Obituaries

Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Jeannette Rawlins

Jeannette Rawlins

Dec 12, 2020

Jeannette Rawlins, 69 of Atlanta, GA passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at her home in Atlanta, GA. Born April 29. 1951 in Rabun County, GA she was the daughter of the Juanita Patton Rawlins and the late Pleasant M. Rawlins. She was a homemaker and was a Christian by faith. She was preceded in death by her father,...

Michael Joseph Beltran

Michael Joseph Beltran

Dec 10, 2020

Michael Joseph Beltran. 51, of Rabun Gap, GA passed away on December 10, 2020 at his residence. Born June 20, 1969 in Fulton County, GA he was the son of Ralph Beltran and Julia C. Beroshek Raub. He was a Volunteer for many years at the Navy Seal Museum in Fort Pierce, FL. He also worked as a tow truck...

Linda Lea Plakstis

Linda Lea Plakstis

Dec 8, 2020

Linda Lee Black Plakstis of Grandview Lane Clayton, GA., died Tuesday December 8, 2020 at her residence.Born in Fort Pierce Florida September 11, 1943 she was the daughter of the late Webb Black and Agnes Blanton Black. She was the former owner and operator of Clayton Cafe for many years and was of the Baptist Faith. She was the last...

Harry Lee Jackson

Harry Lee Jackson

Dec 3, 2020

Harry Lee Jackson, Sr., 74, of Westminster, SC passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Oconee Hospital. Born in Stephens County, GA on October 31, 1946 he was the son of the late Willie D. Jackson and Viola Steeple. He worked as a shipping clerk for Fieldale. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by...

Randy Dean Giles

Randy Dean Giles

Nov 23, 2020

On Monday, November 23, 2020, the Giles family lost their daddy, brother, and grandfather. Randy Dean Giles entered into the presence of the Lord unexpectedly that night. Randy was born in Rabun County Hospital on October 19, 1957. His parents were the late Little Willie and late Lulu Belle Giles, of Mountain City. He graduated in 1974 from Rabun County...

Cleve Allen

Cleve Allen

Nov 16, 2020

Rev. Cleve Allen, age 88 of Clarkesville, passed away on Monday, November 16, 2020.Born in Clarkesville, Georgia on August 1, 1932, he was a son of the late Cleveland Allen and Bertha Sims Allen Nix. Rev. Allen was co-owner of Big A Monument Company for many years. He was retired from pastoring after preaching and evangelizing all over the Southeast...

Nora  Faye Maxwell

Nora Faye Maxwell

Nov 12, 2020

Nora Faye McCall Maxwell, 84, of Neal Little Road in Carnesville, GA, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital.Born February 17, 1936 in Rabun County, GA she was the daughter of the late Horash McCall and Fannie Mae Fountain McCall. She spent her life as a house wife and was a member of the Harmony...

Elsie Mcconnell

Elsie Mcconnell

Nov 8, 2020

Elsie Matson McConnell, age 89 of Mtn City, GA passed away on Sunday November 8, 2020 at Mtn Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA. Born November 26, 1930 in Greensboro, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Norman D. Matson and Helen Summerville. She worked as a printer for Honeywell and moved to Rabun County 25 years ago. She...

Ann Maureen Burrell

Ann Maureen Burrell

Nov 6, 2020

Ann Maureen Holcomb Burrell, 98 of Clayton, GA passed away on Friday, November 6, 2020. Born May 25, 1922 in Rabun County, GA, she was the daughter of the late James Robert Holcomb and Earlie Mae Jones. She lived her life in Rabun County and worked as an office clerk for the U.S. Federal Government. She was also a member...

Ernest Boyd Dockins

Ernest Boyd Dockins

Oct 29, 2020

On Thursday, October 29. 2020, Ernest Boyd Dockins of Clayton, GA, passed away at Mtn. Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA at the age of 73. Born September 6, 1947 in Rabun County, Boyd was the son of the late George T. Dockins and Josephine A. Smith Dockins. He lived most of his life in Cumming, GA before returning to...

Helen Green

Helen Green

Oct 29, 2020

Helen Burrell Green, 94 of Clayton, GA., died October 29, 2020 at her residence. She was the widow of Chris Green. She was the last member of her immediate family. Born in Clayton, GA., October 30, 1925 she was the daughter of the late Decauter and Harriet Dickerson Burrell. She was a homemaker and a member of Betty’s Creek Baptist...

Amalee Zoellner Hamby

Amalee Zoellner Hamby

Oct 17, 2020

Amalee Zoellner Hamby, 95, of Williamston, SC passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Habersham Homes West. Born August 3, 1925 in Macon County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Willie Lewis Zoellner and Magline Webb. She was a housewife and was a member of Battle Branch Baptist Church. She was preceded in death in addition to...

Shirley Mason Mann

Shirley Mason Mann

Oct 13, 2020

Shirley Mason Mann, 74, of Clarkesville, GA passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital. Born in Rabun County, GA on November 20, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Holbert Beasley and Wilma Parker. She worked in maintenance for GA Power and was a member of Betty’s Creek Baptist Church. She was preceded in death...

Verlene Alexander Holt

Verlene Alexander Holt

Oct 6, 2020

Verlene Alexander Holt, age 82 of Shady Side Dr, in Clayton, GA passed away pm Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at her home. Born November 4, 1937 in Rabun County, GA she was the daughter of the late William Alexander and Margie Seay. She lived her life in Rabun County, GA and worked as a seamstress for RONCO (Ronland Coleman) and...

Willie Mae Browder

Willie Mae Browder

Sep 26, 2020

Willie Mae Browder, 79 of Clayton, GA, passed away on Saturday September 26, 2020 at Habersham Medical Center. She was born September 1, 1941 in Cherokee, Oklahoma and spent most of her life in Arkansas. She was a housewife and was a member of Grace Church. She is survived by her husband, Everette L. Browder or the home, by four...

Stephen Larry Lee

Stephen Larry Lee

Sep 21, 2020

Donna Marquis-Cox 3:36 PM (0 minutes ago)to meStephen Larry LeeSaturday, March 10th, 1951 – Monday, September 21st, 2020Stephen Larry Lee, 69, of Clayton, GA passed away on Monday, September 21, 2020, at his home on Dry Pond Drive.Born in Vigo County, Indiana, March 10, 1951, he was the son of the late Rolland Lee and Marjorie (Peek) Lee. He spent...

Kate Ramey Beck

Kate Ramey Beck

Sep 20, 2020

Kate Ramey Beck, 79 of Martin, GA died September 20, 2020 at home with family by her side. She was born in Rabun County, GA to the late Leo Ramey and Mae Wall Ramey. She was of the Baptist faith. She was survived by her children, David McFalls (Bonnie) , J. C. McFalls, Georgia, Tom McFalls (Lorri), Shelia Wall (Danny),...

Mary Louise Blake

Mary Louise Blake

Sep 18, 2020

Mary Louise Blake, age 67 of Dillard, Georgia passed away after a short battle with cancer on Friday, September 18, 2020.  She was born in New Britain, Connecticut on September 15, 1953 to Stephen Howard Blake and Frances Murphy Blake.  In the 1960s she moved with her family to the Atlanta area and called Georgia home. Mary had a rewarding...

Evelyn Justus

Evelyn Justus

Sep 14, 2020

Evelyn Underwood Justus, 87, of Clayton, died Monday, September 14th, 2020 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Evelyn was born May 26th, 1933 to William Underwood and Grace Wall Norton. She married Rudolph Justus in 1954 and had two sons.Evelyn loved the Lord and wanted to make sure that her boys, as well as their friends, were raised in church. In...

Terry Matthew York

Terry Matthew York

Sep 14, 2020

Terry Matthew York, 64, of Mountain City, GA, passed away on Monday, September 14, 2020. He was born in Clayton, GA, and was the son of the late John Howard York and Sarah Dorothy Moore York. He is survived by his two sons and one daughter, Dallas York (Kara) of Buford, GA, Isaac York (Jennifer) of Franklin, TN, and Hannah...