View Health Care Clayton, Georgia. She was the widow of Frank V. Henslee, Jr., who died in 1992.Born July 28, 1943 in Rabun County, she was the daughter of the late Lex and Bertha Holcomb Welborn. She was a homemaker and was a member of...
Cori Wooten
Oct 30, 2013
Cori Irene Wooten, 29, of Cathey Road, Mountain City, Georgia., died Wednesday night, October 30, 2013 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. She was born in Oconee County, South Carolina September 5, 1984. She is the daughter of Joel and Aleta Winchester of Mountain City, Georgia. She was and accountant and attended the Clayton Church of God.She was...
Vicky Hammons
Oct 28, 2013
Vicky Edith Welch Hammons, 56, of Clayton, Georgia., died Monday October 28, 2013 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Born in Rabun County December 24, 1956, she was the daughter of Cletta Sosebee Welch of Clayton and the late J.B. Welch. She was employed in the textile industry before she became disabled. She attended the Baptist Church.Vicky is survived...
James Houck
Oct 25, 2013
James Milton Houck, 87, of Clayton, Georgia, died Friday October 25, 2013 at Mountain View Health Care in Clayton.Born in Rabun County, Georgia., October 1, 1926 he was the son of the late John W. and Maude Wilbanks Houck. He was the widower of Dorothy Boyle Houck who died in 1997. He was retired from General Motors as Group Leader...
Mary Ward
Oct 21, 2013
Mary Frances Ward, 90, affectionately known as Fran of Sterrett Road, Tiger, Georgia., died Monday October 21, 2013 at Cannonwood Village Assisted Living Facility, Tiger, Georgia. She was the widow of Russell Raymond Ward.Born in Meridian, Mississippi, December 27, 1922 she was the daughter of the late Guy and Mary Grace Hicks. She was owner/operator of Ward Hardware Company in...
Allen Fleming
Oct 19, 2013
Allen Elbert Fleming, 71, of Mountain City, Georgia., died Saturday October 19, 2013 in Stephens County Hospital in Toccoa, Georgia.Born in Brasstown, North Carolina., April 10, 1942, he was the son of the late Rance E. Fleming and Susie York Fleming. He was a machine mechanic for Burlington Industries and Fruit of The Loom in the textile industry. He was...
Marie Nichols
Oct 19, 2013
Marie Eller Nichols, 89, of Highway 76 East, Clayton, Georgia. died Saturday October 19, 2013 in the Oaks at Scenic View Nursing Home in Baldwin, Georgia. She was the widow of Vaughn Nichols.Born in Clayton, Georgia., April 19, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Harvey P. Eller and Margaret Many Eller. She was a homemaker and was a...
Violet Thompson
Oct 18, 2013
Violet LeFay Thompson, daughter of the late Ora and Charles Cannon and the late Roy L. Justus passed away October 18 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was born in the Persimmon Community of Rabun County on 11/20/1934. She was preceded in death by one child, Penny Gay Thompson, one brother Ray L. Justus, and one niece Paula Ann...
Karen Argoe
Oct 18, 2013
Karen Crawford Argoe, 52, of Old Chechero Road, Clayton, Georgia., died October 18, 2013, in Highlands, North Carolina.Born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, October 2, 1961 she was the daughter of the late Allen Eastman Crawford, Jr., and Charlotte Merita Hopper Crawford. She was a clerk in a convenience store before she became disabled. She was a member of Liberty...
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