Obituaries

Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Betty Moore

Betty Moore

May 27, 2015

Betty Ann Watts Moore, 70 of Clayton, Ga. died Wednesday May 27, 2015 at Mtn. Lakes Medical Center. Born in Talmo, Ga. August 10, 1944, She was the daughter of the late Fred Richard Watts and Annie Ruth Marsengill Watts. She was the widow of Wayne Kelly Moore.Betty Ann was a domestic in the house cleaning industry and was a...

Denver Keener

Denver Keener

May 22, 2015

Denver Bruce Keener, 91, of Wolffork Road, Rabun Gap, Ga., died at his home, Friday May 22, 2015. Born in Rabun County, Ga. February 28, 1924 he was the son of the late Rockaway and Cleliar Johnson Keener.Bruce was a farmer and had retired from the Textile Industry after thirty three years. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of WW2...

Gerry Simmons

Gerry Simmons

May 21, 2015

Gerry Lee Simmons, 49, of Mtn. City, Ga. Died Thursday night, May 21, 2015 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident minutes before.Born in Clayton, Ga., July 12, 1965 he was the son of the late Carlton and Evelyn Stancil Simmons. He was a Rock Mason by trade and was a Baptist.Gerry was preceded in death, besides his parents, by...

Furman  Cobb

Furman Cobb

May 16, 2015

Furman Deal Cobb Jr. 54, of 101 Cobb Lane Clayton, Ga died Saturday May 16, 2015 at his home. Born in Oconee County, SC Jan. 3, 1961, he was the son of Furman D. Cobb Sr. of Clayton and the late Hazel Towe Cobb. He moved to Rabun County and lived in Rabun since 1978. He was a painter by...

Cora English

Cora English

May 12, 2015

Cora Mae Patton English, 78, of Clayton, Georgia, died Tuesday May 12, 2015 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center.Born in Greenville, South Carolina., July 25, 1936, she was the daughter of the late William (Bill) Patton and Laura Parker Patton. She was a kitchen staff employee in the restaurant industry and a homemaker. She was a member of the Fairview Baptist...

Harold  Quast

Harold Quast

May 10, 2015

Hunter Funeral Home Licensed Embalmers and Funeral DirectorsP.O. Box 653 Clayton, GA. 30525 Phone (706- 782-4243) Fax (706-782-2546)www.info@hunterfuneralhomega.comHarold R. Quast Jr., 84, of Nichols Branch Rd, Clayton, GA. died Sunday May 10, 2015 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center.Born in Long Island, New York May 1, 1931, he was the son of the late Mr.& Mrs. Harold R. Quast Sr. He...

Pamela  Webb

Pamela Webb

May 8, 2015

Pamela Michelle Webb, 45 of Dunlap Street, Clayton, Georgia., and affectionately known as Pam died Friday May 8, 2015.Born in Hahira, Georgia., in Lowndes County, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Bonnie Cain Haley. She was a homemaker and a Baptist.Pam is survived by a daughter, Alicia Webb of Clayton, GA., a son, Matthew Webb of Clayton,...

Willie  Shedd

Willie Shedd

May 6, 2015

Willie Oris Shedd, 84, of Warwoman Road, Clayton, Georgia., died Wednesday Night May 6, 2015 at his home.Born in Rabun County, Georgia., September 17, 1930, he was the son of the late Emory and Lena Watts Shedd. He was the widower of Mary Elizabeth Burrell Shedd. Mr. Shedd was a retired electrician with Rabun Mills and was a Baptist. He...

Knox Gragg

Knox Gragg

Apr 30, 2015

Knox L. Gragg, 63, of The Bridge Creek Community, Tiger, Georgia., died unexpectedly Thursday night April 30, 2015.Born in Habersham County, Georgia., July 27, 1951, he was the son of the late Avery and Hallie Kennedy Gragg. He was retired from the State of Georgia as a maintenance engineer. He was of the Baptist Faith.Knox was preceded in death, besides...

Hannon Mashburn

Hannon Mashburn

Apr 29, 2015

Hannon Mashburn, 76, of Seed Tick Road, Clayton, Georgia., died Wednesday April 29, 2015 in Mountain View Health Care.Born in Rabun County, June 6, 1938 He was the son of the late Harley and Ada Dills Mashburn. He was a caretaker of a hog farm and was of the Baptist Faith.Hannon was preceded in death, besides his parents, by two...

Doris Cannon

Doris Cannon

Apr 29, 2015

Doris Hollifield Cannon, 92, of Hudson Street Tiger, Georgia., died Wednesday morning April 29, 2015., at Mountain View Health Care Clayton, Georgia. She was the widow of J.D. Cannon.Born in Rabun County, Georgia., July 6, 1922., she was the daughter of the late John D. Hollifield, Sr., and Nora Keener Hollifield. She was a homemaker and a member of the...

Onie  Gragg

Onie Gragg

Apr 27, 2015

A Celebration of Life for Onie Nay Nunnally Gragg is scheduled for 11:00 A.M. Wednesday April 29, 2015 at the New Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home Clayton, Georgia., conducted by Rev. Danny Cannon and Layman Lloyd Hunter. Burial will follow at the Flat Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Lakemont, Georgia.Mrs. Gragg went home to be with the Lord on Monday...

Deleur  Gordon

Deleur Gordon

Apr 27, 2015

Deleur Carson Gordon died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on the morning of April 27, 2015.Born May 27, 1931, in Greene County, Georgia, raised in Athens, Georgia., she spent the last 30 years in lakemont, Rabun County, Georgia.She was preceded in death by her parents, Inez Ayers and Samuel Carson, two brothers, Bubba and Buck Carson, and two...

Howard Coan

Howard Coan

Apr 25, 2015

Howard Winston (Butch) Coan, 70, of Sky Valley Way in Dillard, Georgia., died Saturday Evening, April 25, 2015 at his residence.Born in Harrisonburg, Virginia., May 14, 1944. He was the son of the late Frank Perry Coan, Sr., and Mary Kanney Coan. He worked in management in Sky Valley for a long time and was of the Baptist Faith.Butch was...

Alton Welborn

Alton Welborn

Apr 23, 2015

Alton N. Welborn, 75, of the Liberty Community, Tiger, GA., died Thursday April 23, 2015, at his home.Born in Rabun County, Georgia., October 25, 1939 He was the son of the late Buster (Buck) Welborn and Savannah Justus Welborn.Alton Retired as a landscaper and had worked in the building industry for a number of years. He was of the Baptist...

Ronald Garrison

Ronald Garrison

Apr 13, 2015

Ronald Douglas Garrison, 69, of Clayton, Georgia., died Monday April 13, 2015 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center.Born in Jackson, Michigan., November 18, 1945, he was the son of the late John W. Garrison, Sr., and Dorothy Simpson Garrison. He was an automobile mechanic and was of the Catholic Faith.He was the last member of his immediate family. He is survived...

David  Speed

David Speed

Apr 8, 2015

David Allen Speed, 55 died Wednesday April 8, 2015 at Georgia Regence University Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia., after a lengthy illness with cancer.He was born June 4, 1959, in Rabun County to the late Richard A. Speed and Dorothy (Seay) Speed.He was the sixth of seven children born to Richard and Dorothy Speed. He was of the Baptist Faith, a...

Lois Trotter

Lois Trotter

Apr 6, 2015

Lois Chamblee Trotter, age 83 of Demorest, passed away Monday, April 06, 2015, at her residence. Born in Rabun County on March 18, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Lester Verdo Chamblee and Dollie Bell Wilborn Chamblee. Mrs. Trotter was a homemaker and member of Old Nacoochee Baptist Church. She enjoyed working in her yard, flowers, and sewing....

Jesse Sherrill

Jesse Sherrill

Apr 2, 2015

Jesse Claude Sherrill, 33, of Muscadine Lane Clayton, GA., died Thursday April 2, 2015 at his residence.Born in Gastonia, North Carolina., October 7, 1981 he was the son of Ronald Edward Sherrill and Rita Lee Branch. He was a landscaper, and loved the outdoors riding his motorcycle. He was an avid member of Ibar International Brother Hood of Adventure Riders....

Patricia Fair

Patricia Fair

Mar 24, 2015

Patricia Robinson Fair, 71, of Black Branch Road, Rabun Gap, GA., died Tuesday night March 24, 2015 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center Clayton, Georgia. Born in Rabun County Georgia July 4, 1943 she was the daughter of the late Carl Robinson and Bessie Hopper Robinson. She was a textile worker for Haynes and was of the Baptist Faith.She was preceded...