Obituaries

Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Charles  D. Massengill

Charles D. Massengill

Dec 8, 2015

Charles D. (Chuck) Massengill, 69, of M.J. Shirley Drive, Clayton, GA., died Tuesday evening, December 8, 2015 in Habersham Medical Center

He was born September 10, 1946 in Richmond, Indiana to the late William and Gertha Frady Massengill. He was a carpenter by trade and was a member of the Wiley Church of God and was recently attending Battle Branch...

Mary  Mertis Garrett

Mary Mertis Garrett

Dec 6, 2015

Mary Mertis Crone Garrett, 81, of the Timpson Creek community died at her home with her family at her side December 6, 2015.

She was born in Clayton, Georgia , November 4, 1934 to Claude and Viola Welborn Crone. She is the widow of Avery Conney Garrett and was a lifelong resident of Rabun County.

Mary worked at Clayburne Manufacturing for 13...

Max  O Moss

Max O Moss

Dec 5, 2015

Max O, Moss, 78, of Fernwood Lane, Clayton, GA., died Saturday December 5, 2015, at his home.

Born August 15, 1937 in Towns County, GA. He was the son of the late Dillard K. Moss and Opal Ledford Moss. He was a carpenter by trade and was of the Baptist Faith.

Besides his parents he was preceded in death by a...

Callie Boykin

Callie Boykin

Nov 28, 2015

Callie Evelyn Hunt Boykin , 81, of Blacks Creek Drive, Mt.City, Ga. died Saturday Nov.28,2015 at her home .She was born in Lakeland, Florida , March 7, 1934 to Ernest and Louise Knowles Hunt , and had lived most of her life or 64 years, in Lakeland and enjoyed 63 years of married life. She was a homemaker and a...

Mildred Vera Southards

Mildred Vera Southards

Nov 27, 2015

Mildred Vera Whitmire Southards, 85, of Mt.City , Ga. died Friday night Nov.27, 2015 in the Oaks of Scenic View in Baldwin, Ga. She was born in Rabun County July 26,1930 to Andy and Ethel Speed Whitmire . She was a Homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. Mildred was the widow of Lawerence V. (Red) Southards. She was the...

Carolyn Shook

Carolyn Shook

Nov 25, 2015

Funeral Services for Carolyn Nichols Shook, 72, of Clayton, GA., will be at 2:00 P.M Saturday November 28, 2015 at the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home with Rev. Gene Collins officiating. Burial will follow at the Pickett Cemetery Clayton, GA. Carolyn was born in Rabun County August 29, 1943 to the late Richard Roach and Niece Nichols. She was a...

Agnes Ramsey

Agnes Ramsey

Nov 24, 2015

Funeral service for Agnes Kelly Ramsey, 85, of Clarkesville is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 28 at 11:00, at Clarkesville United Methodist Church with Rev. Jan Devereaux and Rev. Brian Butler officiating. Mrs. Ramsey died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Born March 4, 1930, in Rabun Gap, Georgia, Mrs. Ramsey was the daughter of the late Frank Ray Kelly and Sarah Elizabeth...

Leman Thompson

Leman Thompson

Nov 20, 2015

Leman L. Thompson, 89, of Jordon Road. Toccoa, GA., died Sunday December 20, 2015 in Habersham Nursing Home, Demorest, GA.,He was born in Marble, NC., May 21, 1926 to the late Luther and Sellie Clark Thompson. He was a carpenter with flor saddle tree company in Demorest, GA. He was of the Baptist Faith.Leman is survived by a son, Aaron...

Winnie Mary Scroggs

Winnie Mary Scroggs

Nov 19, 2015

Mrs. Winnie Mary Thomas McCracken Scroggs of Clayton, Georgia, passed away on November 19, 2015 at the age of 88.Winnie was born to parents Henry Lewis and Velma Kimsey Thomas on December 13, 1926 in Opelika, Alabama. She grew up as one of ten children, attending Lakemont High School where she graduated as valedictorian of her class. In 1946, she...

Amos Littrell

Amos Littrell

Nov 12, 2015

Amos Littrell, 77, of the Bridge Creek Community, Tiger, Georgia., died at his home on Thursday November 12, 2015.He was the husband of Bobbie Coleman Littrell. Born in Wilmont, North Carolina., March 24, 1938, he was the son of the late John and Rixie Jones Littrell. He was a retired self-employed rock mason in the construction industry and was a...

Imogene English

Imogene English

Nov 11, 2015

Imogene Hamilton English, 80, of the Persimmon community, Clayton, GA., died Wednesday November 11, 2015 at her home. Born in Rabun County June 18, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Milford and Deffie Runion Hamilton. She was the widow of Coyt English and was the last member of her immediate family.Imogene was a homemaker and was employed as...

Charles  D. Massengill

Charles D. Massengill

Nov 8, 2015

Charles D. (Chuck) Massengill, 69, of M.J. Shirley Drive, Clayton, GA., died Tuesday evening, December 8, 2015 in Habersham Medical Center

He was born September 10, 1946 in Richmond, Indiana to the late William and Gertha Frady Massengill. He was a carpenter by trade and was a member of the Wiley Church of God and was recently attending Battle Branch...

Donald Gray Miller

Donald Gray Miller

Nov 4, 2015

Donald Gray Miller, 74, of Rabun County, Ga., died Wednesday Nov.4, 2015 in Toccoa. He was the widower of Doris Elizabeth Stancil Miller, who died Nov.4, 2011.Born Feb.17,1941 in Macon County, N.C. , He was the son of the late William and Frances Mason Miller. He had lived the greater part of his life in Rabun County. Don was an...

Robert  Steven  Childers

Robert Steven Childers

Nov 1, 2015

Robert Steven “Bob” Childers- A Memorial Service will be Saturday November 21, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. at the Rocky Grove Baptist Church in the Bridge Creek Community Tiger, Georgia. Bob died November 1, 2015 and funeral services were held in Albany, Georgia., November 6, 2015 with burial in the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia.Bob was the son of the...

Margaret Mozell  Mcconell

Margaret Mozell Mcconell

Oct 30, 2015

Margaret Mozell Carnes McConnell , 82 , of Clois Rd., Clayton , Georgia died Friday October 30,2015 in Mt. Lakes Medical Center in Clayton.She was born in the Liberty Community , Tiger , Ga. Jan.7, 1933 , to Martin C. Carnes and Leona Martin Carnes . She was the widow of Henry Ford McConnell. She was a homemaker and was...

Amy Kay Wright

Amy Kay Wright

Oct 27, 2015

Amy Kay Crowe Wright, 35, of the Chechero Community, Clayton, Georgia., died Monday October 27, 2015 in Stephens County Hospital in Toccoa, Georgia.She was born January 5, 1980 to Alvin Crowe of Toccoa and the late Sandra Sheffield. She was a correctional officer with the Georgia Corrections Institute in Alto, GA., for the past 15years. She was a member of...

Pete  Farrer

Pete Farrer

Oct 26, 2015

Mr. Pete Farrer, age 72, of Rabun Gap, formerly of Toccoa, passed away Monday, October 26, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center after a courageous and positive minded battle with cancer. Born March 8, 1943 in Sandersville, GA, he was the son of the late Melvin T. and Mary Lee Hartley Farrer. Mr. Farrer was a member of the Toccoa...

Floyd  Maxwell  Finley

Floyd Maxwell Finley

Oct 22, 2015

Floyd Maxwell Finley, 83, of Clayton, Georgia died Thursday evening, October 22,2015 in Mtn View Health Care.Born in Clay County, North Carolina, He was the son of the late Maxwell Floyd Finley and Vidalia Guest Finley , He had lived the greater part of his life in Rabun County .He was first married to Bessie Ramey of Clayton, Ga., who...

Walter  R. Astringer

Walter R. Astringer

Oct 17, 2015

Walter R. Astringer, 87, of Blueridge Gap, Road Rabun Gap, GA., died Saturday October 17, 2015 in Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.Born in New Jersey February 18, 1928, he was the son of the late Robert and Myrtle Fanning Astringer. He spent most of his life in Ormond Beach, Florida., where he was a realtor and a member of...

Frances  Mae Johnson

Frances Mae Johnson

Oct 17, 2015

Frances Mae Johnson, 91, of Clayton, Georgia., of Clayton, Georgia., died Saturday October 17, 2015., at Mountain Lakes Medical Center.Born in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Doyle and Irene Purdy Noble. She had lived the greater part of her life in Illinois. She was the widow of Edwin O. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was a hairdresser by...