Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Agnes Roberts
Jun 26, 2014
Agnes Bernice Roberts, 83, of Martin, Georgia., formally of Clayton, died Thursday June 26, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia.Born in Franklin, North Carolina June 13, 1931 she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Mary Jane Ramey Snyder. She was a homemaker and a member of the Toms Creek Baptist Church.She is survived by two...
Melvin Gagliano
Jun 19, 2014
Melvin Lee, “Mel” Gagliano, 72, of Clayton, Georgia, died June 19, 2014, at his home, after a 13 month battle with Pancreatic Cancer. He was born on January 24, 1942, in Coos Bay, Oregon. He was a United States Army Veteran. He was married to Cecile Ingram Atkins in 1991 in Ocala, Florida. He retired from 42 years in the...
James Carpenter
Jun 17, 2014
James Lester “Jim” Carpenter, 66, of Tiger, Georgia., died Tuesday June 17, 2014 at the home of his sister, Dot Webb on Syrup City Road, Tiger, Georgia.He was born June 23, 1947 in Rabun County to Fred Lester Carpenter and Doris Mason Carpenter. He was employed by Burlington Industries and Fruit of the Loom and retired from Home Depot. He...
Delilah Pitts
Jun 16, 2014
Delilah “Dolly” Watts Pitts, 84 of Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Monday June 16, 2014 at her residence.Born June 12, 1930 in Tiger, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Hubert D. AND Ethel Baker Watts. She was the widow of John Calvin Pitts. She and Calvin lived in Lutz, Florida for several years. She was a bookkeeper and office...
Donald Melton
Jun 14, 2014
Donald Melton, 80, died peacefully at his home in Tiger early Saturday morning, June 14, 2014, with caregiver Belinda Whitmire, brother Easton Melton, sister-in-law Peggy Melton and Father Steve Hall at his side.Don was preceded in death by his parents, Eston “Skeet” and Laura “Icky” Melton, and by his wife Henrietta “Penny” Melton. Don is survived by his brother Easton...
Vicki Rogers
Jun 8, 2014
Vicki Lynn Rogers, 41, of Marsen Knob Drive, Rabun Gap, Georgia died Sunday June 8, 2014 at her residence.Born in Franklin, North Carolina July 25, 1972, she was the daughter of the late David Roy Rogers and Shirley Lee Hooper Rogers. She was a former member of the Head of Tennessee Baptist Church and was employed as a CNA. She...
Clifford Cormier
Jun 6, 2014
Captain Clifford CormierCaptain Clifford Cormier, of Van Buren and Bangor, Maine, died on June 6, 2014, at his home in Mountain City, Georgia.Born in 1931, in Van Buren, Maine, to Paul J. Cormier and Eva Theriault Cormier, he was brother to the late Arthur Cormier, Emile Cormier, Roland Cormier, Constance Mutton and Mary Ann Laughlin. He leaves his devoted wife...
John Bradshaw
Jun 5, 2014
John Bradshaw, 87, of Carl Chastain Road Clayton, Georgia., died Thursday June 5, 2014 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center Clayton, Georgia.Born in Yancey County North Carolina., March 8, 1927, he was the son of the late Ralph and Mary Williams Bradshaw. He was a retired house painter for Clemson University, a U.S. Army Veteran serving in WWII and was of...
Kitty Cantrell
Jun 2, 2014
Kitty Lou Gragg Cantrell, 68, of Rocky Top Lane off Bridge Creek Road in the Bridge Creek Community, Tiger, Georgia., died Monday morning, June 2, 2014 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center. She was the widow of Lewis Franklin (Bud) Cantrell.Born September 18, 1945 in Clarkesville, Georgia., She was the daughter of the late Avery Dave Gragg and Hallie Ruth Kennedy...
John Crumbley
May 28, 2014
John David Crumbley, 68, of Clayton, Georgia., died Wednesday May 28, 2014 in Clayton.Born September 20, 1946, in Fulton County Georgia, he was the son of the late Robert H. Crumbley and Lillian Whidby Crumbley. He was a short order cook and of the Baptist Faith. He was formerly of Lula, Georgia.He is survived by four brothers; Bennie Stilley of...
Wilhelmina Phillips
May 28, 2014
Wilhelmina Jean Justus Phillips, 72, of Westminster, South Carolina., went to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday morning May 28, 2014Born in Rabun County December 20, 1941 she was the daughter of the late Prelo D. and Jessie Faye Wall Justus. She was a homemaker and was a member of Blue Heights Baptist Church and she loved her family...
John Stolp
May 26, 2014
John Ray Stolp, 29 of Clayton, Georgia., died May 26, 2014 in Clayton from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.The body has been cremated and a memorial service will be held at a later date by Hunter Funeral Home.Hunter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.An on-line obituary and guest register is available at www.hunterfuneralhomega.com
Gwenda Cannon
May 22, 2014
Gwenda Lee Cannon, 72, of Sandy Springs, Georgia., died Thursday May 22, 2014 in Northside Hospital Atlanta, Georgia.Born in Rabun County, Georgia., August 12, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Clyde P. and Evelyn Carpenter Cannon. She was an attorney at law and was a member of the Lakemont Baptist Church in Rabun County. She is survived by...
Thurston Wilbanks
May 21, 2014
Thurston Eugene (Gene) Wilbanks, Jr., 48, of Tiger, Georgia., died Wednesday morning May 21, 2014 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center.Gene was born in Greenville, South Carolina., September 16, 1965, the son of the late Thurston and Beth Justus Wilbanks, Sr. He was employed by the county of Rabun for a long period of time. He was a member of Battle...
Harriet Dayton
May 19, 2014
Harriet Gravley Dayton, 77, of Clayton, Georgia., died Monday May 19, 2014 at her home.Born in Rabun County in the Warwoman Community, October 17, 1936, she was the daughter of the late William Roy Gravley and Kancie Galloway Gravley. She was employed by Claburne MFG. Company and held other jobs over a period of years along with being a homemaker....
Sarah York
May 11, 2014
Sarah Dorothy York, 89, of Clayton, Georgia., died May 11, 2014 at her residence with her family by her side. She was the widow of John H. York.Born May 28, 1924 in Rabun Gap, Georgia., she was the daughter of the late Emory G. and Lizzie Ritchie Moore. She had lived all her life (She was a native) in Rabun...
Jesse Key
May 7, 2014
W. Jesse Key, 58, of Clayton, Georgia., died Wednesday May 7, 2014 at his residence.Born March 30, 1956 in Franklin, North Carolina., he was the son of Helen McDowell Key of Clayton and the late William Joe Key. He was a master carpenter, a master mason in the Fayetteville Georgia lodge and was a 32nd degree mason. He was a...
Paul Ashcraft
May 6, 2014
Paul Ashcraft, Jr. 68, of Wolffork Road, Rabun Gap, Georgia., died May 6, 2014 at his residence.Born in Clayton Georgia., September 25, 1945, he was the son of the late Paul Ashcraft, Sr. and Helen Moore Ashcraft, who died April 2014. Paul, Jr. was a machinist, a veteran of Vietnam Nam and served in the U.S. Navy. He was a...
Patsy Alley
May 5, 2014
Patsy Mitchell Alley, 81, of Clear Water Lane, Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Monday May 5, 2014 at her residence.Born January 2, 1933 in Rabun County, she was the daughter of the late John Rockaway Mitchell and Elzia McCall Mitchell. She was the widow of Samuel C. Alley. Patsy was a member of the Lakemont Baptist Church for 60 plus years...
Sandra Mcclure
May 4, 2014
Sandra Lynn McClure, 59, of Lamb Road, Dillard, Georgia., died Sunday May 4, 2014 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center.She was born March 23, 1955 in Hillsboro, Ohio, the daughter of the late Charles and Wilma King Musser. She had lived much of her life in Rabun County, Georgia. Mrs. McClure was a shipping clerk for Shaw Industries in Franklin, NC.,...
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