Obituaries

Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Emma Sliger

Emma Sliger

Nov 7, 2013

Emma F. Sliger, 84, of Smiley York Road, Demorest, Georgia., died Thursday November 7, 2013 at her residence.She was born in Habersham County, Georgia., June 14, 1929, the daughter of the late Thomas and Cindy Gabrels Norris. She was the widow of George Sliger. She was a nurse (L.P.N.) and worked various hospitals along with being a homemaker and was...

Lelia Taylor

Lelia Taylor

Nov 7, 2013

Lelia A. Taylor, 82, of Nevada Lane Tiger, Georgia., died Thursday November 7, 2013 at her residence.Born in Rabun County September 12, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Easburn and Alice Robinson Whitworth. She was the widow of William Alfred Taylor. Lelia was a homemaker and served as a caregiver to a lot of people. She was a...

Louise Henslee

Louise Henslee

Nov 4, 2013

Louise Henslee, 70, of Autumn Lane Clayton, Georgia., died Monday November 4, 2013 in Mountain View Health Care Clayton, Georgia. She was the widow of Frank V. Henslee, Jr., who died in 1992.Born July 28, 1943 in Rabun County, she was the daughter of the late Lex and Bertha Holcomb Welborn. She was a homemaker and was a member of...

Cori  Wooten

Cori Wooten

Oct 30, 2013

Cori Irene Wooten, 29, of Cathey Road, Mountain City, Georgia., died Wednesday night, October 30, 2013 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia. She was born in Oconee County, South Carolina September 5, 1984. She is the daughter of Joel and Aleta Winchester of Mountain City, Georgia. She was and accountant and attended the Clayton Church of God.She was...

Vicky Hammons

Vicky Hammons

Oct 28, 2013

Vicky Edith Welch Hammons, 56, of Clayton, Georgia., died Monday October 28, 2013 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Born in Rabun County December 24, 1956, she was the daughter of Cletta Sosebee Welch of Clayton and the late J.B. Welch. She was employed in the textile industry before she became disabled. She attended the Baptist Church.Vicky is survived...

James  Houck

James Houck

Oct 25, 2013

James Milton Houck, 87, of Clayton, Georgia, died Friday October 25, 2013 at Mountain View Health Care in Clayton.Born in Rabun County, Georgia., October 1, 1926 he was the son of the late John W. and Maude Wilbanks Houck. He was the widower of Dorothy Boyle Houck who died in 1997. He was retired from General Motors as Group Leader...

Mary Ward

Mary Ward

Oct 21, 2013

Mary Frances Ward, 90, affectionately known as Fran of Sterrett Road, Tiger, Georgia., died Monday October 21, 2013 at Cannonwood Village Assisted Living Facility, Tiger, Georgia. She was the widow of Russell Raymond Ward.Born in Meridian, Mississippi, December 27, 1922 she was the daughter of the late Guy and Mary Grace Hicks. She was owner/operator of Ward Hardware Company in...

Allen Fleming

Allen Fleming

Oct 19, 2013

Allen Elbert Fleming, 71, of Mountain City, Georgia., died Saturday October 19, 2013 in Stephens County Hospital in Toccoa, Georgia.Born in Brasstown, North Carolina., April 10, 1942, he was the son of the late Rance E. Fleming and Susie York Fleming. He was a machine mechanic for Burlington Industries and Fruit of The Loom in the textile industry. He was...

Marie Nichols

Marie Nichols

Oct 19, 2013

Marie Eller Nichols, 89, of Highway 76 East, Clayton, Georgia. died Saturday October 19, 2013 in the Oaks at Scenic View Nursing Home in Baldwin, Georgia. She was the widow of Vaughn Nichols.Born in Clayton, Georgia., April 19, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Harvey P. Eller and Margaret Many Eller. She was a homemaker and was a...

Violet Thompson

Violet Thompson

Oct 18, 2013

Violet LeFay Thompson, daughter of the late Ora and Charles Cannon and the late Roy L. Justus passed away October 18 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was born in the Persimmon Community of Rabun County on 11/20/1934. She was preceded in death by one child, Penny Gay Thompson, one brother Ray L. Justus, and one niece Paula Ann...

Karen Argoe

Karen Argoe

Oct 18, 2013

Karen Crawford Argoe, 52, of Old Chechero Road, Clayton, Georgia., died October 18, 2013, in Highlands, North Carolina.Born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, October 2, 1961 she was the daughter of the late Allen Eastman Crawford, Jr., and Charlotte Merita Hopper Crawford. She was a clerk in a convenience store before she became disabled. She was a member of Liberty...

Rosemary  Dodgins

Rosemary Dodgins

Oct 16, 2013

Rosemary Million Dodgins, 59, of North Valley Street, Clayton, Georgia., died Wednesday October 16, 2013 at her residence.Born in Lexington, VA., July 15, 1954, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Doris Miller Million. She was the wife of Lewis Dodgins of Clayton. Rosemary was a former employee of Gordon Mills Shoe MFG. Company and was a homemaker....

Wylene Wall

Wylene Wall

Oct 6, 2013

Wylene Ramey Wall, 83, of Otto, North Carolina, formerly of Clayton, Georgia and widow of William David Wall (best known as W.D.) died peacefully at Angel Medical Center in Franklin, North Carolina, Sunday October 6, 2013 with her family and loved ones by her side.She was a matriarch and dearly loved by all who knew her and especially her children...

Margaret Wood

Margaret Wood

Sep 28, 2013

Margaret Versell (Wood) Wood, 89, of Scaly Mountain, North Carolina, and Widow of Rev. Vernon Wood, died Saturday September 28, 2013 in Highlands-Cashiers Hospital in Highlands, North Carolina.Born in Piedmont, South Carolina, June 7, 1924, she was the daughter of the late George Tillman Wood and Bessie Collins Wood. She was a Seamstress in the textile industry, a homemaker and...

Peter  Foster

Peter Foster

Sep 26, 2013

Peter Anthony “Pete” Foster, 54, of the Otto Community, went to sleep in the arms of the Lord in the early morning of September 26, 2013 after a brief illness.Pete was preceded in his passing by his mother, Estella. He is survived by his wife and soul mate, Jean, daughter Jodi, sons Michael and Dakota and granddaughter Elizabeth. His father,...

Wanda Pittman

Wanda Pittman

Sep 22, 2013

Wanda Maxine Ledford Pittman, 69, of Woodstock, Georgia., died Sunday September 22, 2013 in Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia.Born in Rabun County August 7, 1944 she was the daughter of the late Howard L. Ledford and Eva Mae Hooper Ledford. She was a teacher’s aid in the Cobb County School System and a homemaker. She was a member of the...

Harry Queen

Harry Queen

Sep 5, 2013

Harry “Dean” Queen, 62, of Mountain City Georgia died Thursday September 5, 2013 in VA Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina.Born in Rabun County, August 14, 1951, he was the son of the late Claude and Gladys Holcomb Queen. Dean was a rock mason in the construction industry and was a US. Army Veteran of Vietnam, and was commander of...

Eddine Fields

Eddine Fields

Sep 3, 2013

Eddine Scott (Scottie) Fields, 52, of Shadyside Drive, Clayton, died Tuesday September 3, 2013 at her residence.Born October 23, 1960 she was the daughter of the late Robert Pierce Fields and Elise Donaldson Fields. She was a respiratory therapist and pharmacy technician. And was of the Baptist Faith.Scottie is survived by one son, Trevor James of Alabama; two sisters, Bobbie...

Shirley Struck

Shirley Struck

Aug 26, 2013

Shirley I. Struck, January 15, 1928 – August 26, 2013On August 26, 2013 God called Shirley Struck, 85, of Clayton, Georgia to her Heavenly home. Born in West Frankfort, Illinois, then raised in Springfield, Illinois she married her high school sweet heart Karl Struck and celebrated their 64 th Anniversary in June. Shirley was a cook in the Sangamon County...

Gladys Shirley

Gladys Shirley

Aug 23, 2013

Gladys Shirley 98, ClaytonGladys Shirley went to be with her Lord on August 23, 2013. She was born May 5, 1915, in Rabun County GA., to the late Lewis Neal Shirley and Sibbie Bynum Shirley. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers Sutton, Frank and S.T. Shirley,...