Obituaries

Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Allen Beasley

Allen Beasley

Jun 4, 2011

Allen (Buck) Beasley, 62, Clayton, GAAllen (Buck) Beasley, 62, of Clayton, GA. died Saturday June 4, 2011 in Mtn. View Health Care in Clayton. Born Oct. 3, 1948 in Rabun County, He was the son of the late Albert and Etna Davenport Beasley. He was employed in the textile industry and was of the Baptist faith.Mr. Beasley is survived by...

Kate Worley

Kate Worley

Jun 1, 2011

Kate Sitton Worley, 92, Clayton, GeorgiaKate Sitton Worley, 92, of Lakemont, Georgia, died Wednesday June 1, 2011 at cannonwood Village in Tiger, Georgia. Born in Almond (Swain County) North Carolina, October 31, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Lee and Lillie Dehart Sitton. She was the widow of Fred A. Worley. Mrs. Worley was a retired public school...

Terry Gigax

Terry Gigax

May 31, 2011

Terry Ralph Gigax, 67, Sky Valley, GeorgiaTerry R. Gigax, 67, of Sky Valley, Georgia, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at his residence.The body has been creamated. and a Memorial Service will be held at a later date.Hunter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.An online obituary and register is availble at www.hunterfuneralhomega.com

Ethel Bingham

Ethel Bingham

May 30, 2011

Ethel Wall Bingham, 82, Clayton, GeorgiaEthel Wall Bingham, 82, of Hannah Mountain Drive, Otto, North Carolina, died Monday May 30, 2011 at Harris Regional Hospital Sylva, North Carolina.Ethel was Born June 19, 1928 in Rabun County Georgia to the late Leonard and Lula Smith Wall. She was a homemaker and avid quilter and was a member of the Calvary Baptist...

Charles Smith

Charles Smith

May 30, 2011

Charles B. (Chuck) Smith, 48, Tiger, GeorgiaCharles Benjamin (Chuck) Smith, 48, of Bridge Creek Road Tiger, Georgia died Monday May 30, 2011 at his residence. Born in Fowlerville, Michigan October 5, 1962 to Prudence Dotson Smith and the late Dick Smith. He was a Librarian at the University of Georgia and Presbyterian by Faith.He was preceded in death by two...

Irene Crone

Irene Crone

May 24, 2011

Irene Ramey Crone 84, Clayton, GeorgiaIrene Ramey Crone, 84, of Rogers Street, Clayton, GA., died Tuesday night May 24, 2011 at her residence.Born in Rabun County, GA., May 3, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mona Wooten Ramey. She was the widow of Lawrence W. Crone, Jr.Mrs. Crone was a homemaker and was a member of...

Elana Mcclain

Elana Mcclain

May 24, 2011

Elana Conley McClain 55, Rabun Gap, GeorgiaElana Conley McClain, 55 of Rabun Gap, Georgia, died Tuesday May 24, 2011. Born in Pontiac, Michigan, July 3, 1955, she was the daughter of June Gregory Conley of Franklin, NC, and the late James L. Conley.She was a lab technician with Burlington Industries for a number of years and most recently was a...

Jo Dickerson

Jo Dickerson

May 22, 2011

Jo Anne Rickman Dickerson, 83, Clayton, Georgia.Jo Anne Rickman Dickerson, 83, of Carrollton Georgia died Wednesday June 22, 2011, in Tanner Medical Center in Carrolton, Georgia. She was the wife of R.S.Dickerson of Carrollton.Born in Rabun Gap, Georgia January 17, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Jesse N. Rickman and Maude Whitmire Rickman. She was retired as a...

Lillian Taylor

Lillian Taylor

May 21, 2011

Lillian D. Taylor, 99, Clayton, GeorgiaLillian Dillard Taylor, 99, of Cardinal Lane, Dillard, Georgia., died Saturday May 21, 2011, at her residence, after a brief illness.Born in Rabun County, May 14, 1912, She was the daughter of the late Robert E. Lee Dillard and Amanda Turpen Dillard. She was the last member of her immediate family.Mrs. Taylor was the widow...

Jewell York

Jewell York

May 19, 2011

Jewell Faye York, 88, Clayton, GeorgiaJewell Faye York, 88, of Kennesaw, Georgia (formerly of Clayton, Georgia.) died Thursday May 19, 2011 at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, Georgia.Born April 12, 1923 in Rabun County, she was the daughter of the late Clint and Eula Eller York. She was a retired accountant with Lockheed Corporation and was of the Baptist Faith.She...

Wayne Moore

Wayne Moore

May 10, 2011

Wayne Kelly Moore, 69, Clayton, GeorgiaWayne Kelly Moore, 69, of J.B. and Fred Lane Clayton, Georgia died Thursday night May 10, 2011 at his residence in the Five Points Community.Born in Rabun County, January 29, 1942, he was the son of Vera Kelly Moore of Rabun Gap, Georgia and the late Wallace R. Moore. He was an automobile mechanic and...

Grover Welch

Grover Welch

May 10, 2011

Grover (Red) Welch, 71, Clayton, GeorgiaGrover (Red) Welch, 71, of Jiles Drive, Clayton, Georgia died Tuesday evening May 10, 2011 at his home.Born in Clayton, Georgia May 5, 1940 he was the son of the late Bill and Irene McCloud Welch. He was a carpenter by trade and was a U.S. army veteran of the Korean War era. He was...

Shirley Andrews

Shirley Andrews

May 4, 2011

Shirley Burrell Andrews, 54, Clayton, GeorgiaShirley Bernice Burrell Andrews, 54, of Clayton, Georgia died Wednesday May 4, 2011 at her residence.Born in Rabun County April 13, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Bryan and Lula Mae Green Burrell. She was a domestic caregiver and was active in the Special Olympics program. She was a member of the Liberty...

Jerry Elliott

Jerry Elliott

May 2, 2011

Jerry Charles Elliott, 56, Royston, GeorgiaMr. Jerry Charles Elliott, age 56, of Royston, Georgia died Monday, May 2, 2011, at his home.Born December 8, 1954 in Clayton, Georgia, he was a son of the late J.C. and Lillian Taylor Elliott. Jerry was a truck driver with Bear Creek Grading Company and attended MT. Holiness Church in Lula, Georgia. He also...

Betty Welborn

Betty Welborn

Apr 24, 2011

Betty Ruth Welborn, 71, Clayton, GA.Betty Ruth Welborn, 71, of M.J. Shirley Drive, Clayton, Georgia died Sunday April 24, 2011 at her residence.Born June 4, 1939 in Rabun County, She was the daughter of the late Logue and Alberta Allgary Welborn. She was a retired seamstress at Claburne MFG. Company and was of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in...

Ellen Watts Clevenger

Ellen Watts Clevenger

Apr 23, 2011

Ellen watts Clevenger, 83, Clayton, Georgia.Ellen Watts Clevenger, 83, of Tiger, Georgia, daughter of the late Hubert and Ethel Baker Watts, died April 23, 2011. A Memorial Service will be at 2:30 P.M. Sunday July 24, 2011 at the Rocky Grove Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Kyle Watts.Hunter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.An online obituary and register is...

Ellen Lea Clevenger

Ellen Lea Clevenger

Apr 23, 2011

Ellen Lea (Watts) Clevenger, 83, Clayton, GA.Ellen Watts Clevenger, 83, of the Bridge Creek Community, Tiger, Georgia, died Saturday night April 23, 2011 in Heritage Health Care of Toccoa in Toccoa, Georgia.Born in Crabtree, North Carolina March 18, 1928 she was the daughter of the late Hubert and Ethel Baker Watts, and had lived the greater part of her life...

Joseph Jones

Joseph Jones

Apr 14, 2011

Joseph Reid Jones, 66, Clayton, GeorgiaJoseph Reid Jones 66, of North Valley Street Clayton, Georgia, died at his residence Thursday morning April 14, 2011Born in Rabun County May 17, 1944, He was the son of the late Joe and Ruth Lovell Jones. He was employed in the construction industry for many years.He was a U.S. Marine Corps. veteran of Vietnam,...

Jimmy Nix

Jimmy Nix

Apr 12, 2011

Jimmy Allen Nix, 73, Scaly Mountain, North CarolinaJimmy Allen Nix, 73 of Scaly Mountain, North Carolina, died Tuesday April 12, 2011 at his residence.Born in Macon County, North Carolina November 9, 1937 he was the son of the late George W. and Lillie Billingsley Nix. He owned and operated a Nursery, growing various shrubs and Plants, for many years. He...

Gene Dotson

Gene Dotson

Apr 10, 2011

Gene Dotson, 70, Clayton, GeorgiaGene Dotson, 70, of Mountain City, GA, died, April 10, 2011 at his residence.Gene was a carpenter by trade and a member of Blue Heights Baptist Church.Gene was born September 11, 1940 to the late Jesse Henry Dotson and Cenna Belle Blair Dotson.He was the husband of Reba Ramey Dotson formerly of Wiley, GA.He is preceded...