Obituaries

Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

William Lester Queen

William Lester Queen

Apr 5, 2021

William Lester Queen, 74, died Monday, April 5, 2021. Family will greet friends for a time of visitation from 2:00PM to 4:00PM on Saturday, April 10, 2021, at the residence, 185 West Juniper Creek Road near Byron. Born in Rabun County to the late Emory and Pearl Bottoms Queen, Mr. Queen was employed at Dunlap Chevrolet and Youmans Chevrolet for...

Essie Faye Justus

Essie Faye Justus

Apr 4, 2021

Essie Faye (Alexander) Justus, 79, of Clayton, GA passed away on Sunday, April 4, 2021.Born in Rabun County on February 27, 1942 she was the daughter of the late William Alexander and Margie Seay Alexander. She was retired from Hanes where she worked as a spinner. She was of the Church of God Faith. She was preceded in death by...

Archie Dale Vinson

Archie Dale Vinson

Apr 1, 2021

Archie Dale Vinson, 59, of Rabun Gap, GA passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at his home. Born in Macon, NC, he was the son of the late Steven and Blanche Ramey Vinson. He worked as a self employed truck driver and was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Steven and Blanche Vinson...

Tiney Louise Watts

Tiney Louise Watts

Mar 16, 2021

Tiney Louise Watts, 68, of Clayton, GA passed away on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at her home. Born in Clarke County, GA on May 26, 1952 she was the daughter of the late George P, Ledbetter and Elizabeth Loggins Ledbetter. She worked as a creel worker for Burlington Industries and was a member of Battle Branch Baptist Church. She was...

Billy Ray Nix

Billy Ray Nix

Mar 14, 2021

Billy Ray Nix (Bill), 83, of Scaly Mountain, North Carolina passed away on March 14, 2021. He was born September 21, 1937 to the late Marvin and Rhoda Nix. Bill was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He was preceded in death by two brothers, John Marvin Nix, Jr. (Junior) and Richard Nix. He is survived by his wife, Jean...

Mildred Carpenter

Mildred Carpenter

Mar 10, 2021

Mildred Webb Carpenter, 70, of the Betty's Creek Community in Rabun Gap, GA passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at her home. Born November 20, 1950 in Rabun County, GA she was the daughter of the late Lennex Thomas Webb and Ida Frances Crane Webb. She spent her life in North Carolina and in Georgia. She was a housewife. She...

Mark Lee Pruitt

Mark Lee Pruitt

Mar 8, 2021

Mark Lee Pruitt, 57, of Mountain City, GA passed away on March 8, 2021 at his home. Born in Macon County, NC on July 22, 1963 to Jack and Lynda Allen Pruitt, he was a graduate of Rabun County High School and North Georgia Technical School. He spent his career as a machinist, and he was a member of Mountain...

Robert Lee Edwards

Robert Lee Edwards

Mar 7, 2021

Robert L. Edwards, Jr., 83, of Clayton, GA., died March 7, 2021.Born in Clayton, Georgia. December 6, 1937 he was the son of the late Robert L. Edwards, Sr., and Cona English Edwards. He was a U.S. Mail Carrier for the U.S. Postal Service and a member of the Clayton Baptist Church. He is survived by two sons, Edd Lee...

Mary Joyce Cragg

Mary Joyce Cragg

Mar 3, 2021

Mary Joyce Jenkins Cragg, 89, of Wiley, GA passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at her home. Born in Wiley, GA on August 5, 1931 she was the daughter of the late James C. Jenkins and Mary Elisabeth Pitts Jenkins. She was the wife of the late Arthur J. Cragg. She spent her life in Wiley, GA. She was...

Carolyn Jane Craig

Carolyn Jane Craig

Feb 24, 2021

Carolyn Jane Craig, age 85 of Clayton, GA passed away on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Jane was born on December 27, 1935 in Lakemont, GA and was the daughter of Late Oma Turpin Gipson and Virgil Carlton Gipson of Lakemont, GA.She loved her family and friends and enjoyed spending time with them. She enjoyed gardening,...

Glenn Dover Justus

Glenn Dover Justus

Feb 23, 2021

Glenn Dover Justus, 76, of Clayton, GA passed away on Tuesday February 23, 2021 at his home. Born in Rabun County, GA on April 11, 1944, he was the son of the late Neal Justus and Durrell Dickerson. He worked for Harold Wilson Body Shop. He was a member of Mt. Grove Baptist Church for many years. He was preceded...

Robert William Robbins

Robert William Robbins

Feb 15, 2021

Robert William Robbins, 38, of Lakemont, GA passed away on Monday, February 15, 2021 in Tiger, GA. Born in Pasco, FL on September 11, 1982, Robert was the son of Robert William Robbins and Cherrie Wilson Lowe. He worked as a sales associate for Walmart in Clayton, GA. He was also of the Baptist Faith. He is survived by his...

Hudson Queen

Hudson Queen

Feb 8, 2021

Hudson Queen, 82, of Clayton, GA passed away on Monday, February 08, 2021 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Queen was born in Rabun County, GA on May 10, 1938 and was the son of the late Paul Jackson Queen and Leona Redden Queen. He worked as a fitter in the wood working profession.At Scoville in Habersham County He was...

Jessie Faye Cochran

Jessie Faye Cochran

Feb 7, 2021

Ms. Jessie Faye Cochran age 64 of Thomaston Ga., passed away Sunday February 7, 2021 at Spalding Regional Medical Center.Ms. Cochran was born on November 29, 1956 in Clayton Ga., to the late Ralph Callenback and the late Ruby Raney Callenback. She was of the Baptist faith.Survivors include her brothers James Clifton Callenback of Toccoa Ga., Eugene Carlton Callenback of...

Shirley Rogers

Shirley Rogers

Feb 6, 2021

Shirley McBurney Rogers, 88, of Mtn, City, GA passed away on Saturday, February 06, 2021 at The Oaks - Scenic View in Baldwin, GA. Born in Oklahoma on December 12, 1932 she was the daughter of the late Walter John McBurney and Mildred Hatchett McBurney. She was a housewife and of the Methodist Faith. She was preceded in death by...

Vivian Lee Allgood

Vivian Lee Allgood

Feb 2, 2021

Mrs. Vivian Lee Allgood, 73, wife of Richard Allgood, passed away Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at Northeast Georgia Braselton Hospital.Born August 22,1947 in Pontiac, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Carol Andrew Hudson and late Lucy Crunckleton Hudson. Mrs. Allgood was disabled/retired and worked at Priamerica, Conway High School Lunchroom, Pelican Lumber, Eastern Sales and The Peanut Shack...

Ralph Edward Woods

Ralph Edward Woods

Jan 29, 2021

Ralph Edward Woods, 71, of Clayton, GA passed away on Friday, January 29, 2021 at his home. Born in Seattle, WA on October 16, 1949, he was the son of the late Garnel "Bunk" Woods and Grace Bradley Woods. He spent his childhood and adult life in Rabun County. He was a U.S. Army veteran and retired from law enforcement,...

Judy Berrong

Judy Berrong

Jan 25, 2021

Judy Walker Berrong, 66, of Rabun County passed away at Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA on Monday, January 25, 2021. Born in Clayton, GA on August 19, 1954 she was the daughter of the late Porter Walker and Dora Dell Emory Walker. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. Judy was preceded in death by...

Brian Michael Cappello

Brian Michael Cappello

Jan 21, 2021

Brian Michael Cappello, 41, of Rabun Gap, GA passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at his home in Rabun Gap, GA. Born in Miami, FL on September 30, 1979 he was the son of the late Michael James Cappello and Patricia Maureen Carl Cappello. He lived in Miami and then moved to Rabun County and worked as a self...

 Rev. John Stuart Gipson

Rev. John Stuart Gipson

Jan 21, 2021

Rev. John Stuart Gipson, 87, of Lakemont, GA passed away on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at his home. Born in Lakemont, GA on July 21, 1933 he was the son of the late Carlton Gipson and Oma Turpin Gipson. He lived his life in Rabun County and worked for himself in the drywall business. He was a member of the...