May 20, 2013
Obituaries

Margaret ‘Beth’ Elizabeth Justus Wilbanks
Margaret “Beth” Elizabeth Justus Wilbanks, 68, of Clayton, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday morning, June 26, 2012, at Stephens County Hospital in Toccoa. She was born in Glynn County to the l...
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Jim Brown
Jim Brown, 76, of Clayton, died Sunday, June 24, 2012, at Mountain View Health Center. He was born May 17, 1936, in Macon County, N.C., to the late Lee and Dawn Chastain Brown. He lived most of hi...
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Ruby Maudine Smith
Ruby Maudine Smith, 83, of Clayton, passed away Wednesday afternoon, June 20, 2012, at Mountain Lakes Medical Center. She was the daughter of Vergel Carol and Bertha Josephine McWhortor Smith, the...
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Steve Welch
Steve Welch, 54, of Toccoa and formerly of Mountain City, died Tuesday June 19, 2012, at his home in Toccoa. He was born Feb. 14, 1958, in Mountain City to the late Lon J. Welch and Thelma Holbro...
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Dorothy Seay Speed
Dorothy Seay Speed, 83, of Dillard, died Wednesday, June 13, 2012, at her residence. She was born Jan. 14, 1929, in Rabun County to the late Jesse Walter and Lola Tyler Seay. She was a member of P...
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Margaret Hoffman McCall
Margaret Hoffman McCall, 78, of Lakemont, died Friday, June 15, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. She was the widow of Rabun Martin McCall. She was born Sept. 3, 1933, in R...
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Oneal Burrell
Oneal Burrell, 86, of Dillard, died Sunday, June 17, 2012, in Baldwin. He was the widower of Rhoda Jenkins Burrell. He was born July 10, 1925, in Rabun County to the late Roosevelt and Clyde Shop...
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Flora Mae Thrift Holcomb
Flora Mae Thrift Holcomb, 83, of Tiger, died Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. She was born May 1, 1929, in Oconee County, S.C., to the late Burt and Nit...
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Desiree Melissa Wood
Desiree Melissa Wood, 34, of Otto, N.C., passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2012, as the result of a motor vehicle accident in Habersham County. Desiree was born Oct. 10, 1977, in Fort Worth, Texas. She...
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Joyce Patrick Hackett
Joyce Patrick Hackett, 94, of Dillard, passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was born Feb. 5, 1918, in Conyers to John Harvey and Nellie Florene Wallis Patr...
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James Lawson Mobley
James Lawson Mobley III, 69, of Lakemont, passed away Thursday, May 31, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. He was born Jan. 10, 1943, in Fulton County to the late James Lawson Jr. and Sall...
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Virginia Penland Watts
Virginia Penland Watts, 90, of the Hickory Knoll community, passed away Saturday, June 2, 2012, at the family homestead where she was born. A native of Macon County, she resided in Birmingham, Ala...
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Janie Wooten Dryman Jones
Janie Wooten Dryman Jones, 61, of Clayton, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 31, 2012. She was a lifelong resident of Rabun County and was the daughter of the late Marvin and Olean We...
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Arvilla Gertrude Telles Gillespie
Arvilla Gertrude Telles Gillespie, affectionately known as “Trudy,” 96, of Clayton, widow of Marvin M. Gillespie, died Friday, June 1, 2012, in Savannah. She was born Oct. 27, 1915, in Batesville...
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Dr. Mary Kathryn Easterling
Mary Kathryn Easterling, M.D., 65, of Rabun Gap, passed away Wednesday morning, May 23, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was born May 29, 1946, in Atlanta to the late H. Arthur and E...
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Doris Isley
Doris Isley, 91, died Saturday, April 14, 2012. She was born Oct. 28, 1920, in Cooperstown, N.Y. She served as a Wave in the U.S. Navy Intelligence during World War II. She got a bachelor’s degree...
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Perry Lee Boss
Perry Lee Boss, 62 of Gainesville, passed away Monday, May 21, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center after an accident. Perry served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War as a reconnaissance...
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Robert L. Widgery Jr.
Robert L. Widgery Jr., 70, of Miami, died Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Miami. He was the son of Mildred Widgery of Clayton and the late Robert L. Widgery Sr. Other survivors include: his wife, LizA...
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Michael David Southerland
Michael David Southerland died Friday, May 11, 2012, at home surrounded by loving family and friends after a brave battle against Lou Gehrig ’s disease (ALS). Michael was born Dec. 5, 1951, in Kno...
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Clee Hooper Scruggs
Clee Hooper Scruggs, 93, of Rabun Gap, widow of Wallace Scruggs, died Thursday, May 17, 2012, at the Habersham Medical Center in Demorest. She was born April 8, 1919, in Hiawassee to the late Jame...
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Sarah Frances Bleckley Fisk
Sarah Frances Bleckley Fisk, 85, of Monroe, N.C., and Rabun Gap, died Monday, May 14, 2012, at her mother’s home in the Betty’s Creek community following a brief illness. Born Sept. 22, 1926, in W...
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Glenna Ardrene Wilson Jones
Glenna Ardrene Wilson Jones, 62, of Mountain City, widow of Glen Jones, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at the home of her daughter in Cleveland. She was born March 5, 1950, in Missouri to the late Wil...
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Jesse Roscoe Keener
Jesse Roscoe Keener, 85, was born July 8, 1926, at Tiger to William Marcus Keener and Martha Hopkins Keener. He lived most of his life in Rabun County. He died Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at Heritage Hea...
May 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Lloyd ‘Tom’ Broaddrick
Thomas Lloyd “Tom” Broaddrick, 84, of Tiger, died Sunday, May 13, 2012. Tom grew up in Dalton, the ninth child of Dr. George L. and Maud Hayes Broaddrick. He attended the University of Georgia, ea...
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Freda Wooten Beaty
Freda Wooten Beaty, 54, of Clayton, died Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Oconee Hospice of the Foothills in Seneca, S.C. Mrs. Beaty was born Aug. 17, 1957, in Macon County, N.C., to Fred and Ila Scott ...
May 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Patricia Ann Stever
Patricia Ann Stever, 76, of Tiger, died Saturday, May 5, 2012, at her residence. She was born March 31, 1936, in Volusia County, Fla., to the late Broward Franklin Goodrich and Lucile Lillian Vann...
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Joel Jordan Arrendale
Dr. Joel Jordan Arrendale, 95 ½, died May 3, 2012. He was born Oct. 30, 1916, in Rabun County to the late John V. Sr. and Tallulah Edwards Arrendale. He was preceded in death by: his wife of 69 ...
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Brian Christopher Mance
Brian Christopher Mance, 50, of Gainesville, died Sunday, April 29, 2012. He was born Oct. 2, 1961, in Clayton to Walter Eugene and Mary Evelyn Owens Mance. He grew up in Clayton and graduated fro...
May 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Calvin W. Jenkins
Calvin W. Jenkins, 63, of Lakemont, died Saturday, April 28, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. He was born Nov. 17, 1948, in Rabun County to the late Elcaney and Viola Burr...
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James O. Henry
James O. Henry, 69, of Mountain City, died Monday, April 30, 2012, at his residence. He was born Jan. 16, 1943, in Scaly Mountain, N.C., and he lived most of his life in Rabun County. He was a son...
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James ‘Jim’ Lee Burley
James “Jim” Lee Burley was born Feb. 5, 1944, in Ames, Iowa, He passed away in Gainesville after having lived 68 years, one month and 16 days. James spent most of his growing up years in Stillwate...
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John ‘Jack’ Neal White
John “Jack” Neal White, 90, of Clayton, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012, at his residence. He was born in White County to the late John Hiram and Lina Elizabeth Ballard White. In addition t...
Apr 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Henrietta Whidden ‘Penny’ Melton
Henrietta Whidden “Penny” Melton, 80, of Tiger, passed away Friday, April 20, 2012, at her home. Penny was born Jan. 3, 1932, in Bartow, Fla., to the late Monte Julian and Jessie Braswell Whidden....
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Helen Gregory Ledbetter
Helen Gregory Ledbetter, 79, of Clayton, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2012, at her home on Germany Road. She was born Oct. 18, 1932, in Knoxville to H.E. and Carolyn Julia Harrell Gregory. She w...
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John C. Dover
John C. Dover, 75, of Pacolet, S.C., died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. He was born April 22, 1937, in Hiawassee to the late Robert Alonzo and Lula Mae Eller Dover....
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Shirley Jean Hedge Shirley
Shirley Jean Hedge Shirley, 76, of Clayton, died Thursday, April 12, 2012, at her residence. She was born May 5, 1935, in Bache, Okla., to the late Irwin Jerry and Mary Barrett Hedge. She spent mo...
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Grace Lenora Gragg Thompson
Grace Lenora Gragg Thompson, 87, of Lakemont, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was born in Rabun County to James Harley and Omie ...
Apr 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Madeline Sims Clamp
Madeline Sims Clamp, 92, of Rabun Gap, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, peacefully completed her earthly journey to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, April ...
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Frances ‘Fran’ Jean Simmons Ross
Frances “Fran” Jean Simmons Ross, 87, died Sunday, April 1, 2012, in Monticello, Fla. She was born June 15, 1924, in Lakeland, Fla., to Ola Maye St. John Simmons and Durrell Orville Simmons, bot...
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John David Purvis
John David Purvis, 29, of Alpharetta, and most recently of Tallulah Falls, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012, at his home, concluding a five-year battle with glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer...
Apr 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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