Obituaries

Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Margaret Henderson

Margaret Henderson

May 18, 2017

Margaret Lynn Henderson, 65, of Tiger, GA., died Thursday May 18, 2017 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, GA.Born in Franklin, North Carolina August 17 1951, she was the daughter of the late J.R Lunsford and Christine Schultz. She was a nurse, R.N. she worked in the Bacon County Hospital.,and taught in the Okeefenokee Technical College, Alma and Waycross campus....

Thomas Talley

Thomas Talley

May 17, 2017

Thomas Keith (Tommy) Talley, 62, of Otto, North Carolina., died Wednesday May 17, 2017 at his home.Born in Rabun County, Georgia.,. August 27, 1954, he was the son of the late Rev. Leonard Talley and Dorothy Darnell T alley. He was the husband of Barbara Jean Rogers Talley. Tommy was a supervisor with Caterpillar Company and was a member of...

Mary  Robinette

Mary Robinette

May 11, 2017

Mary Cody Robinette , 96, of the Warwoman Community Clayton, Georgia., died Thursday May 11, 2017 in Habersham Medical Center.Born in Marshall, North Carolina., November 24, 1920. She was the daughter of the late Lloyd Cody and Grace Lewis Cody. She was the widow of Asher Robinette. She had lived the greater part of her life in West Virginia and...

Max  Southards

Max Southards

May 10, 2017

Max Southard, 76, of Mtn. City , Ga. died Wednesday May 10 , 2017 at his home . He was the husband of Shirley Hoffman Southards. Born in Otto , NC. , January 6, 1941, He was the son of the late Bill and Margaret Justice Southards . He was a Heavy Equipment Operator and was a member of the...

Lexie  Scruggs

Lexie Scruggs

May 9, 2017

Lexie Justus Scruggs, 80, of Clayton , Georgia. wife of Bill Scruggs, died Tuesday May 9, 2017 at her home. Born May 16, 1936 in Rabun County, she was the daughter of the late O.V. Justus and Laura Maude Ledford Justus. Lexie was a homemaker and was a member of the Clayton Baptist Church and the Ideal Sunday School Class....

Horace  Dills

Horace Dills

May 6, 2017

Horace Franklin Dills, 73, of Rabun Gap, Georgia., Died Saturday May 6, 2017 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia., He was the husband of Carlene Hembree Dills. Born in Rabun County Georgia., December 20, 1943., he was the son of the late Arthur Dills and Ester Carpenter Dills. He was a carpenter and a member of the Calvary Baptist...

James  Wilson

James Wilson

May 4, 2017

James Don Wilson went to be with the Lord Thursday May 4, 2017, after faithfully following Him in this life for almost 90 years.Jim was born in Dade, Missouri on September 16, 1927, to parents Minnie Bowman and Paul Wilson. After selling their family farm in Missouri, they moved to Moore Haven, Florida where Jim grew up a neighbor to...

Helen Hunter

Helen Hunter

May 1, 2017

Helen Cannon Hunter, 86, of Clayton, Georgia., died Monday May, 1, 2017 at her Residence. She was the wife of Lloyd Hunter. Born in Clayton, Georgia., September 14, 1930 she was the daughter of the late R.E. Cannon and Essie Lee Williams. Helen was a graduate of Rabun County High School and Piedmont College where she graduated with a Bachelor’s...

Carolyn Thompson

Carolyn Thompson

Apr 28, 2017

Carolyn Hill Thompson, 83, of Warwoman Road, Clayton, Georgia., died Friday April 28, 2017 at her home.Born in Habersham, Georgia., March 8, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Jay and Bertha Dixon Hill. Carolyn was a bookkeeper at Reeves Hardware (Retired) and was an active member of Clayton Baptist Church and the Ideal Sunday School Class. She was...

Irene Dockins

Irene Dockins

Apr 26, 2017

Irene "Granny" Dockins, 83 passed away Wednesday April 26, 2017 while in Mountain View Nursing Home. Irene was born September 4, 1933 to the late Cecil and Bertha Moore Queen both of Clayton Ga. She worked for 33 years at Ridgecrest Hospital as a Nurse’s Assistant before going into retirement.Irene loved spending time with her family, taking care of her...

Raymond Mccall

Raymond Mccall

Apr 26, 2017

April 26, 2017 God granted Raymond “Cecil” McCall total healing when he called him peacefully to his Heavenly Home. Born in Clayton, Georgia., he was the son of john Victory and Myrtle Holcomb McCall. Cecil was a U.S. Army Veteran serving in the Vietnam era. He worked many years as an Orderly at the Rabun County Hospital, Ridgecrest Hospital and...

Kimberly Owens

Kimberly Owens

Apr 26, 2017

Kimberly Maxine Owens, 46, of Dud Creek Spur, Clayton, GA., died Wednesday April 26, 2017 in Emory University Hospital.Born in Griffin, GA., February 5, 1971, she was the daughter of Harold Don Owens and the late Patricia Wampler Owens. And was employed in the retail Business and was of the Baptist Faith.She was preceded in death by her mother, Patricia...

Jacqueline Houck

Jacqueline Houck

Apr 22, 2017

Jacqueline Cannon (Jackie) Houck, 77 of the Warwoman Community Clayton, GA., died Monday May 22, 2017., in Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, GA., She was the wife of Roy Houck Clayton, GA.Born in Rabun County May 26, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Irvin and Bessie Swafford Cannon. She was a secretary for the probate judge office, the...

Andrew Speed

Andrew Speed

Apr 18, 2017

Andrew Judson Speed “Drew”, 68, of the Warwoman Community, passed away Tuesday morning, April 18, 2017, at the home of his daughter, Cindi Freeman, in Clayton, GA.He was born in Rabun County, December 28,1948, and was the son of the late Leroy Speed and Elise Speed Lee. He was the widower of Susan Teague Speed “Cobb”. He was a carpenter...

Reba Watts

Reba Watts

Apr 14, 2017

Reba Mashburn Watts, 77, of Bridge Creek Road Tiger, Georgia., died Friday morning April 14, 2017 at her home. She was the widow of Bill J. Watts, Sr. Born April 12, 1940 in Tallulah Falls, Georgia., she was the daughter of the late Harley and Ada Dills Mashburn. She was retired from the nursing home laundry department. She was of...

Michael Weller

Michael Weller

Apr 9, 2017

Michael Laboone Weller Died April 9, 2017.Born in Frankfort, Kentucky August 7, 1963 Mike was the youngest of three Children born to Hal and Della Weller. He was raised in Winter Garden Park, Florida., then moved to Rabun County, Georgia., in 1979 . Michael attended young Harris College after graduating from Rabun County High School. Michael was the main Chef...

Gerald  Salzman

Gerald Salzman

Apr 2, 2017

Gerald Lawrence Salzman. passed away at the age of 79 on April 2, 2017.Gerald was born in Silver Creek, NY, on April 28, 1937, to Kermit and Trudy Salzman. He graduated from Forestville High School. He attended Buffalo Bible Institute, where he met the love of his life Carole. He Graduated with a B.A. from Barrington College, RI., He is...

Martha Mullis

Martha Mullis

Mar 22, 2017

Martha Annabelle Fountain Turpin Mullis, 75, of the Warwoman Community in Clayton, Georgia passed away at the family residence Wednesday morning March 22, 2017.Born in Rabun County Georgia, April 4, 1941, she was the daughter of the late John Fort Fountain and Lois Cunningham Fountain. She was a home maker and a member of the Blue Heights Baptist Church.Martha was...

Sue Lightsey

Sue Lightsey

Mar 16, 2017

Sue Justus Lightsey, 80, of Lawrenceville, Georgia., died Thursday March 16, 2017 in Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, GA.Born in Rabun County, GA., October 16, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Noel Justus and Louellen Gordon Justus. She was a clerical administrative assistant in the Sioux Acres Company. She was a member of the Collins Hill Baptist Church....

Truie  Miller

Truie Miller

Mar 12, 2017

Truie H. Miller, 77, of Dillard, Georgia., died Sunday March 12, 2017 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center. Born in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina., July 20, 1939, he was the son of the late William D. Miller and Frances Mason Miller. He was a retired Law Enforcement Officer. He was trained in Law Enforcement at the Police Center in Athens, GA.,...