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Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Loretta Lariviere

Loretta Lariviere

Apr 3, 2013

Loretta Pelletier Lariviere, 100, of Ginger Creek Lane Clayton, Georgia, died Wednesday April 3, 2013 at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was the widow of Leo Lariviere.Born May 23, 1912 in Taunton, Massachusetts, to the late Felix Pelletier and Anna Beauvais Pelletier. She was co-owner of Winfield Hats in Holyoke, Mass., and a member of...

William   Billingsley

William Billingsley

Mar 31, 2013

William Franklin “Dub” Billingsley went home to be with the Father on March 31, 2013. He left behind a lifetime of loving memories – Memories of his being there in times of difficulty as well as times of joy. He never traveled far or received much worldly recognition. He just didn’t need to – he found the fountain of living...

Lola Sneed

Lola Sneed

Mar 30, 2013

Lola Marie Crunkleton Sneed, 95, of Glassy Orchard Road Tiger, Georgia, died Saturday afternoon March 30, 2013 at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was the widow of Johnny Butler Sneed.Born March 18, 1918 in Clayton, Georgia, to the late D.T. and Maude York Crunkleton.Mrs. Sneed, along with her late husband Johnny, owned and operated the...

Ella Watts

Ella Watts

Mar 21, 2013

Ella Beck Watts, 80, of Old HWY. 441 South, Clayton died March 21, 2013 at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was the wife of Carl Watts.She was born in Oconee County South Carolina August 28, 1932 to the late Emory S. and Pearl Turner Beck. She was a cook in restaurants and a member of...

Emily  Tyler

Emily Tyler

Mar 18, 2013

Emily Rogers Tyler, 85, of Rogers Cove Lane Mountain City, Georgia., died Monday night March 18, 2013 at her residence. She was the widow of Cecil Harold Tyler.Born in Clayton Georgia March 28, 1926 to the late Walter and Molly Nix Rogers. She was a homemaker and loving mother and grandmother and was of the Baptist Faith.She was preceded in...

Clara Hopper

Clara Hopper

Mar 17, 2013

Clara Lavada Holt Hopper, age 99, of Ponderosa Road, Rabun Gap, Georgia died Sunday, March 17, 2013 at Mountain View Health and Rehab.Born May 28, 1913 in Rabun County, Mrs. Hopper was the daughter of the late Andrew J. and Ada Missouri Kell Holt. She was a homemaker and a member of Head of Tennessee Baptist Church. In addition to...

Bobby Ramey

Bobby Ramey

Mar 17, 2013

Bobby Andrew Ramey, Jr., age 55, of Bridge Creek Community, Tiger, Georgia died Sunday March 17, 2013 at his daughters residence with his loving family by his side.Born on January 2, 1958, Mr. Ramey was the son of Bobby Ramey, Jr. and Shirley Wells Ramey. He worked in the grading and construction field for Dinsmore Grading and he was a...

Edward Rogers

Edward Rogers

Mar 9, 2013

Edward Roland Rogers, 76, of Avalon Street Clayton, Georgia died Saturday March 9, 2013 at Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens Georgia.Born in Hornersville, Missouri. August 23, 1936 he was the son of the late Willie J. and Eunice Eugene Cooper Rogers. He was a retired Letter Carrier for the U.S. Postal Service; owner and operator of Rogers Guitars in...

Gordon  Anderson

Gordon Anderson

Mar 9, 2013

Gordon Lewis Anderson, 68, of Rogers Lane Clayton, Georgia died Saturday March 9, 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia. He was the husband of Mildred Anderson.Born in Bulloch Georgia June 20, 2013 to the late Gordon P. and Hazel F. Youmans Anderson. Gordon was a U.S. Air force Veteran and was retired from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville,...

Glenn Hopkins

Glenn Hopkins

Mar 7, 2013

On Thursday March 7, 2013 G.C. “Rip” Hopkins, 81, of Hopkins, Lane in the Bridgecreek Community of Tiger, Georgia, went home to be with the Lord . He had been in the V.A. Medical Center Decatur, Georgia, for some time. Rip was the husband of Virginia Bleckley Hopkins.Born in Tiger, Georgia., September 11, 1931 he was the son of the...

Richard Hermansen

Richard Hermansen

Mar 6, 2013

Richard Martin Hermansen, 76, of Wayah Trail Clayton, Georgia, died Wednesday March 6, 2013 at Mountain View Health Care Clayton, Georgia.Born November 27, 1936 in Queens New York to the late Herman and Mildred Canerossi Hermansen. He was a carpenter and a member of the Knights of Colombus and was of the Roman Catholic Faith.He was preceded death besides his...

Shirley  Shedd

Shirley Shedd

Mar 6, 2013

Shirley Tyler Shedd 58, of Mize Road Demorest, Georgia died Wednesday March 6, 2013 Born in Clayton, Georgia on September 4, 1954, Mrs. Shedd was the daughter of the late Sambo Giles and Margaret Jean Tyler Worley. Mrs. Shedd spent her life in the healthcare profession and taking care of others. She had been a nurse at the old Clayton...

Jackie Capps

Jackie Capps

Mar 2, 2013

Jackie Provance Capps, 65, of Kaolin Lane Tiger, Georgia., died Saturday morning March 2, 2013 at her residence with her loving family and friends by her side.Born in Van Buren Michigan February 16, 1948 to the late Bennett T. and Irene Grabowski Barns. She was an E.M.T. and a Emergency Room Nurse at Rabun County Hospital. She is survived by...

Gisele  Queen

Gisele Queen

Mar 2, 2013

Gisele Lynn Yeary Queen, 53, died Saturday March 2, 2013 at her residence with her loving family by her side. Born in Granby, Canada September 22, 1959 to Sarah English Duncan, the late Ray Duncan, and the late James Harold Yeary. She was preceded in death by her Maternal Grandparents, Raleigh and Lera English and Paternal Grandparents, James and Jesse...

Justine Kelley

Justine Kelley

Feb 28, 2013

Mrs. Justine Ledford Kelley, age 72, of McDonough, GA., passed away February 28, 2013. Justine was born in Clayton, GA., the daughter of the late Virgil Peter and Margie Zenobia Justus Ledford. She was preceded in death by a brother, James Ledford. Justine enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, traveling, taking care of her animals, raising African Violets...

Deborah  Rogers

Deborah Rogers

Feb 22, 2013

Deborah Ann Payne Rogers, 54 of Clayton, Georgia., died Friday February 22, 2013 at her residence on Mitchell Street Clayton, Georgia. She was the wife of Harold H. Rogers.Born in Franklin, North Carolina. March 12, 1958 she was the daughter of Martha Payne of Clayton. She was employed for a time with Empire MFG. Company in the textile industry and...

Brian  Carter

Brian Carter

Feb 19, 2013

Brian Keith Carter, 46, of North Johnson Avenue, Mountain City, Georgia., died Tuesday February 19, 2013in Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina. He was the widower of Tasha Sorrows Carter.Brian was born in Demorest, Georgia, October 23, 1966 to Bobby Wayne Carter and Lorene Ellenburg Carter. Before becoming disabled he worked as an orderly in nursing homes. He was...

Judy Carter

Judy Carter

Feb 10, 2013

Judy Lee Carter 64, of Taylor Valley Road Clayton, Georgia., died Sunday night, February 10, 2013 at her residence.Born in Tiger Georgia., April 23, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Ethel Bradshaw Gibson. She was employed by Claburne MFG. Company for many years and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Church of God....

Marlene James

Marlene James

Feb 7, 2013

Marlene Underwood James, 81, of Bald Mountain RD, Dillard, GA, Died Thursday February 7, 2013 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center, Clayton, Ga. She was the widow of Horace James.Born in Rabun County, August 10, 1931 she was the daughter of the late Willie and Grace Wall Underwood. She was a secretary in the Business world and was a member of...

Ruth Speed

Ruth Speed

Feb 7, 2013

Ruth Murray Speed, 86, of Warwoman road, Clayton, Georgia., died Thursday February 7, 2013 at her residence.She was born November 26, 1926 in Habersham County, Georgia., to John Harvey Murray and Connice Ramey Murray. She was twice married, first to the late Hilton James and later to Marlor Speed, Jr., who survives. Mrs. Was retired from Empire MFG. Company in...

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