Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Clayton, Rabun County, GA & Surrounding Areas
Glenn Hopkins
Mar 7, 2013
On Thursday March 7, 2013 G.C. “Rip” Hopkins, 81, of Hopkins, Lane in the Bridgecreek Community of Tiger, Georgia, went home to be with the Lord . He had been in the V.A. Medical Center Decatur, Georgia, for some time. Rip was the husband of Virginia Bleckley Hopkins.Born in Tiger, Georgia., September 11, 1931 he was the son of the...
Richard Hermansen
Mar 6, 2013
Richard Martin Hermansen, 76, of Wayah Trail Clayton, Georgia, died Wednesday March 6, 2013 at Mountain View Health Care Clayton, Georgia.Born November 27, 1936 in Queens New York to the late Herman and Mildred Canerossi Hermansen. He was a carpenter and a member of the Knights of Colombus and was of the Roman Catholic Faith.He was preceded death besides his...
Shirley Shedd
Mar 6, 2013
Shirley Tyler Shedd 58, of Mize Road Demorest, Georgia died Wednesday March 6, 2013 Born in Clayton, Georgia on September 4, 1954, Mrs. Shedd was the daughter of the late Sambo Giles and Margaret Jean Tyler Worley. Mrs. Shedd spent her life in the healthcare profession and taking care of others. She had been a nurse at the old Clayton...
Jackie Capps
Mar 2, 2013
Jackie Provance Capps, 65, of Kaolin Lane Tiger, Georgia., died Saturday morning March 2, 2013 at her residence with her loving family and friends by her side.Born in Van Buren Michigan February 16, 1948 to the late Bennett T. and Irene Grabowski Barns. She was an E.M.T. and a Emergency Room Nurse at Rabun County Hospital. She is survived by...
Gisele Queen
Mar 2, 2013
Gisele Lynn Yeary Queen, 53, died Saturday March 2, 2013 at her residence with her loving family by her side. Born in Granby, Canada September 22, 1959 to Sarah English Duncan, the late Ray Duncan, and the late James Harold Yeary. She was preceded in death by her Maternal Grandparents, Raleigh and Lera English and Paternal Grandparents, James and Jesse...
Justine Kelley
Feb 28, 2013
Mrs. Justine Ledford Kelley, age 72, of McDonough, GA., passed away February 28, 2013. Justine was born in Clayton, GA., the daughter of the late Virgil Peter and Margie Zenobia Justus Ledford. She was preceded in death by a brother, James Ledford. Justine enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, traveling, taking care of her animals, raising African Violets...
Deborah Rogers
Feb 22, 2013
Deborah Ann Payne Rogers, 54 of Clayton, Georgia., died Friday February 22, 2013 at her residence on Mitchell Street Clayton, Georgia. She was the wife of Harold H. Rogers.Born in Franklin, North Carolina. March 12, 1958 she was the daughter of Martha Payne of Clayton. She was employed for a time with Empire MFG. Company in the textile industry and...
Brian Carter
Feb 19, 2013
Brian Keith Carter, 46, of North Johnson Avenue, Mountain City, Georgia., died Tuesday February 19, 2013in Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina. He was the widower of Tasha Sorrows Carter.Brian was born in Demorest, Georgia, October 23, 1966 to Bobby Wayne Carter and Lorene Ellenburg Carter. Before becoming disabled he worked as an orderly in nursing homes. He was...
Judy Carter
Feb 10, 2013
Judy Lee Carter 64, of Taylor Valley Road Clayton, Georgia., died Sunday night, February 10, 2013 at her residence.Born in Tiger Georgia., April 23, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Ethel Bradshaw Gibson. She was employed by Claburne MFG. Company for many years and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Church of God....
Marlene James
Feb 7, 2013
Marlene Underwood James, 81, of Bald Mountain RD, Dillard, GA, Died Thursday February 7, 2013 at Mountain Lakes Medical Center, Clayton, Ga. She was the widow of Horace James.Born in Rabun County, August 10, 1931 she was the daughter of the late Willie and Grace Wall Underwood. She was a secretary in the Business world and was a member of...
Ruth Speed
Feb 7, 2013
Ruth Murray Speed, 86, of Warwoman road, Clayton, Georgia., died Thursday February 7, 2013 at her residence.She was born November 26, 1926 in Habersham County, Georgia., to John Harvey Murray and Connice Ramey Murray. She was twice married, first to the late Hilton James and later to Marlor Speed, Jr., who survives. Mrs. Was retired from Empire MFG. Company in...
Dever Lee
Feb 3, 2013
Dever Strickland Lee, 80, of the Chechero Community Clayton, Georgia., died Sunday February 3, 2013 in the North East Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Georgia. He was the widower of Hazel Dixon Lee.Born in Long Creek South Carolina May 22, 1932, he was the son of the late Dowis and Ollie Rholetter Lee. He was the owner and operator of an...
Paulette Ritchie
Jan 28, 2013
Paulette Keener Ritchie, 92, of Mountain City, Georgia., widow of Willis E. Ritchie, died Monday January 28, 2013 at her residence, Born in Macon County, NC. March14, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Nell Jacobs. Paulette was an inspector with Claburne MFG. Company and a homemaker. She was a Baptist and faithfully attended Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in...
Roy Conner
Jan 26, 2013
Roy Martin Conner, 50, of Rabun Gap, Georgia, affectionaly known as “Marty” died Saturday January 26, 2013 at his residence.He was born in Franklin, North Carolina May 24, 1962 to Clifford E. Conner and Carolyn Darnell Conner. He was a Chef and a member of Newman Chapel Baptist Church.He was preceded in death by his mother, Carolyn Darnell Conner Hicks...
Robert Weaver
Jan 23, 2013
Robert B. Weaver, 54, of Dillard, Georgia, known to his friends as Bruce, died Wednesday January 23, 2013 in North East Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Georgia,Born October 20, 1958 in Valpariso, Florida, he was the son of Willie Mae McDonald Weaver of Dillard and the late Bob Weaver. He was a cook at the Dillard House in Dillard, Georgia., and...
Edgar Teague
Jan 19, 2013
Edgar Houston Teague, 85, of Lavonia, Georgia, Formerly of Rabun County Georgia, and affectionately known as “Ed” died Saturday January 19, 2013 at his residence.Born May 28, 1927 in Mountain City, Georgia, he was the son of the late Louie and Lula Gibson Teague. He was a retired truck driver and a great musician. He was a WW II Army...
Thomas Parker
Jan 13, 2013
Thomas Andrew Parker, 55, of Red Fox Lane, Clayton, Georgia, affectionately known as “Tommy” died, suddenly and unexpectedly Sunday afternoon January 13, 2013.Born in Rabun County December 30, 1957, he was the son of James Andrew Parker of Franklin, North Carolina., and the late Peggy Ann Martin Parker. He was employed for several years in the Textile Industry with Fruit...
Fred Mccoy
Jan 8, 2013
Fred Lee McCoy 85, of Carnes road in the Liberty Community, Tiger, Georgia died Tuesday January 8, 2013 at his residence.Born in Rabun County, January 14, 1927, he was the son of the late Ulyses and Alice Deal McCoy. He was a carpenter by trade and was a member of the Taylor’s Chapel Baptist Church. He was a U.S. Army...
Robert Plott
Jan 5, 2013
Robert Quinn Plott, 89, of Clayton, Georgia. died Saturday January 5, 2013 in Mountain. View Health Care in Clayton.Born in Cohutto, GA. July 25, 1923, he was the son of Arthur and Evie Watts Plott. He had lived the greater part of his life in Rabun County. He was a farmer and was of the Baptist Faith.He was preceded in...
Frances Norton
Jan 1, 2013
Frances Rose Burrell Norton… Born April 23, 1914. Died January 1, 2013. She grew up in Rabun County on the family farm near Dillard. She married Jay Norton in 1934 and in 1937 moved to Wyoming with her husband and toddler child. After 40 years in Wyoming, she and her husband moved back to the Betty’s Creek where they spent...
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