Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Sixleth Rainmaker
May 14, 2021
Sixleth Rainmaker, 53, of Clayton, GA passed away on Friday, May 14, 2021 at Stephens County Hospital. Born June 23, 1967 in Fulton County, GA he was the son of the late Edward Roberts Wilmont. He worked as a Deputy Sheriff for Habersham County and was of the Presbyterian faith. He was preceded in death by his Father and is...
Richard Ernest Hunt
May 7, 2021
Richard Ernest Hunt, 61, of Clayton, GA passed away on Friday, May 7, 2021 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born March 23, 1960 in St. Lucy, FL, he was the son of Kathryn Hunt and the late Emmanuel Hunt. He worked as a plumber for C & H Builders. He was preceded in death by his father, Emmanuel Hunt and...
Janice Vanburen
Apr 28, 2021
Janice VanBuren, 80, of Clayton, GA passed away on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center. Born September 13, 1940 in Lake Toxaway, NC she was the daughter of the late Dock Leo Banther and Betha Patterson Banther . She spent most of her life in Rabun County. She worked as a waitress at various restaurants and was...
Sandra Kay Ivester
Apr 26, 2021
Sandra Kay Ivester, 61, of Blairsville, GA passed away on Monday, April 26, 2021 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born August 17, 1959 in Rabun County, GA she was the daughter of the late Frank Scroggs, Sr. and Ruth Hopkins. She worked as a line worker for Fieldale Farms and was of the Baptist Faith. She was a mother to...
Glenn Lee Holt
Apr 21, 2021
Glenn Lee Holt, 61, of Rabun Gap, GA passed away on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Born in Rabun County on July 24, 1959, he was the son of Roberta Rogers Holt and the late Ray Holt. He lived his life in Rabun County and worked for Vulcan as a heavy machine operator and was of...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...



