Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Doris Burrell
Jan 26, 2015
Doris Mae Stancil Burrell, 77, of Lakemont, Georgia., died Monday January 26, 2015 in the Oaks of Scenic View Nursing Home, Baldwin, Georgia.Born in Rabun County, September 12, 1937 she was the daughter of the late Joseph R. Stancil and Josephine Rose Stancil. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Camp Creek Baptist Church.She was twice married...
Bud, June Runion
Jan 26, 2015
Elrey “Bud” Runion, 69, and June Runion, 66, of Marietta died Monday, January 26, 2015.Funeral Services will be held 1:00 p.m., Saturday at Mount Paran North in Marietta with Dr. Mark Walker officiating. Bud and June were married for 38 years. Bud was the founder of Forever Grateful Ministries.Survivors include their daughters and her step-daughter, Virginia Owens (Heath) of Cleveland,...
Robin Porterfield
Jan 23, 2015
Robin Iona Alexander Porterfield, 51, of Martin, Georgia., died Friday January 23, 2015 at her home. Born in Toccoa, Georgia., July 3, 1963, she was the daughter of Craig and Anna Free Alexander of Martin, Georgia. She was the widow of William Douglas Porterfield. Mrs. Porterfield was a dispatcher for the trucking industry and was a member of the Bethlehem...
Billy Watts
Jan 4, 2015
Billy Jarrell (Bill) Watts, 76, of Bridge Creek Road Tiger, Georgia., died Sundy January 4, 2015 at his home.Born in Rabun County September 21, 1938, he was the son of the late Roy Milton Watts and Arietta Wall Watts. He was a farmer, a security guard, an avid fisherman and hunter, a Baptist, a charter member of Rabun Rescue and...
Cecil Davis
Dec 30, 2014
Cecil Garland Davis, 64, of Amanda Drive, Clayton, Georgia., died Tuesday December 30, 2014 in Wilks County Georgia.Born in Altavista, Virginia., he was the son of Elma Mae Chumley Davis and the late Cecel O. Davis. He was a heavy equipment operator in the construction industry and was a Baptist. He is survived by his wife, Cecilia Ramey (Teeter) Davis...
Shirley Galloway
Dec 28, 2014
Shirley M. Kilby Galloway, 78, of the Warwoman Community, Clayton, Georgia., died Sunday December 28, 2014 at Mountain View Health Care.Born in Rabun County, July 20, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Austin and Mae Justus Kilby. She was the wife of Lawton Galloway. Shirley was retired from the textile industry and was a homemaker and a member...
Annie Garrett
Dec 26, 2014
Annie Mae Welch Garrett, 75, of Playhouse Drive, Mountain City, Georgia., widow of Wilkin B. (Jack) Garrett died Friday December 26, 2014 at her residence.Born in Rabun County October 17, 1939 she was the daughter of the late George W. Welch and Beuna Pennington Welch. She had lived her entire life in Rabun County. She had retired from Burlington and...
Mary Dale
Dec 24, 2014
Mary Lou (Norris) Dale, 80, of Maysville, Georgia died December 24, 2014 at her residence. She was the widow of William P. Dale.Born in Hall County Georgia June 2, 1934 she was the daughter of the late Ruben and Florida Tatum Norris. She was a laborer in the poultry industry and was of the Baptist Faith.She was preceded in death...
Emanuel Hunt
Dec 20, 2014
Emanuel C. Hunt, 89, affectionately known as (E.C. or Manny) died December 20, 2014 in Clayton, Georgia., at his residence of natural causes.Emanuel was born on December 17, 1925 in White City, Florida to Millard and Patronella Weyers Hunt. He had two sisters, and three brothers. He graduated from St. Anastasia High School in Ft. Pierce, FL., and served in...
Nellie Turpin
Dec 20, 2014
Nellie Belle York Turpin, 99, of the Warwoman Community, beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother and widow of Martin Jesse Turpin peacefully went home to meet her Lord on Saturday December 20, 2014 at her home, which was her greatest wish.Born in Rabun County July 9, 1915 she was the oldest of eleven children born to the late John Escoe...
Sue Tyler
Dec 20, 2014
Sue Dickerson Tyler, 76, of Wade Lane Clayton, Georgia., died Saturday December 20, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia.Sue was born in Rabun County, Georgia., August 28, 1938 to the late William Gordon Dickerson and Eula Taylor Dickerson. She was a nurse’s aid and attended Mountain Grove Baptist Church.She was preceded in death besides her parents, by her...
Inez Carnes
Dec 19, 2014
Inez Snyder Carnes, 79, of Tiger, Georgia., wife of Rev. Cranford E. Carnes died Friday December 19, 2014 in Gateway Health & Rehab in Cleveland, Georgia.Born in Macon County, North Carolina, May 24, 1935, she was the daughter of the late William Henry Snyder and Mary Jane Ramey Snyder. She was a homemaker and served as pianoist in churches where...
Carolyn Whitted
Dec 17, 2014
Carolyn Jean Reynolds Whitted, 57, of Lakemont, Georgia., died Wednesday December 17, 2014 in Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, Georgia. Her home was in Lakemont, Georgia.Born in Brevard, North Carolina., August 24, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Briscoe T. Reynolds and Helen Elizabeth Hunter Reynolds. She was a seamstress and was a member of the Prentiss Baptist...
Paul Moore
Dec 13, 2014
Paul Allen Moore, 90, of Wolffork Road, Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Saturday December 13, 2014., at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. Born in Rabun County February 1, 1924 he was the son of the late Burt and Sarah B. Hurst Moore. He was a farmer and was retired from General Motors in Pontiac, Michigan. He was a member...
James Keith
Dec 12, 2014
James Howard Keith, 68, of Clarkesville, Georgia., died Friday December 12, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. He was the husband of Jeannette Robinson Keith. Mr. Keith was born in Geneva, Alabama., to the late James Luther and Agnes Currenton Keith. He worked for the Georgia Department of Corrections as a corrections officer and was a U.S....
Aver Brewer
Dec 11, 2014
Brewer, Aver "Angie"; of Auburn Hills, Michigan; 100 years old; born July 4, 1914. Wife of the late James Brewer; mother to the late James "Bud" (Marie) Brewer andthe late Margaret (Gil) Pacene; grandmother to Donna (Al) Pierce and Debbie (Jeff) Russow; great grandmother to John (Jennifer) Brown, Joe (Jessica) Brown, James Coleman (Jeremy Hall) and Clayton Coleman (Staci Sigmon)...
Keith Hoose
Dec 7, 2014
Keith Brian Hoose, 53, of Karate Lane, Tiger, Georgia., died Sunday December 7, 2014 at Atlanta Medical Center Atlanta, Georgia. He was the husband of Lisa Emmett Hoose.Born in Chenango, New York., February 2, 1961 he was the son of Katherine Laymon Hoose and the late Ralph Hoose. He worked maintenance for Field Dale Farms and was of the Baptist...
Terry Crone
Dec 7, 2014
Terry Eugene ( Buddy) Crone, 55, of Twin Lake Circle, Eastonollee, Georgia in Stephens County Georgia., died Sunday December 7, 2014 at his residence.Born in Rabun County January 9, 1959 he was the son of the late Lawrence and Irene Ramey Crone. He had lived most of his life in Clayton, GA., and Columbia, SC. He had worked most of...
Bee Broadrick
Nov 24, 2014
Mrs. Bee Weatherly Broadrick, 95, widow of Ed B. Broadrick died Monday November 24, 2014 at Mountain View Health Care Clayton, Georgia., Born in Mountain City, Georgia., January 27, 1919 she was the daughter of the late George M. Weatherly, Sr., and the late Fannie York Weatherly. She attended the primary and elementary schools in Rabun County and graduated in...
Darnce Shook
Nov 23, 2014
Darnce James Shook, 90, of Clayton , Georgia., died Sunday night November 23, 2014 in Mountain View Nursing Home. He was the widower of Lillie Beck Shook.Born in Hiawassee, Georgia., August 24, 1924, he was the son of the late Dillard and Della Gibson Shook. He was employed in the timber industry for many years and was a member of...
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