Obituaries

Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Sue Sharpe

Sue Sharpe

Jul 10, 2012

Sue Giles Sharpe 85, Lakemont, Georgia.Sue Giles Sharpe, 85, of Lakemont, Georgia., died Tuesday July 10, 2012 at her residence.Born in Trion, Georgia. September 1, 1926 she was the daughter of the late Grady Lee and Ruth Williams Giles. She was a widow, having been preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth C. Sharpe. She was also preceded in death...

Larry Clower

Larry Clower

Jun 30, 2012

Larry E. Clower 89, Clayton, GeorgiaLarry E. Clower, 89, of Warwoman Road Clayton died Saturday June 30, 2012 in Habersham County Medical Center. The body has been cremated and a memorial service will be held at a later date in Harriman, Tennessee.Hunter Funeral Home is in Charge of arrangements.An on-line obituary and register is available at www.info@hunterfuneralhomega.com

Jim Brown

Jim Brown

Jun 24, 2012

Jim Brown 76, Clayton, Georgia.Jim Brown, 76, of Highway 76 West, Clayton, Georgia., died Sunday June 24, 2012 in Mountain View Health Center, Clayton, Georgia.Born in Macon County, North Carolina, May 17, 1936, he was the son of the late Lee and Dawn Chastain Brown. He had lived most of his life in Rabun County.Mr. Brown was a landscaper.He was...

Marion Fisher

Marion Fisher

Jun 23, 2012

Marion McSwain Fisher , A memorial service for Marion McSwain Fisher, wife of Guy Fisher will be at the Clayton First united Methodist Church at 11:00 AM. Saturday June 23, 2012.Hunter Funeral Home of Clayton GA. is in charge of arrangements.An on-line obituary and register is available at www.hunterfuneralhomega.com

Steve Welch

Steve Welch

Jun 19, 2012

Steve Welch 54, Toccoa, Georgia.Steve Welch, 54, of Black Mountain Road, Toccoa, Georgia., formerly of Mountain City died Tuesday June 19, 2012 at his home in Toccoa, Georgia.Born February 14, 1958 in Mountain City, he was the son of the late Lon J. Welch,. and Thelma Holbrook Welch. He was an auto collision repairman with Welch’s Classic Customizing. He was...

Oneal Burrell

Oneal Burrell

Jun 17, 2012

Oneal Burrell 86, Clayton, Georgia.Oneal Burrell, 86, of Dillard, Georgia. died Sunday June 17, 2012 in Baldwin, Georgia. He was the Widower of Rhoda Jenkins Burrell.Born in Rabun County July 10, 1925 he was the son of the late Roosevelt Burrell, and Clyde Shope Burrell Oneal was retired as a maintenance worker on the Tallulah Falls railroad and was of...

Margaret Mccall

Margaret Mccall

Jun 15, 2012

Margaret Hoffman McCall 78, Lakemont, Georgia.Margaret Hoffman McCall, 78, of Gipson Lane, Lakemont, Georgia., died Friday June 15, 2012 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. She was the widow of Rabun Martin McCall.Born in Rabun county September 3, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. Hoffman and Pauline Phillips Hoffman.She was a postal clerk with the...

Dorothy Speed

Dorothy Speed

Jun 13, 2012

Dorothy Seay Speed, 83, Dillard, Georgia.Dorothy Seay Speed, 83, of Lamb Road, Dillard, Georgia., died Wednesday June 13, 2012 at her residence.Born in Rabun County January 14, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Walter and Lola Tyler Seay. She was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She was a retired Textile Worker and was an...

Flora Holcomb

Flora Holcomb

Jun 6, 2012

Flora Mae Thrift Holcomb 83, Tiger, Georgia.Flora Mae Holcomb, 83, of Blair Street Tiger, Georgia., died Wednesday June 6, 2012 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center ,Gainesville, Georgia.Born May 1, 1929 in Oconee County South Carolina., She was the daughter of the late Burt and Nittie Phillips Thrift. She worked in the textile industry at Claybourne MFG for over thirty years...

Mary Swafford

Mary Swafford

Jun 3, 2012

Mary Ruth Rogers Swafford 60, Westminster, SCMary Ruth Rogers Swafford, 60, of Johnson Street Westminster, SC, died Sunday night June 3, 2012 at her residence.Born in Mountain City, GA., March 8, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Logan L. and Bernice Queen Rogers and had lived her life in Rabun County, GA and Oconee County, South Carolina. She...

Ann Deering

Ann Deering

Jun 3, 2012

Ann Marie Deering 66, Lakemont, Georgia.Ann Marie Deering, 66, of Wolf Creek Road, Lakemont, died Sunday June 3, 2012 at her residence.Born December 28, 1945 in Rabun County, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Marie Brown Head. She was retired as a sales lady in the produce industry and was a member of the Wiley Church of...

Arvilla Gillespie

Arvilla Gillespie

Jun 1, 2012

Arvilla Gertrude Gillespie 96, Clayton, Georgia.Arvilla Gertrude Telles Gillespie, affectionately known as “Trudy”, 96, of Clayton, widow of Marvin M. Gillespie died June 1, 2012 in Savannah, GA.Born October 27, 1915 in Batesville, Indiana she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Flora Blank Telles. She was Co-Owner operator of Marvin’s Restaurant in Clayton for a number of years...

Janie Holcomb

Janie Holcomb

May 21, 2012

Janie Holcomb 62, Atlanta, GAJanie Holcomb, 62, daughter of Guy and Lucille Holcomb, died May 22, 2012 in Atlanta. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.If you should have any questions regarding this service please contact Rose Shirley Barnes at 706-782-3021.This announcement is courtesy of Hunter Funeral Home.

Robert Widgery

Robert Widgery

May 17, 2012

Robert L. Widgery, Jr 70, Miami. FLRobert L. Widgery Jr, 70, of Miami, Florida, died Thursday, May 17, 2012 in Miami. He was a son the son of Mildred Widgery of Clayton and the late Robert L. Widgery, Sr. Other survivors include his wife LizAnn Widgery of Miami, a daughter Kim (Steve) Leatherman, grandsons Ryan Blake Leatherman and Jack Leatherman....

Clee Scruggs

Clee Scruggs

May 17, 2012

Clee Hooper Scruggs 93, Rabun GapClee Hooper Scruggs, 93, of Rabun Gap, GA, widow of Wallace Scruggs, died Thursday, May 17, 2012 at the Habersham Medical Center in Demorest, GA.Born April 8, 1919 in Hiawassee, GA, to the late James and Sally Eller Hooper. She had lived most of her life in Rabun County. She was a Seamstress and a...

Sarah Bleckley

Sarah Bleckley

May 14, 2012

Sarah Frances Bleckley 85, Monroe, NCSarah Frances Bleckley Fisk, 85, of Monroe, NC, and of Rabun Gap, GA, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at her mother’s home in the Betty’s Creek Community following a brief illness.Born September 22, 1926 in Wetumpka, Alabama she had spent most of her life in Silver Spring, MD and had lived in Anchorage, Alaska, Savannah,...

Glenna Jones

Glenna Jones

May 8, 2012

Glenna Wilson Jones 62, Mountain CityGlenna Ardrene Wilson Jones, 62, of Mountain City, widow of Glen Jones, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at the home of her daughter in Cleveland.Born March 5, 1950 in Missouri, she had spent most of her life in Rabun, County. She was a daughter of the late William Jasper and Willie Jane London Wilson. Mrs....

Patricia Stever

Patricia Stever

May 5, 2012

Patricia Ann Stever 76, Tiger, Georgia.Patricia Ann Stever, 76, of Blair Street, Tiger, Georgia., died Saturday May 5, 2012 at her residence.Born in Volusia County Florida March 31, 1936 to the late Broward Franklin Goodrich and Lucile Lillian Vann Goodrich. She was the widow of Charles Martin Stever, Jr. She was a retired church secretary for Oak Hill Baptist church....

Freda Beaty

Freda Beaty

May 5, 2012

Freda Wooten Beaty, 54, Clayton, Georgia.Freda Wooten Beaty, 54, of Clayton, died Saturday, May 5, 2012 in Oconee Hospice of the Foothills Seneca, SC.Mrs. Beaty was born August 17, 1957 in Macon County, NC. She was a daughter of Fred R. and Ila Scott Wooten. She worked in the textile industry for many years and attended the Clayton Church of...

James Henry

James Henry

Apr 30, 2012

James O. Henry, 69, Mountain City, Georgia.James O. Henry, 69, of Mountain City, GA died Monday, April 30, 2012 at his residence.Mr. Henry was born January 16,1943 in Scaly Mountain, NC and had lived most of his life in Rabun County. He was a son of the late Oliver Raymond and Ruby Carpenter Henry. He was an Electrician and Plumber...