Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Jimmy Edmond Webb
Jun 29, 2022
Jimmy Edmond Webb, age 74, of Tiger, GA passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Born on July 29, 1947, he was the son of the late Edmond Pike Webb and Nancy Ella (Swafford) Webb. He is survived by his loving wife, Shirley (Queen) Webb. Jimmy was a wonderful husband, daddy, grandpa, and great grandpa. He was a member of...
Thelma Lou Saunders
Jun 26, 2022
Thelma Lou Carver Saunders, of Clayton, GA passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022. Born on December 25, 1925, she is the daughter of the late Paul Washington Carver and Lillian Wilburn Carver. Thelma was the neighborhood's mother. All of her children's friends used to hang out at her house when they were young, and she always invited them to...
Wilma "Ruth" Billingsley
Jun 24, 2022
Wilma Ruth Holt Billingsley, 78, of Scaly Mountain, NC passed away on Friday, June 24, 2022. Born on July 5, 1943, she is the daughter of the late Claude Wesley Holt and Mary Ethel Cantrell Holt. She was preceded by her husband of 54 years Homer Lee Billingsley. Ruth was a faithful woman who loved to spend time with her...
Christopher Lee Ashby
Jun 21, 2022
Christopher Lee Ashby, age 52, of Tiger, GA formerly of Michigan, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Born on October 6, 1969, he is the son of Vernon L Ashby and Vera Maxwell Ashby. Christopher moved to Tiger a year and a half ago and he loved being here in the mountains. He was a decorated combat veteran, serving in...
John Welch
Jun 20, 2022
John Welch Jr, age 76, of Clayton, GA passed away Monday, June 20, 2022. Born on May 26, 1946, he is the son of the late John Welch and Nellie Webb Welch. He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years Carolyn Wines Welch. For more than 20 years, John owned John’s Gun and Pawn. He was of the...
Mildred Godshall
Jun 20, 2022
Mildred Hinshaw Godshall, age 85, of Clayton, GA passed away on Monday, June 20, 2022. Born on September 22, 1936, to the late Henry and Lillie Dixon Hinshaw. She is preceded by her husband Robert Ellis Godshall. Mildred worked for Delta Airlines where she was an administrative assistant, and she was of the Christian faith. She is survived by her...
Tina Duncan
Jun 19, 2022
Tina Wall Duncan, age 59, of Clayton, GA passed away on Sunday, June 19, 2022.Born on March 19, 1963, she is the daughter of the late William David (W.D.) Wall and Wylene Ramey Wall. She was a caregiver as well as a masonry worker for Willie Fortson.She is survived by two sons, Alton Owens Jr. (Gwen) of Lakemont, GA and...
Sandra Jean Lawson
Jun 16, 2022
Sandra Jean Lawson, 80, of Wolffork Road in Rabun Gap, GA passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2022 at northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA.Born in Plainview, Nebraska on May 11, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Osborne J. Bartling and Eva Dale Armstrong. She lived her life in Rabun County where she was a teacher for...
Jeana Henslee Ramey
Jun 3, 2022
Jeana Henslee Ramey, 57, of Tiger, GA passed away Friday, June 3, 2022. She was born on August 8, 1964 to the late Janie Evelyn Henslee. Jeana was a member of Blue Heights Baptist Church, and she was very artistic and loved to crochet and sew. She is survived by two children, Ashleigh Ramey, and Brandon Ramey and wife Courtney;...
Virginia Lynn Watts
Jun 1, 2022
Virginia Lynn Justus Watts, age 72, of Clayton, GA passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Born on October 25, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Neal and Durrell Dickerson Justus. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank Watts. Virginia was a member of Mountain Grove Church. She is survived by two sons, Franklin Watts of...
Douglas Jason Hamilton
May 29, 2022
Douglas Jason Hamilton, 45, of Cornelia, GA passed away Sunday, May 29, 2022, at his home. Born on September 9, 1976, he is the son of the David Hamilton and the late Gwendolyn Sue Kirkland.Douglas served in the United States Navy where he was as a Hull Maintenance Technician. He is survived by his father, David Hamilton, and stepmother Kathleen;...
Carrie Doris Rogers
May 27, 2022
Carrie Doris Grist Rogers of Winder, age 95, formerly of Clayton, died peacefully in her sleep May 27, 2022, at The Oaks of Athens.Doris was born Sept. 13, 1926, in the farming community of Rabun Gap, Georgia, to Tom and Helena Grist. One of nine children—the youngest of the daughters—she graduated from Rabun Gap Nacoochee High School, where, with her...
Wilda Smith Brooks
May 24, 2022
Wilda Smith Brooks, 72, of Tiger, GA passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2022. She was born on September 25, 1949, to the late Clive Holt Smith and Sallie Mae Wilbanks Smith. Wilda was a quiet soul who loved being around her family, especially the children and was an outstanding mother. She enjoyed reading, doing jigsaw puzzles, and playing Skip-Bo. She...
Howard "Zeke" Carpenter
May 19, 2022
Howard “Zeke” Carpenter, 80, of Clayton, GA passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Born in Franklin, NC he was the son of the late Henry and Florence Webb Carpenter. Zeke attended Mountain City Church of God and was a kind-hearted man who would do anything for anyone.He is survived by one daughter, Gloria (Mitchell) Cabe of Franklin, NC; three...
Elizabeth Hopkins
May 13, 2022
Elizabeth Woodall Hopkins, 88, of Clayton, GA passed away on Friday, May 13, 2022.She was born on April 17, 1934, in Rabun County to the late Jim and Pearl (Watts) Woodall. Her husband, Herschel Hopkins, predeceased her. Elizabeth had been a long-time member of Chechero Baptist Church.She is survived by one son, Mike (Tina) Hopkins of Clayton, GA; two grandchildren,...
Earline Carver Benefield
Apr 23, 2022
Earline Carver Benefield, 77, of Clayton, GA passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Northside Hospital Forsyth in Cumming, GA.Born on June 3, 1944, Earline was the daughter of the late Buster “Buck” T. Carver and Leona “Dink” Thomas. She was the widow of Robert “Donnie” Benefield. She was a Christian by faith. She was a loving mother, grandmother...
Cecil Wilburn Jr.
Apr 23, 2022
Cecil Wilburn Jr., 57, passed away on April 23, 2022, at Emory University Hospital.Cecil was born on August 16, 1964, to Cecil Wilburn Sr. and Deborah Harris. He was a brilliant carpenter who worked for Buchanan Construction and could build anything he set his mind to. Cecil graduated from Rabun County High School in 1983 and enjoyed fishing, hunting, and...
Margaret Susan Lee
Apr 17, 2022
Margaret Susan Lee, 61, died on April 17, 2022 in Gainesville, Georgia.Glenn Lee of Griffin, GA, and Kirk Lee of Griffin, GA, are her two sons.At this time, no services are scheduled.The Lee family is being assisted by Hunter Funeral Home.
James Luther Owens
Apr 15, 2022
James Luther Owens, 64, of Highlands, NC passed away on April 15, 2022.James was born on September 16, 1957, to the late Jayco and Martha Munger Owens. He was known to his family as “Pappa James” and to everyone else “Captain Casual”. James was a land surveyor and loved being out in nature working or hiking the many trails in...
Mildred Hollifield Bramblett
Apr 12, 2022
Mildred Hollifield Bramblett, 97, of Tiger, GA passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at the home of her daughter. Born on July 15, 1924, in Rabun County, she was the daughter of the late John D. Hollifield and Nora Keener. She spent her life in Rabun County as a housewife. She was of the Presbyterian faith. She was the...
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