Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
James Nation
Jan 4, 2017
James R. Nation, Sr., 65, of Riverbend Road., Demorest, GA., died Wednesday January 4, 2017 at his residence. Born in Clarkesville, Georgia, January 10, 1951, he was the son of the late Arthur and Louise Nelms Nation. He was a self-employed auto mechanic and was employed by Fieldale Farms for a number of years. He was a Baptist by Faith....
Frank W. Lovell
Dec 27, 2016
Frank W. Lovell, Jr., 72, of Wiley, Georgia., died Tuesday December 27, 2016., at Mountain Lakes Medical Center, Clayton, GA.Born in Rabun County May 5, 1944, he was the son of Mary Holcomb Lovell of Wiley and the late Frank W. Lovell, Sr., he was a retired 1st Sargent with the U.S. Army after twenty years of service (1966-1986) with...
Bertha Smith
Dec 26, 2016
Bertha Mae Watts Smith, 88, of Charlie Mountain Road Tiger, GA., passed away in Loganville December 26, 2016. She had lived in Loganville for the past year and a half. Mae will be remembered by all as an angel here on earth, full of quiet dignity, lover of family and friends, perfect hostess to all who set foot in her...
Mary Boss
Dec 12, 2016
Mary “Jean” Boss, 82, of Hill Camp Lane Clayton, GA., died Monday night December 12, 2016 at her home. She was born January 24, 1934 in Lawrenceville, GA., the daughter of the late Vernon and Georgia Stonecypher Roebuck, and had lived in Rabun County for the past 37 years. Mary was the wife of Fred E. Boss for the past...
Margie Mccoy
Dec 7, 2016
Margie Marie McCoy, 82, of Clayton, Georgia., died Wednesday December 7, 2016 in Mountain View Health Care.Born in Kinston, NC., she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Futrelle and Ethel Gay Futrelle. She was the widow of John Howard McCoy. Margie was a homemaker and owner/operator of M&M Bookstore for a number of years as well as being employed...
David Vaughan
Dec 5, 2016
David M. Vaughan, of Lake Burton, Georgia., passed away peacefully on December 5, 2016 following a long illness.Mr. Vaughan was born November 19, 1934 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to parents, Margaret (Pilcher) and Major General Harry H. Vaughan. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Viola Matthews Vaughan; three daughters, Karen McManus (David), Jennifer Vaughan, and Rebecca Vaughan (Michael...
Dean Lovell
Dec 2, 2016
Dean Havard Lovell, 47, of Tiger, GA., died Friday December 2, 2016 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center, Clayton, GA.Born October 17, 1969 in Rabun County, he was the son of Doyce and Elizabeth Crump Lovell. He was an artist and music enthusiast, painting some great pictures and making music in churches and other places. He was a Baptist by Faith.Dean...
Dr. Joseph Strother
Nov 25, 2016
Dr. Joseph Willis Strother, 82, of Clayton, Georgia, died November 25, 2016. He was born December 14, 1933 in New Orleans, Louisiana, son of Southern Baptist Missionaries, Dr. Greene W. and Mrs. Martha Krause Strother. From 1934-1940 and 1947-1949, he lived with his family in Anhui, Henan and Jiangsu provinces of China. He received a B. A. degree from Louisiana...
Wendell Shirley
Nov 25, 2016
Wendell Howard Shirley, 75, of Wiley, Georgia., died Friday November 25, 2016., at his home. Born in Rabun County July 21 1941 he was the son of the Late M.J. Shirley and Rose Holcomb Shirley. He was the husband of Faye Lovell Shirley. Wendell was retired from Rabun Mills and Burlington in the textile industry, and was a member of...
Sarah Smith
Nov 22, 2016
Sarah Venus Smith, 88, of Clayton, GA. Died peacefully at her home on Shadyside Drive on Tuesday November 22, 2016. Born in Rabun County, July 19, 1928. She was the daughter of late John Esco York + Martha Jane Trusty York. She was a homemaker and was employed in the textile industry for a number of years. She was a...
Morgan Mcduffle
Nov 18, 2016
Morgan Ty-Reavis McDuffle, 17, of Rabun Gap, GA. Died at Grady Memorial Hospital, Friday November 18, 2016 after a bout with cancer. Born in Hall County, GA. March 18, 1999. He was the son of Tammie Brim Payne of Rabun Gap and Tony L McDuffle of Cleveland GA. He had lived the greater part of his life in Cornelia, GA....
Hershel Grist
Nov 15, 2016
KHershel J. Grist Jr., ., 92, of Dillard, Georgia., died Tuesday November 15, 2016 at his home after a long bout with cancer. He was the widower of Runelle Dixon Grist.Hershel Jr., was born in Rabun County November 3, 1924 to Hershel Sr., and Belle Bleckley Grist and had lived in Rabun County most of his life. He attended Piedmont...
George Ledbetter
Nov 4, 2016
George Ledbetter, Jr., 65, of Toccoa, Georgia., died Friday November 4, 2016 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center.Born in Rabun County February 21, 1951, he was the son of Bessie Rogers Ledbetter Cragg and the late George Ledbetter. George had worked in the automotive industry for many years as a car painter and other duties in the automotive industry. He was...
William Flanigen
Nov 3, 2016
William Scofield Flanigen, 82, of Glassy Orchard Road, Tiger., Georgia., died Thursday November 3, 2016 at his home.He was born in Atlanta, Georgia., November 10, 1933 to the late John M. Flanigen and Hannah Scofield Flanigen. He lived in Rabun for several years. He was a writer for the U.S. Treasury Department. He was a Korean War Veteran in the...
Virginia Ivester
Nov 2, 2016
Virginia Iola Justus Jiles Sextro Ivester, age 84, of Cornelia, GA, passed away peacefully at Habersham Home East, Habersham Medical Center, Demorest, GA on November 2, 2016.Virginia was born March 17, 1932 in Rabun County GA, to the late Issac Benson Justus and Mary Ellen McDowell Justus. She was also preceded in death by her children’s father, Almon Jiles, her...
Patrick Parker
Nov 2, 2016
Patrick Newton Parker, III, age 80, of Demorest, GA passed away peacefully at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, GA with his wife, Deborah Jiles Parker by his side on November 2, 2016. Patrick was born October 25, 1936 in Charlotte, NC to the late Patrick Newton Parker, II and Madeline White Parker formally of Gainesville, GA. He was preceded in...
Elizabeth Erlitz
Oct 27, 2016
Elizabeth Sue Erlitz, 70, of Cove Crest Drive, Tiger, Georgia., died Thursday October 27, 2016 in North East Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Born in Dallas Georgia., January 19, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Mary Sue Parker Humbarger. She was a retired asst. manager of an apartment complex and was a member of the...
Lillie Alexander
Oct 17, 2016
Lillie Marie Patton Alexander, 78 of Clayton died Monday October 17, 2016 at Mountain View Health Care. She was the widow of James Robert Alexander.Born in Rabun County March 17, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Bill Patton and Laura Parker Patton. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith.Marie is survived by one son, George...
Thomas Green
Oct 14, 2016
Thomas “Jerry” Green, 70 of Carnes Road Tiger, Georgia., died Friday October 14, 2016 at his residence. He was the husband of Felicia Brigman Green.Born in Macon County, North Carolina., June 10, 1946 to the late Andy Franklin Green and Hattie May-Bell Brown Green. He worked for the Water Maintence Department for the City of Clayton and was a member...
Harold Ford
Oct 12, 2016
Harold Eugene (Buddy) Ford, 68, of Bethel Road, Tiger, Georgia., died Wednesday October 12, 2016 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center Clayton, Georgia. He was born June 17, 1948 in Duluth, Georgia., to the late Donald D. Ford and Ramesia West Ford. He was self-employed in the wood working industry, creating furniture plus works of art. He served in the U.S....
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