Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Jeanette Adolph
Dec 19, 2019
Jeanette Carrie Adolph of Clayton, Georgia, passed away on December 19, 2019 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, Georgia.She was born in Flint, Michigan on September 11, 1968 and was the daughter of David Adolph and the late Patricia McCoy Burrell. She was a Hairdresser and was of the Baptist Faith.She was preceded in death by her mother Patricia...
Phyllis Murphy
Dec 16, 2019
Phyllis Ann Hale Murphy, age 81 of Clayton, Georgia, passed away on December 16, 2019 at her residence.She was born in Rabun Gap, Georgia to Eli Kirby Hale Jr. and Frances Wilcox Hale. She was a house wife and homemaker and a member of Clayton Presbyterian Church.In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Lester...
Truman Barber
Dec 14, 2019
Truman Jewel Barber Jr. of Sky Valley, Georgia and formally of Jacksonville, Florida passed away on December 14, 2019 at Mountain View Health Care Center in Clayton, Georgia after an extended illness. He was married to his loving wife Katherine (Kitti) for sixty-nine years. He was born on February 19, 1929 in Fulton County, Georgia, to the late Truman Jewell...
Edith Burney
Dec 9, 2019
Edith Bleckley Burney, native of Rabun Gap, Georgia passed away peacefully on her 88th birthday, Dec. 9th, 2019. Born in 1931 to Samuel and Adeline Coe Bleckley, she graduated from Rabun Gap Nacoochee School and then went on to earn multiple degrees culminating in a doctorate in Early Childhood Education from the New Orleans Baptist Seminary. Alongside her husband, Dr....
Mark Carman
Dec 6, 2019
Mark Alan Carman, age 61, of Clayton, Ga. died December 6, 2019, at his residence. He was born in Fulton County, Ga. on November 3, 1958 to the late Richard and Marilyn Townsend Carman. He was formally of Canton, Georgia, where he resided most of his life. He was a house painter by trade and of Christian faith.He was preceded...
Anna Walker
Dec 5, 2019
Anna Lee Roach Walker, 84, of Rabun Gap, GA passed away Thursday, December 5, 2019 in Atlanta, GA. Born in Hiawassee, GA, May 6, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Walter Pool Roach and Nola Bowen. She lived most of her life in Rabun County and worked self empioyed most of her life then worked for Traces of...
Carl Neely
Dec 2, 2019
Carl Edward Neely, 78, of Warwoman Road Clayton, Georgia., died Monday Morning December 2, 2019 in Habersham County Medical Center.Born in Clayton Georgia., October 14, 1941 he was the son of the late Philo and Maybelle Chastain Neely. He was a rock mason and a member of the Blue Valley Baptist Church and a member of the North Georgia Coon...
Edwin Perry
Nov 29, 2019
Edwin Orr PerryClayton, GeorgiaApril 25,1927 - November 29, 2019Ed Perry, 92 years of age, a resident of Cannonwood Village in Tiger, GA, passed away of natural causes on November 29, 2019. He was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly Lindsey Cannon Perry, his parents, Edwin and Grace Perry, a son, Timothy Perry, and a step-son, Cole Cannon. Ed attended...
Lowell Rogers
Nov 28, 2019
Lowell Chester Rogers of Clayton died Thursday November 28, 2019 at his residence. He was the husband of Margaret Ann Rogers.Born in Rabun County Georgia July 5, 1953 he was the son of the late Chester and Opal English Rogers. He was air force veteran and a Lab Technologist for Ridgecrest Hospital and a member of the Timpson Presbyterian Church.He...
Katherine Fisk Lee
Nov 20, 2019
Katherine Frances Fisk Lee, age 57, formerly of Silver Springs, MD., and Rabun Gap, Ga., died Wednesday November 20, 2019, at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Utica, New York following a brief illness.Born June 20, 1962 in Burbank, CA. She was the daughter of the late Walter Wayne Fisk and Sarah Frances Bleckley Fisk and the grand daughter of the late...
Walter Dills
Nov 16, 2019
Walter Scott Dills, age 55 of Dillard, passed away Saturday, November 16, 2019.Born in Rabun County on June 16, 1964, Mr. Dills was the son of Genell Shirley Robinson and the late Lewis Dills. Mr. Dills was a United States Army Veteran having served in the South Carolina Army National Guard with over 21 years of loyal service. Mr. Dills...
Dianne Gragg
Nov 16, 2019
On Saturday morning Nov.16,2019 the Lord came peacefully and wrapped His loving arms around , Mrs Dianne Speed Gragg , 60 , with her loving family by her side. Dianne was born and lived in Rabun County and lived in the Warwoman Community , she was the daughter of the late ,Ray R and Lois Dotson Speed.Besides her Mother and...
Carolyn Tyler
Nov 13, 2019
Carolyn Betty Gibson Tyler, 76, of Tiger, GA., died Wednesday November 13, 2019 at her residence .She was the widow of Rev. James Jefferson Tyler.Born in Habersham County Georgia., January 5, 1943 She was the daughter of the late Harrison Gibson and Ethel Ivester Gibson. She was a Seamstress for Don’ L and a member of the Carvers Chapel Baptist...
William Hamilton
Nov 12, 2019
William Douglas Hamilton, Jr., 69, of Tallulah Falls, died Tuesday November 12, 2019 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, GA.Born in Mobile, Alabama., March 23, 1950 he was the son of the late William Douglas Hamilton, Sr., and Katherine Kelly Hamilton. He was a shipping Clerk for ALB Pipe Company and was of the Baptist Faith.He is survived by one...
Michael Queen
Nov 9, 2019
Michael Cecil Queen , 66 , of Clayton ga Affectionatley known as(MIKE) died Saturday Nov.9,2019 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center.Michael was born in Rabun County , Ga. on April 3 , 1953 to the late Irene Dockins, He was in the Maintenance field at Fruit of the Loom and was of the Baptist Faith. Besides his Mother he is proceeded...
Ellis Taylor
Nov 3, 2019
Ellis Ale Taylor, 75, of Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Sunday November 3, 2019 at his residence surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was the husband of Barbara Queen Taylor.Born in Rabun County Georgia., Febuary 27, 1944 he was the son of the late Jim Taylor and Cleo Mconnell Taylor., He was a Mechanic for Don’L and a member...
Mitchell Brown
Oct 30, 2019
Mitchell Brown, 75, of Clayton, GA., died October 30, 2019 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA.Born in Macon County, North Carolina May 29, 1944 He was the son of the late Lee Brown, Jr., and Beatrice Billingsley Brown. He was a farmer and was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death besides his parents by three...
Margaret Kinney
Oct 29, 2019
Margaret Lois Kinney, 73, of Rabun Gap, died October 29, 2019 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, GA. She was the widow of Marlor Speed.Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania., September 2, 1946 she was the daughter of the late William Michael Kinney and Ruth Breckenridge Kinney., She was a Speech Language Pathologist for Broad River Rehabilitation. And was of the Catholic...
Baby Girl Brinkley Mckay Mcclain
Oct 26, 2019
Baby girl Brinkley Renae McKay McClain, InfantShe was the daughter of James t. McClain and Dana Renae McKay. Her family is Baptist and she is survived by parents, James t. and Dana McKay McClain of lakemont. Also surviving are maternal grandparents, Randy and Tonya McKay of Lakemont, GA., and paternal grandparents, Monroe and Yvonne McClain of Clayton, GA., also five...
Albert Turpin
Oct 20, 2019
Albert Turpin, 86, of Lakemont, GA died Sunday October 20, 2019 in Habersham Home East in Demorest, GA. Born in Rabun County, June 19, 1933, he was the son of the late Luther and Demorest Taylor Turpin. He lived his entire life in Rabun County. Albert was custodial supervisor of Rabun County High School and was of the Baptist faith....