Obituaries

Recent Rabun County, GA Obituaries

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

Frank Cooley

Frank Cooley

Mar 3, 2010

Frank Leonard Cooley, 89, Tiger, Ga.Frank Leonard Cooley was born in Brooklyn New York on September 26, 1920. After a long illness he died at Mountain View Health Care Center in Clayton, GA on Wednesday, March 3, 2010.He was one of five sons of a Methodist minister, George Cooley and his wife Frances Carr and the grandson of Frank Merwin...

Ruthalee Callenback

Ruthalee Callenback

Mar 2, 2010

Ruthalee Callenback, 63, Clayton, GA.Sarah Ruthalee Watts Callenback, 63, of Callenback, Lane Clayton, Georgia., died march 2, 2010, in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Born June 26, 1946 in Rabun, County, Georgia., she was the daughter of the late Claude Watts and Ada Ramey Crone; She was a Homemaker and a member of the Cherchero Baptist Church.She was preceded...

Perry Taylor

Perry Taylor

Mar 2, 2010

Perry Blain Taylor, 59, Clarkesville, Georgia.Perry Blain Taylor, 59, of Clarkesville, Ga. died Friday, April 2, 2010, at his residence.He was born August 13, 1950, in Rabun County, Georgia, to the late John Baptist and Carrie Odessa Breedlove Taylor.He was a Baptist by faith and worked in the Construction Industry.He was preceded in death by a sister, Delores Oxley of...

Jack Richards

Jack Richards

Feb 27, 2010

Jack Richards, 72, Tiger, Ga.Jack Richards, 72, of Tiger, GA, unexpectedly fell asleep in death Saturday, February 27, 2010, in Greenville Memorial Medical Center, SC, surrounded by his beloved wife and family.He was born February 5, 1938, to Carl and Ruth Richards of Brundidge, AL. they preceded him in death, as did 2 brothers and a sister. He is survived...

Russell Mckay

Russell Mckay

Feb 23, 2010

Russell Wayne McKay, 50, Atlanta, Ga.Russell Wayne McKay, 50, of the Atlanta, area formerly of the Lakemont Community died Tuesday, February 23, 2010.Born in Rabun County, Georgia. August 20, 1959, he was the son of the late Bud and Dorothy Garland McKay. He was a mechanic by trade and was of the Baptist Faith.He is survived by one daughter, Crystal...

Betty Garrison

Betty Garrison

Feb 22, 2010

Betty Roberts Evans Garrison, 77, Mountain City, Ga.Betty Roberts Evans Garrison, 77, of Mountain City, Georgia., died Monday February 22, 2010 in Mountain View Health Care Center in Clayton, Georgia.Born May 29, 1932 in Cherokee County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Walter H. Roberts and Leora Young Roberts; she was a seamstress in the textile industry...

Helen Donaldson

Helen Donaldson

Feb 21, 2010

Helen Marie Hopper Donaldson, 90, Clayton, Ga.Helen Marie Hopper Donaldson, 90, of Clayton, died Sunday February 21, 2010 in North East Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.Born in Rabun Gap, Georgia. November 5, 1919, she was the daughter of the late James Bascomb Hopper and Fronie Viola Jones Hopper. She was the widow of James Nesbon Donaldson.She was a retiree from...

Richard Rains

Richard Rains

Feb 19, 2010

Richard Neil Rains, 62, Lakemont, Ga.Richard Neil Rains, 62 of Hawk Hill Lane, Lakemont, Ga., died Friday February 19, 2010 at his home. He was the husband of Lynn Thompson Rains.Born in Nashville, Tennessee. August 14, 1947 he was the son of the late William Jay Rains and Jean Hunt Rains. He was a Real estate appraiser with Rains Appraisel...

Martha Thomas

Martha Thomas

Feb 14, 2010

Martha Ann Carpenter thomas, 72, Canton, Ohio.Martha Ann Carpenter Thomas, 72, of Canton Ohio, died Sunday February 14, 2010 at her home.Born January 26, 1938 in Macon County, North Carolina., she was the daughter of the late John W. Carpenter and Elizabeth Guffey Carpenter.She was raised in Scaly Mountain, NC., where she was a member of Scaly MTN. Baptist Church...

Sylvia Griggs

Sylvia Griggs

Feb 5, 2010

Sylvia A. Ledford Griggs 91, Clayton, Ga,Sylvia Alexander Ledford Griggs, 91, of Cross Street, Mt City, Georgia, died Friday night February 5, 2010 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center.Born In Cornelia, Ga., August 8,1918, she was the daughter of the late Wyley and Alice Baker Alexander. She was twice married, first to the late Richard R. Ledford, Sr., and later to...

Stephen Blake

Stephen Blake

Feb 5, 2010

Stephen H. Blake, 85, Tiger, Ga.Stephen H. Blake, 85, of Bridge Creek Rd, Tiger, Georgia, died Friday February 5, 2010 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center.Born in New Britain, Connecticut, November 5, 1924, he was the son of the late Stephen Alexander and Helen Howard Blacek. He was the widower of Frances Murphy Blake. He was a retired Sales Executive in...

Ida Watts

Ida Watts

Feb 3, 2010

Ida Gibson Watts 92, Clayton, GAIda Gibson Watts, 92, of the Five Points Community, affectionately known as “Maw” and widow of Kelton C. Watts died Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at her residence.Born in Towns County, GA. August 28, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Lizzie Ramey Gibson. She was a homemaker and a member of the...

James Marsengill

James Marsengill

Feb 1, 2010

James A. Marsengill, 58, Mt. City, Ga.James A. Marsengill, 58, of Will Zoellner Rd. Mt. City, Ga., died Monday February 1, 2010 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Ga.Born in Rabun County August 17, 1951, he was the son of the late David Andrew and Alice Chastain Marsengill. He was a machine operator in the textile industry and attended the...

Joseph Woodall

Joseph Woodall

Jan 29, 2010

Joseph Raymond Woodall, 82, Clayton, Ga.Joseph Raymond Woodall, 82, of Rose Circle, Clayton, left his earthly home January 29, 2010 at Mountain View Nursing Home, after several years of declining health.Raymond (“J.R.”) was born on April 28, 1927 in Thomaston, Georgia, but most of childhood was in Gainesville, Ga. He was one of nine children by Frederick Morgan Woodall and...

Lillian Watts

Lillian Watts

Jan 25, 2010

Lillian Jones Watts, 85, Clayton, Ga.Lillian Jones Watts, 85, of Wiley Church Lane, Wiley Ga., died Monday January 25, 2010 at her home.Born in Rabun County March 14, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Harvey P. Tyler and Martha Smith Tyler.She was retired after several years as a food service employee with Rabun County Hospital and with the...

Tracy Lumley

Tracy Lumley

Jan 25, 2010

Tracy Rose Lumley 49, MT. CityTracy Rose Lumley, 49, of Theodore Street, Mountain City, GA., died Monday night January 25, 2010 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.Born in Rabun County December 8, 1960, she was a daughter of the late Howard J. and Rosalie Lester Hopkins. She was a teacher and administrator with the Ninth District Head Start and...

Shirley Waldroop

Shirley Waldroop

Jan 23, 2010

Shirley Mae Bingham Waldroop, 60, Mountain City, Ga.Shirley Mae Bingham Waldroop, 60, of Alexander Lane, Mt, City, Ga., died Saturday January 23, 2010.Born October 20, 1949 in Habersham County, she was the daughter of Lola Mae Bingham Coleman of Mt.City and the late James Lee Bingham.She was a manager in the restaurant industry and attended the Church of God.Surviving Shirley...

Robert Jacobs

Robert Jacobs

Jan 22, 2010

Robert Harold Jacobs, 62, Clayton, Ga.Robert Harold Jacobs, 62, of Seed Tick Road, Clayton, died Friday January 22, 2010 at his residence.Born in Sylva, NC; June 1, 1947 he was the son of Mary Helen Jacobs of Clayton and the late Robert Lyle Jacobs, Jr. He was a real estate agent and was of the Baptist Faith. He was a...

Aderene Smith

Aderene Smith

Jan 21, 2010

Aderene Carolyn Justus Smith, 71, Rabun Gap, Ga.Aderene Carolyn Justus Smith, 71, of O.V. Justus Road, Rabun Gap, wife of Clyde W. ”Moody” Smith died Thursday, January 21, 2010 at her residence.Born October 25. 1938 in Rabun County Georgia she was a daughter of the late Odelee V. and Maude Ledford Justus. She was a textile worker for many years...

Kenneth Mcclain

Kenneth Mcclain

Jan 19, 2010

Kenneth S. McClain, 65, Rabun Gap, Ga.Kenneth S. “Big Mac” McClain, 65, of the Betty’s Creek Community died Tuesday, January 19, 2010.Born in Rabun County, May 16, 1944, he was a son of the late Gay and Ida Williams McClain. He was a retired textile worker having worked for Burlington Industries and Fruit of The Loom for a number of...