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Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Dorothy Ezell

Dorothy Ezell

Mar 17, 2012

Dorothy Galloway Ezell 83, ClaytonDorothy Galloway Ezell, 83, of Clayton, died Saturday, March 17, 2012 at Mountain View Health Center in Clayton.Born in Rabun County October 3, 1928 she was a daughter of the late Fred Sr. and Annie Mae Speed Galloway. She was a retired Recreation Aide and was of the Unitarian Universalist Faith.She was preceded in death by,...

Anthony Wheeler

Anthony Wheeler

Mar 17, 2012

Anthony Ray Wheeler 57, ClaytonAnthony Ray Wheeler, 57, of Clayton, died Saturday March 17, 2012 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Born February 27, 1956 in Atlanta, Georgia he was a son of the late Bobby and Charlotte L. Harmon Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler was a writer for the Clayton Tribune, Rabun Laurel and more recently the Macon County...

John Hooper

John Hooper

Mar 13, 2012

John Dean Hooper 49, Mt. CityJohn Dean Hooper, 49, of Mt City, died Tuesday March 13, 2012 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.Born in Rabun County he was a son of the Late Boyd C. and Martha Ledbetter Hooper. He was self employed in the residential construction industry. He was a former member of the Rabun Home Builders Association....

Betty Brackenbury

Betty Brackenbury

Mar 11, 2012

Betty D. Brackenbury 78, Rabun GapBetty D. Richardson Brackenbury, 78, of Rabun Gap, GA, died Sunday March 11, 2012 at the Mountain View Health Center in Clayton.Born May 3, 1933 in Nashville, Tennessee she was a daughter of the late William and Grace Lee Richardson. She was a Pharmacy Apprentice and a member of the Newmans Chapel Baptist Church in...

Louise Owens

Louise Owens

Mar 6, 2012

Louise Nix Owens 88, ClaytonLouise Nix Owens, 88, of the Satolah Community,Clayton., widow of Doyle Herman Owens died Tuesday March 6, 2012 at her residence.Born in Rabun County, March 16, 1923 she was the daughter of the late Frank and Leona Reed Nix. She was a home maker and a life long member of the Macedonia Baptist Church.In addition to...

Charles Davenport

Charles Davenport

Feb 26, 2012

Charles Ray Davenport, 85, Tiger, Georgia.Charles Ray Davenport, 85, of Tiger, GA, husband of Dera “Dee” Harris Davenport died Sunday February 26, 2012 at his home.Born in Norfolk, Virginia February 13, 1927 he was a son of the late Llewellyn and Lillian Mae Brickhouse Davenport. Mr. Davenport was Retired from the U.S. Air Force having served during the WW II...

Roy Gravley

Roy Gravley

Feb 20, 2012

Roy Craig Gravley 82, ClaytonRoy Craig Gravley, 82, of the Warwoman Community, Clayton, died Monday February 20, 2012 at Mountan Lakes Medical Center. Born in Pickens County, South Carolina November 25, 1929 he was a son of the late Roy and Kancie Galloway Gravley. Mr. Gravley was retired from Phoenix Steel after 30 years, he was a U.S. Army veteran...

J. Cannon

J. Cannon

Feb 19, 2012

J.W. 75, LakemontJ.W. “Buddy” Cannon 75, of Lakemont, died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at his residence.Born in Rabun County February 23, 1936, he was a son of the late Percy Carlton, Sr. and Effie Bradley Cannon. He was a Carpenter by trade and a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He was of the Baptist faith. He was...

Wallace Sharp

Wallace Sharp

Feb 7, 2012

Wallace Sharp, 91, Waynesville, North Carolina.Wallace Sharp, 91, of Waynesville, North Carolina., husband of Hilda McConnell Sharp, died Tuesday February 7, 2012., in Dillsboro, North Carolina.Born in Haywood County, North Carolina., August 15, 1920 he was the son of the late Oscar and Ollie Davis Sharp. He was a retired carpenter and had retired from A.C. Lawrence Leather Company as...

Ethel Runion

Ethel Runion

Feb 5, 2012

Ethel Vavalee Runion, 76, Morganton, NC.Ethel Runion 76, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2012 at Magnolia Lane in Morganton. She was preceded in death by her husband Clyde Runion, a son Wally Runion, her father Jim Campbell, and sister Evelyn Poteat.She is survived by her mother Ruth Campbell, two daughters Alice Olin and her friend Randall Deal, Ruthie Webb and...

Vivian Tatum

Vivian Tatum

Feb 4, 2012

Vivian Virginia Matthews Tatum 94, Walhalla, SCVivian Virginia Matthews Tatum, 94, of Walhalla, SC, formerly of Rabun Gap, GA and Cornelia, GA died Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Lila Doyle Nursing Facility in Seneca, SC. She was married to the late Wilmer Reginald Tatum, Sr. for 59 years. She was the daughter of the late Jay Brayton and Monnie Scarborough...

Elbert Sullivan

Elbert Sullivan

Feb 2, 2012

Elbert L. Sullivan, Jr. 70, Clayton, Georgia.Elbert L. Sullivan, Jr. 70, of Rabun Gap, Georgia., affectionately known as “Sulley”, died Thursday February 2, 2012 at his residence.Born in Poplarville, Mississippi., July 8, 1941 he was the son of the late Elbert and Louise Parker Sullivan, Sr. He was a member of the Battle Branch Baptist Church, Clayton, GA; a member...

Clarence Carpenter

Clarence Carpenter

Feb 1, 2012

Clarence C. (MOE) Carpenter, 73, Clayton, Georgia.Clarence C. (MOE) Carpenter, 73, of Ponderosa Road Rabun Gap, Georgia died Wednesday February 1, 2012 in Mountain View Health Care, Clayton, Georgia.Born in Macon County, North Carolina., April 22, 1938 he was the son of the late Henry and Florence Webb Carpenter. He had spent most of his life in Rabun County. He...

Margie Smith

Margie Smith

Jan 28, 2012

Margie Odena Rogers Smith, 75, Flowery Branch, Georgia.Margie Odena Rogers Smith, 75, of Flowery Branch, Georgia., Formerly of Rabun County, died Saturday January 28, 2012 in Tucker, GA.,Born September 5, 1936 in Rabun County, she was the daughter of the late Marvin w. and Flora Mae Wilburn Rogers. She had spent most of her life in Gwinnett County, Georgia.She was...

Thomas Garner

Thomas Garner

Jan 22, 2012

Thomas Buford Garner, 82, Clayton, Georgia.Thomas Buford Garner, 82, of Athens, Georgia., died Sunday night January 22, 2012 in ST. Mary’s Hospital Athens, Georgia.Born in Franklin County, Georgia., October 12, 1929. He was the son of the late Thomas Barner Garner and Essie Marie Adams Garner. He was a member of Level Grove Baptist Church in Cornelia. He was a...

Darlene Keener

Darlene Keener

Jan 18, 2012

Darlene Malcom Keener, 63, Clayton, Georgia.Darlene Malcom Keener, 63 of Dud Creek Road in the Chechero Community, Clayton, Georgia., died Wednesday January 18, 2012 at her residence.Born in Morgan County, Georgia., January 17, 1949, she was the daughter of Willie Sue Dye Malcom of Clayton and the late Rev. George Robert Malcom. She was the wife of Earl Keener of...

Joan Veal

Joan Veal

Jan 13, 2012

Joan Crawford Veal, 67, Clayton, Georgia.Joan Crawford Veal, 67, of Bradford Road, Clayton, Georgia., died Friday January 13, 2012 at her residence.Born in Rabun County December 25, 1944 she was the daughter of the late Mart and Eva English Crawford. She was a member of the Tiger United Methodist Church. She was a teacher’s aid in the Rabun County School...

Mary Williams

Mary Williams

Jan 6, 2012

Mary Elizabeth DeHart Williams 83, Dillard, Georgia.Mary Elizabeth DeHart Williams, 83, of Dillard, Georgia., died Friday night January 6, 2012 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA.Elizabeth was born February 14, 1928 in Sylva, North Carolina to the late John and Iona Hurst DeHart. She was the widow of James Edward Williams, Sr. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse...

Buck Beaty

Buck Beaty

Dec 26, 2011

Buck Beaty, 63, Clayton, GeorigaBuck Beaty, 63, of Antioch Church Road, Clayton, Georgia., died Monday December, 26, 2011 at his home.Born in Rabun County, November 25, 1948, he was the son of Mary Carter Beaty of Clayton and the late George Beaty. He was a member of Battle Branch Baptist Church and was a logger in the timber industry, and...

Judith Hurley

Judith Hurley

Dec 23, 2011

Judith Babcock Hurley, 66, Clayton, Georgia.Judith Babcock Hurley, 66, of Chiggerchaw Ridge Road, RT, Clarkesville, Georgia (Rabun County) died Thursday evening December 22, 2011 at her home.Born in Richmond, Virginia, July 31, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Melba Rigdon Babcock. She was retired as a registered nurse (RN.) She was preceded in death by her...

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