Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Sara Gipson
Oct 31, 2014
Sara Ruth Shirley Gipson, 88, of Lakemont, Georgia., died at her residence Friday night October 31, 2014. She was the widow of Jesse Carlton Gipson.Born in Rabun County June 10, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Amanda Taylor Shirley. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Wiley Presbyterian Church.Besides her Parents and her...
Denver Shirley
Oct 27, 2014
Denver R. Shirley, 70, of Cat Gap Road, in the Persimmon Community, Rt. 2 Clayton, died suddenly and unexpectedly Monday afternoon October 27, 2014 at his home.He was born February 9, 1944 in Wiley, Georgia., to the late Fred E. Shirley and Bertha Welborn Shirley. He was employed for many years with Rabun Mills and worked in the Timber Industry...
William Mcclanahan
Oct 25, 2014
William Robert (Bob) McClanahan, 88, of Clayton, Georgia., died Saturday October 25, 2014 in Clayton.Born September 15, 1926 in Centerville, Tennessee. He was the son of the late Revo Jones McClanahan and Mary Lottie Sheppard McClanahan. He lived most of his life in Hapeville, Georgia. He was a builder with his brothers in McClanahan Enterprises and was a member of...
Milo Cabaniss
Oct 12, 2014
Milo Clason CabanissAugust 29, 1922****October 12, 2014Milo Clason Cabaniss of Clayton, GA and Stockbridge, GA, died peacefully at her home in Clayton, GA on Sunday, October 12, 2014. Mrs. Cabaniss was born and raised in Columbus, GA and was the daughter of the late Thomas Sidney Clason and Mary Frances Wells of Columbus, GA. She is preceded in death by...
Daisy Justice
Oct 9, 2014
Daisy Martin JusticeDaisy Martin Justice, better known to her family and many others as, "Mama Daisy" went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 9, 2014.Mama Daisy was born January 19, 1918 in Habersham County, Georgia to Oscar and Pearl Hopper Martin. Her family moved to the Betty’s Creek Community when she was a young child and she became...
Hubert Phillips
Oct 1, 2014
Hubert J. Phillips, Sr., 77, of Westminster, South Carolina., died Wednesday October 1, 2014 at home in Westminster. He was the widower of Wilhelmina Justus Phillips, who died May 28, 2014. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina., January 31, 1937 he was the son of the late George Johnson Phillips and Mandy Lee Phillips. He was a logger in the...
Susie Dockins
Sep 24, 2014
Susie H. DockinsSusie Hembree Dockins, 64, of Clayton, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday September 24, 2014 after a short stay at Athens Regional Hospital.Susie was born December 21, 1949, in Macon County North Carolina, to Arthur and Rheda Hembree. Susie leaves behind five sisters, Barbara Bramblett (Floyd), Katie Moore, Melinda Matheson (Bud), Carlene Dills (Horace) Joann Chappell...
Harrison Collins
Sep 13, 2014
Harrison W. Collins, 96, of Demorest, Georgia., died Saturday September 13, 2014 at Oakes at Scenic View Nursing Home Baldwin, Georgia.He was born in Union County Georgia., June 18, 1918 to the late Jesse and Margaret Bingham Collins. He was a lumberman in the sawmilling industry and a U.S. Army Veteran Serving in WWII and was a member of Mt....
Gail Peeples
Sep 12, 2014
Gail McKay Peeples, 62, of Clayton, Georgia., died Friday night at Mountain Lakes Medical Center., Clayton, Georgia. She was the widow of William Michael Peeples, Sr.Born in Lakemont, Georgia., August 29, 1952 she was the daughter of the late Harold and Martha Smith McKay. She was a social worker and a member of New Hope Methodist Church.She was preceded in...
Haskel Hopkins
Sep 10, 2014
Haskel Lee “Hop” Hopkins, 75, of W. Wolf Creek Road Lakemont, Georgia., died Wednesday September 10, 2014., at his residence. He was the husband of Linda Henry Hopkins. Born in Rabun County, Georgia., April 12, 1939., he was the son of the late Robert H. and Susie Smith Hopkins. He was an inspector in textile at Burlington Industries and was...
Paul Owens
Sep 5, 2014
Paul Stanley Owens, age 59, of Gilbert, South Carolina., formerly of Clayton, Georgia., entered into eternal rest with his Heavenly Father on Friday September 5, 2014 after a short illness.Born in Alexandria, Va. On March 9, 1955, his heart resided in the beautiful mountains of Clayton, Ga where he spent a great deal of his life.Mr. Owens is survived by...
Christine Gragg
Sep 2, 2014
Christine Forester Gragg, 88, of Tame Turkey Road Lakemont, Georgia. died Tuesday September 2, 2014 at her residence.Born in Rabun County August 31, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Tate and Elsie Coleman Forester. She was the widow of Buck Gragg. She was retired from Burlington in the textile industry and was a homemaker. Christine was twice married;...
Gerald Keener
Aug 31, 2014
Gerald Dean “Gerry” Keener, 70 of North Valley Street, Clayton, Georgia., died Sunday August 31, 2014 at his residence.Born in Rabun County March 4, 1944, he was the son of the late Ed M. Keener and Kate Green Keener. He was the widower of Mary Messer Keener. Gerry was a carpenter by trade and was a member of Joy Baptist...
Esther Hill
Aug 31, 2014
Esther Miller Hill, 77, of Clayton, Georgia., died Sunday August 31, 2014 at her home.Born in Scaly Mountain North Carolina., she was the daughter of the late Rev. Frank and Cora Moore Miller. She was twice married; first to the late Bill Garrett and later to the late Ben Hill, Jr.Esther was retired from Burlington Industries and served Rabun County...
Logan Rogers
Aug 29, 2014
Logan Jeffery Rogers, 46, of Westminster, South Carolina., died Friday August 29, 2014 at his residence.Born in Greenville, South Carolina January 14, 1968 he was the son of Logan F. Rogers, and the late Glenna Wilson Rogers. He was a machine operator in the textile industry and was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in death by his mother,...
Conway Watkins
Aug 22, 2014
Conway Watkins, 50, of Clayton, Georgia., died Friday August 22, 2014 at his residence.Born October 26, 1963 in Forsythe County, Georgia., he was the son of the late Ellis and Josephine Rogers Watkins. He was a heavy equipment operator in the construction industry and was a member of the Cave Spring Baptist Church in Mayesville, Georgia.He is survived by his...
Jowen Hipps
Aug 17, 2014
Jowen Hayes Hipps, 77, of Sylva, North Carolina., formerly of Rabun County, died Sunday August 17, 2014 in Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, North Carolina.Born in Macon County, North Carolina., October 6, 1936 he was the son of the late Gordon Hayes Hipps and Mattie Marie Rogers Hipps. He was the widower of Evie Ann Butler Hipps. He was a...
Michael Thrasher
Aug 13, 2014
Michael Allen Thrasher, 50, of Clayton died August 13, 2014 at Stephens County Hospital in Toccoa, Georgia. Born in Huntsville, Alabama., July 20, 1964 he was the son of Wilma Jean Thrasher. He was a heavy equipment operator and a U.S. Army Veteran and of the Baptist Faith.He is survived by his mother, Wilma Jean Thrasher, of Clayton, GA., one...
Charles Holt
Aug 11, 2014
Charles L. (Dub-Chico) Holt, 66, of Mountain City, Georgia., died at his home Monday August 11, 2014.Born in Rabun County, November 6, 1947, he was the son of the late Albert and Oshie Taylor Holt. He was retired from Burlington and was a member of the Newman’s Chapel Baptist Church, Otto, North Carolina.Besides his parents, he was preceded in death...
Joseph Preston
Aug 10, 2014
Joseph Hoffman “Joe” Preston, 91, of Clayton, Georgia., went home to live with his Lord forever, Sunday August 10, 2014.Born in Milan, Missouri, November 14, 1922, he was the son of the late Bernard and Myrtle Hoffman Preston. Mr. Joe and his wife Marjorie served on the mission field as missionaries in Brazil, South America for thirteen years and moved...
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