Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
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...
William Dotson
Aug 9, 2014
William Albert (Bill) Dotson, 72, of Electric Ave, Mountain City, Georgia., died Saturday August 9, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Georgia. He was the husband of Geneva Ramey Dotson. He was born in Rabun County May 17, 1942 to the late Jesse H. and Cenna Belle Blair Dotson. He was a retired repairman from the Tugalo Gas Company...
Kenneth Grizzle
Aug 9, 2014
Kenneth Melvin Grizzle, 60, of Baldwin, Georgia., died Saturday August 9, 2014 in Habersham County Medical Center.Born in Atlanta, Georgia., June 29, 1954, he was the son of the late J.T. and Mary Rylee Grizzle. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of Vietnam, a mason, a member of world association of benchers and dead lifters organization, a Gideon in the...
Allen Reece
Aug 8, 2014
Allen Reece, 45, of Duggan Hill Drive, Clayton, Georgia., died Friday August 8, 2014 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, he was the son of Janie Shed Reece Dietz of Otto, NC., and the late Alfred Reece. Allen was a Landscaper by trade and was a member of the Persimmon Church of God.Besides...
Faith Henry
Aug 5, 2014
Faith Carol Davies Henry, 97, of Clayton, Georgia., died Tuesday August 5, 2014 in Habersham Nursing Home in Demorest, Georgia.Born in Dayton, Ohio December 25, 1916 she was the daughter of the late Lester and Lenora Thompson Davies. She was the widow of William Henry. Mrs. Henry was a realtor and a homemaker. She was a member of the North...
Lillian Hunter
Aug 4, 2014
Lillian Garland Hunter, 92, of Clayton, Georgia., died Monday August 4, 2014 in Cannonwood Village, Tiger, Georgia.Born in Rabun County October 12, 1921, she was the daughter of the late R.L. Garland and Nora Taylor Garland. She was the widow of Wade Ronia Hunter. Mrs. Hunter was a sales person in the insurance industry and a homemaker. She was mother,...
Barbara Binnie
Jul 30, 2014
Barbara “Jeanne” BinnieBarbara “Jeanne” Binnie, 84, of Clayton, died on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at her home after an eleven month battle with pancreatic cancer.She was born in Los Angeles, California on April 30, 1930 and lived in California and Oregon before moving to Clayton, Georgia in 1995.She was the daughter of the late Edwin and Ruby Garheart and was...
Phillip Davidson
Jul 30, 2014
Phillip Lee Davidson, 63, of Lakemont, GA., died Wednesday July 30 2014 at his residence.Born in Milledgeville, GA., January 3, 1951, he was the son of the late J.T. Davidson and Phyllis Chadwick Davidson. He was owner- operator of pawn shops (Anentrepeneur) a mason and a Shriner and a member of the New Hope Methodist Church in Lawrenceville, GA.He is...
Claude Lovell
Jul 24, 2014
Claude Lovell, 85, of Clayton, Georgia., died Friday night July 24, 2014 in Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.Born in Habersham County, June 29, 1929 he was the son of the late John and Belle Martin Lovell. He was the husband of Gertrude Gragg Lovell. He was a carpenter by trade and was associated with the Flat Creek Baptist Church.Mr. Lovell was...
Ralph Dickerson
Jul 22, 2014
Ralph Jenkins Dickerson, 97, of Clayton, Georgia., died Tuesday, July 22, 2014 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton.Born in Hartwell, Georgia., May 6, 1917, he was the son of the late V.C. Dickerson, Sr., and Minnie Hendrix Dickerson, and he had lived most of his life in Clayton. He was a merchant in food stuffs and feed store and...
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