Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Weda Bryson
May 3, 2014
Weda Nichols Bryson, 87, of Clayton, Georgia., died Saturday May 3, 2014 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Georgia.She was born in Towns County, Georgia September 7, 1926 to Glen Nichols and Lola Eller and had lived most of her life in Rabun County. She was the widow of Loy G. Bryson.Weda operated the Western Auto Store, along with her...
Ethel Queen
Apr 28, 2014
Courtesy of Hunter Funeral Home Ethel Laverne Phillips Queen, 76, of Charlotte, died Monday, April 28, 2014, at the Harris Hospice unit of Novant Health Charlotte Campus.Ethel was born in Rabun County, Georgia, on October 3, 1937, the daughter of William Clarence Phillips and Lavonia Azilee Trustey. She entered the real estate profession and worked for many years as an...
Sarah Redden
Apr 25, 2014
Sarah Ann Redden, 94, of Franklin, North Carolina., died Friday April 25, 2014 at home on Southside Lane.She was born April 2, 1920 in Rabun County, Georgia., to the late John M. Redden and Martha Watts Redden. She worked in Rabun County Courthouse as Janitor and Housekeeper in County Offices. She was a member of the Mountain City Christian Church....
Jane Williams
Apr 18, 2014
Jane M. Williams, 93, of Pahrump, Nevada., died in Pahrump Friday April 18, 2014.Born in Commerce, Georgia., January 8, 1921 she was the daughter of the late Richard Allen Minish and Cammie Jane Segars Minish. She spent several years in Fairbanks, Alaska and in Rabun County Georgia. She was a seamstress in the clothing industry and was a member of...
Dorothy Welborn
Apr 18, 2014
Dorothy A. Goss Welborn, 85 of Tiger, Georgia., affectionately known as “Maw” died Friday April 18, 2014 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center, Clayton, Georgia.Born in Commerce, Georgia. February 22, 1929, she was the daughter of the late William and Rosa Vashti Robinson Goss. She was the widow of Jesse M. Welborn. She was a restaurant waitress and a seamstress and...
Shirley Welborn
Apr 11, 2014
Shirley Ann Watts Welborn, Clarkesville, Georgia, passed away on Friday, April 11, 2014 at her residence following an extended illness.Mrs. Welborn was born on October 11, 1940, in Clayton, Georgia, to the late Kelton and Ida Gibson Watts. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Jimmy Watts; sister, Evelyn Watts; great-granddaughter, Kayla Dotson. Mrs. Welborn was a member...
Tom Runion
Apr 9, 2014
Tom Runion, 82, of Mountain City, Georgia., died Wednesday April 9, 2014 at his residence. He was the widower of Ethel Hopper Runion.He was born in Rabun County, Georgia., March 15, 1932 to the late Gus and Leola Gibson Runion. He was a cook in nursing home and with Rabun County Sheriff’s Department and was employed for a number of...
Richard Coffey
Apr 9, 2014
Richard A. Coffey, 49, of Marsen Knob Drive Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Wednesday April 9, 2014 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. He was the husband of Kerri Merritt Coffey.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio June 21, 1964 he was the son of the late James William Coffey and Jean Darlene Kohler Coffey. He was a meat cutter at Ingles...
Madeline Henslee
Apr 7, 2014
Madeline Lee “Maddie” Henslee, infant daughter of Kallen and Megan Taylor Henslee, died Monday April 7, 2014 in Scottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. She was born February 10, 2014 in Gainesville, Georgia.She is the daughter of Kallen and Megan of Rabun Gap, GA., she was the granddaughter of Kenneth and Michelle Henslee of Rabun Gap, GA., Tracy and Mark...
Helen Ashcraft
Apr 4, 2014
Helen Moore Ashcraft, 94, of Wolffork Road Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Friday night April 4, 2014 at her home.Born in Rabun Gap, Georgia., January 17, 1920 she was the daughter of the late Emory G. Moore and Lizzle Ritchie Moore. She was a homemaker and a member of the Wolffork Baptist Church. She was the widow of Paul Ashcraft, Sr.Mrs....
Carlton Coffee
Mar 29, 2014
Carlton Lesley Coffee, 50 of Wiley, Georgia., affectingly known as “Cotton” died Saturday March 29, 2014 at his home. Born in Rabun County March 11, 1964, He was the son of the late Len Coffee and Evelyn Stancil. He lived most of his life in Rabun County. He was an automobile mechanic and attended Boggs Mountain Baptist Church.He was preceded...
Alice Holt
Mar 29, 2014
Alice Marie Billingsley Holt, 73, of Scaly Mountain, North Carolina. Died Saturday March 29, 2014 at her residence, in Scaly Mountain.She was born September 9, 1940 in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina., to the late Jim and Lillie Brown Billingsley. She had spent most of her life in Scaly Mountain. She was the wife of the late Tom Lee Holt. Mrs....
Eloise Hopely
Mar 23, 2014
Eloise Ann Hopely, 71, of Otto, North Carolina., died Monday March 24, 2014 at Angel Hospital Franklin North Carolina.She was born in Lapier, Michigan., April 12, 1942 to the late James A. and Eula F. Sweet Bulter. She was an accountant and was a member of the Hickory Noll United Methodist Church for over nine years.She is survived by her...
Claude Shankle
Mar 22, 2014
Claude Michael Shankle, of Clayton 65, passed away Saturday March 22, 2014 at his residence.Born in St Petersburg, Florida May 7, 1948 he served in the Marine Corps and was a Vietnam War Veteran. He was a professional musician and avid fisherman.He is survived by his son Shea Michael Shankle and wife Heather of Nashville, Tennessee., daughter Angelica Marie Musall...
Frances Thompson
Mar 18, 2014
Frances Evelyn Thompson, 77, of Clarkesville, Georgia., formally of Clayton died Tuesday March 18, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville Georgia.Born in Marble, North Carolina., September 24, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Luther and Sallie Clark Thompson. She was a homemaker and Baptist by Faith. She was also a very loving Mother, Grandmother and friend...
Lois Erickson
Mar 17, 2014
Lois Marshall Erickson, 84, of Tate City Road Clayton, Georgia., died Monday March 17, 2014 at her residence. She was the widow of John H. Erickson.Born in Detroit, Michigan December 20, 1929 to the late Chester and Irene Henson Marshall. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Valley Community Church in Tate City for thirty years.She is...
Billie Daniel
Mar 11, 2014
Billie Daniel, 82, of Stornoway Drive Clayton, Georgia., died Tuesday Morning March 11, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia. Born in Birmingham, Alabama., March 6, 1932 to the late Guy and Mary Grace Hicks she worked for the W.W. Kellogg Company and attended the Clayton First United Methodist Church. She was the last member of her immediate family.She...
Jimmy Carpenter
Mar 10, 2014
Jimmy Carpenter, 65, of Coffee Lane, Cleveland, Georgia., died Monday March 10, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Georgia. He was born in Clayton, Georgia., January 8, 1949 to the late James Fred and Dorothy Pearl Talley Carpenter. He lived the greater part of his life in Rabun County. He was a U.S. Army Veteran in the Vietnam era...
Frankie Tallent
Mar 4, 2014
Frankie B. McCall Tallent, 80, of Clayton, Georgia., died Tuesday night March 4, 2014 at Macon Valley Nursing Home in Franklin, North Carolina. She was the widow of Harry Ralph Tallent.Born in Clayton, Georgia., August 14, 1933 to the late Horace Greeley and Mae Fountain McCall. She was a Seamstress at Claburne MFG. Company and was a member of North...
George Ensley
Mar 1, 2014
George Herman Ensley, 74, of Sunrise Mountain Road Mountain City, Georgia., died Saturday March 1, 2014 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the widower of Mildred Ensley. He was born in Canton, North Carolina., May 21, 1939 to the late Garland and Ruth Deitz Ensley. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran and was retired from Tallulah Falls School...
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