May 25, 2013
Obituaries

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 ...
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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...
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James Carr Grizzard
James Carr Grizzard died Thursday, March 22, 2012, in Gainesville after a lengthy illness. Mr. Grizzard was a 1969 graduate of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. He was an active member in both th...
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John Thomas Grist
John Thomas Grist, 51, of Clayton, passed away at his home. He was born in Forsyth to Joel “Max” Grist of Canton and Wandrea Cox Lauchner of Fort Meyers, Fla. Mr. Grist was preceded in death by a...
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The Rev. William Reese Garrard Sr.
After a long and fruitful life, the Rev. William Reese Garrard Sr. went peacefully to be with the Lord surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, March 27th. He was born in 1919 on a farm in Wilk...
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Juanita Cross Kinsey Ennis
Juanita Cross Kinsey Ennis, 84, of Clayton, passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at Angel Medical Center in Franklin, N.C. She was born in LaFayette to Ralph Victor and Roberta Stephenson Cross. ...
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Mary Mildred Taylor Gragg
Mary Mildred Taylor Gragg, 80, of Tiger, widow of Burlis H. Gragg, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at her residence. She was born March 13, 1932, in Rabun County to the late Balus Duncan and Lillie ...
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John Fletcher Chapman Jr.
John Fletcher Chapman Jr., 83, of Clayton, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2012. He was born Oct. 1, 1928, to John Fletcher Sr. and Georgia Brook Chapman in Union Point. He graduated from Union P...
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William ‘Bill’ Carpenter
William “Bill” Carpenter, 81, of Suches, died Friday, March 23, 2012. Carpenter was born in Hayesville, N.C. He grew up in Clayton before moving to Suches, where he lived for 49 years. He was the...
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Anthony Ray Wheeler
Anthony Ray Wheeler, 57, of Clayton, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. He was born Feb. 27, 1956, in Atlanta to the late Bobby and Charlotte L. Har...
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Hazel Roth Stone
Hazel Roth Stone, 92, formerly of Clayton, passed away March 15, 2012, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Hazel was born April 6, 1919, in Des Moines, Iowa, to William Charles Roth and Vern Fessler Roth....
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Michael Anthony Speeg
Michael Anthony Speeg, 53, of Liberty, S.C., husband of Sheryl D. Speeg, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012. He was the son of U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Roger Speeg (retired) and Mildred Torres-Spee...
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John Dean Hooper
John Dean Hooper, 49, of Mountain City, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. He was born in Rabun County to the late Boyd C. and Martha Ledbetter Hoop...
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Robert Henry Vickers Jr.
Robert Henry Vickers Jr., 78, of Ellijay, died Sunday, March 18, 2012. Mr. Vickers was born Oct. 15, 1933, in Clayton. He is the son of the late Robert H. Vickers Sr. and Maggie Page Vickers. He w...
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Dorothy Galloway Ezell
Dorothy Galloway Ezell, 83, of Clayton, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Mountain View Health Care. She was born Oct. 3, 1928, in Rabun County to the late Fred Sr. and Annie Mae Speed Galloway. ...
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Anita Kaye Watts Hooper
Anita Kaye Watts Hooper, 47, of Tiger, went home to be with the Lord on Friday morning, March 16, 2012, at her residence. She was born April 9, 1964, in Rabun County to Jimmy Andrew and Shirley Ma...
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Betty D. Richardson Brackenbury
Betty D. Richardson Brackenbury, 78, of Rabun Gap, died Sunday, March 11, 2012, at Mountain View Health Care in Clayton. She was born May 3, 1933, in Nashville, Tenn., to the late William and Gra...
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Alfred Tillman Waters
Alfred Tillman Waters, 90, of Clayton, died Thursday, March 8, 2012, at his residence. He was born Aug. 24, 1921, in Rabun County to the late Malachi and Ollie Nichols Waters. He was a landscaper...
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Valdarea Sharon Kinsey
Valdarea Sharon Kinsey, 63, of Franklin, N.C., passed away Sunday, March 11, 2012. A native of Macon County, she was the daughter of LaVerne Stiles Henry and the late Leon Sellers. She was a CNA,...
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Louise Nix Owens
Louise Nix Owens, 88, of the Satolah community, widow of Doyle Herman Owens, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at her residence. She was born March 16, 1923, in Rabun County to the late Frank and Leon...
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Albermarle Bentley 'Buddy' Parker
Albermarle Bentley "Buddy" Parker, 76, of Northport, Ala., died peacefully Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He was born Jan. 27, 1936, in Rabun County. He...
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Stephen Ray Crum
Stephen Ray Crum, 56, of Atlanta, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. Steve was born in Atlanta to the late Doris Woodall Crum and Jack Michael Crum Sr. He graduated from Georgia State Universi...
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Jean N. Jackson
Jean N. Jackson of Winder passed away Thursday, March 1, 2012. She was born July 27 in Fort Myers, Fla., to Charles M. Niblack and Ruth Lanier Niblack. Her childhood was spent in Ft. Myers and Jef...
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Marion McSwain Fisher
Marion McSwain Fisher, 81, of Clayton and Claremont, N.H., died Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. After years as a Navy wife, Marion served as city clerk and manager in Clayton in the 1970s and served her c...
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Carl Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Tyler
Carl Ronald “Ronnie” Tyler, 59, of Old Fort, N.C., and formerly of Sylva, N.C., died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at his residence. Ronnie grew up in Mountain City and lived in Sylva before moving to ...
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Glenda Arrowood Voiles
Glenda Arrowood Voiles, 59, of Gainesville, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at her home following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Glenda was born in Hiawassee. She worked as a fligh...
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Charles Ray Davenport
Charles Ray Davenport, 85, of Tiger, husband of Dera “Dee” Harris Davenport, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, at his home. He was born Feb. 13, 1927, in Norfolk, Va., to the late Llewellyn and Lillian ...
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Mark Gregory Benfield
Mark Gregory Benfield
Mark Gregory Benfield, 41, of Clarkesville, passed away Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. He was born Dec. 31, 1970, in Clayton to Bill M. and Janie Watts Benfield. In addition...
Feb 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vivian Virginia Matthews Tatum
Vivian Virginia Matthews Tatum, 94, of Walhalla, S.C., and formerly of Rabun Gap and Cornelia, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Lila Doyle Nursing Facility in Seneca, S.C. She was married to the l...
Feb 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Clarence C. “Moe” Carpenter
Clarence C. “Moe” Carpenter, 73, of Rabun Gap, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at Mountain View Health Care. He was born April 22, 1938, in Macon County, N.C., to the late Henry and Florence Webb Ca...
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Andrew William Cope
Andrew William Cope
Andrew William Cope, 87, of Andy’s Trout Farm Road, Otto, N.C., passed away Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. He was a native of Macon County, N.C., the son of the late John Perry Cope and Etta Cordelia Higd...
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Elbert L. Sullivan Jr.
Elbert L. Sullivan Jr., 70, of Rabun Gap, affectionately known as “Sulley,” died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at his residence. He was born July 8, 1941, in Poplarville, Miss., to the late Elbert and L...
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Mary Ann Larrabee Walker
Mary Ann Larrabee Walker, 54, of Rabun Gap, passed away Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at her home. She was born Oct. 12, 1957, in Minneapolis to the late Russell John and Anna Mae Bonczskwski Larrabee....
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Fred William Bradley
Fred William Bradley, 74, of Clayton, went to be with the Lord on Jan. 23, 2012, after an extended illness. He was born in Rabun County to Charles Bradley and Kathleen Wall Bradley. Fred worked ...
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Henry Redmond Burkitt Jr.
Henry Redmond Burkitt Jr. passed away Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, at his home in Lakemont. Born Feb. 28, 1939, in Nashville, Tenn., he was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Sr. and Elizabeth. ...
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Darlene Malcom Keener
Darlene Malcom Keener, 63, of the Chechero community, died Wednesday Jan. 18, 2012, at her residence. She was born Jan. 17, 1949, in Morgan County to Willie Sue Dye Malcom of Clayton and the late...
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Gene J. King
Gene J. King, 82, of Sky Valley, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Born in Hendersonville, N.C., he was raised in South Carolina but spent most of his life in Georgia, where he was married to his wife,...
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