Michael Cecil Queen , 66 , of Clayton GA., Affectionately known as(MIKE) died Saturday Nov.9,2019 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center. Michael was born in Rabun County , Ga. on April 3 , 1953 to the late Irene Dockins, He was in the Maintenance field at Fruit of the Loom and was of the Baptist Faith. […]
Read More »Raymond Lee Dillman Jr.: Obituary
Raymond Lee Dillman Jr., age 34, of Mountain City, Georgia, passed away on November 6, 2019. Raymond was born the son of Raymond Lee Dillman Sr. and Brenda Lee Rohrbaugh Dickerson on April 30, 1985. In his professional life, he was employed as a carpenter and a maintenance caretaker. While he liked mechanical things, […]
Read More »Fred Kilby: Obituary
Fred Kilby, age 82, of Persimmon Road, Clayton, Georgia, entered into eternal rest Wednesday evening, November 6, 2019 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Kilby was born in Rabun County on June, 16, 1937,a son of the late Ferdinand C. Kilby and Oza Christine Coffee Kilby. He was a graduate of […]
Read More »Ellis Ale Taylor: Obituary
Ellis Ale Taylor, 75, of Rabun Gap, Georgia., died Sunday November 3, 2019 at his residence surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was the husband of Barbara Queen Taylor. Born in Rabun County Georgia., Febuary 27, 1944 he was the son of the late Jim Taylor and Cleo Mconnell Taylor., He was a […]
Read More »Burl Ercell Parks: Obituary
Burl Ercell Parks, age 68, of Sky Valley, Georgia, passed away on October 30, 2019. Burl was born the son of the late Ercell F. Parks and the late Elizabeth Louise Lovett Parks-McCathern on July 31, 1951 In Greenwood, South Carolina. Burl was a Christian and a member the Rabun Gap Presbyterian Church. […]
Read More »Mitchell Brown: Obituary
Mitchell Brown, 75, of Clayton, GA., died October 30, 2019 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA. Born in Macon County, North Carolina May 29, 1944 He was the son of the late Lee Brown, Jr., and Beatrice Billingsley Brown. He was a farmer and was of the Baptist Faith. He was preceded in […]
Read More »Margaret Lois Kinney: Obituary
Margaret Lois Kinney, 73, of Rabun Gap, died October 29, 2019 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, GA. She was the widow of Marlor Speed. Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania., September 2, 1946 she was the daughter of the late William Michael Kinney and Ruth Breckenridge Kinney., She was a Speech Language Pathologist for Broad River […]
Read More »Baby Girl Brinkley Renae McKay McClain: Obituary
She was the daughter of James t. McClain and Dana Renae McKay. Her family is Baptist and she is survived by parents, James t. and Dana McKay McClain of lakemont. Also surviving are maternal grandparents, Randy and Tonya McKay of Lakemont, GA., and paternal grandparents, Monroe and Yvonne McClain of Clayton, GA., also five sisters, […]
Read More »Susanna Peters: Obituary
Susanna Peters, age 63, of Lakemont, Georgia passed away on October 29, 2019 with her loved ones surrounding her. Susanna was born the daughter of the late Arthur Joseph Temple and Bessie Christine Ray Temple on May 6, 1956 in Abilene, Texas. Susanna was a member of the Christian faith and a member […]
Read More »Henry Russell “Cookie” Cook: Obituary
Henry Russell “Cookie” Cook, age 76, of Clayton, Ga., passed away October 23, 2019 at North East Georgia Medical Center. He was the son of the late Robert “Bob” J. Lawson Cook and Nellie Lucille Carver Cook. His sister Jeanne Grist also precedes him in death. Cookie was a Rabun County Icon who everyone […]
Read More »Albert Turpin: Obituary
Albert Turpin, 86, of Lakemont, GA died Sunday October 20, 2019 in Habersham Home East in Demorest, GA. Born in Rabun County, June 19, 1933, he was the son of the late Luther and Demorest Taylor Turpin. He lived his entire life in Rabun County. Albert was custodial supervisor of Rabun County High School and […]
Read More »Bobby Allen Jenkins: Obituary
Bobby Allen Jenkins, 64, of Dillard, GA died Thursday, October 17, 2019 at the home of his sister, Elizabeth Bingham, in Mountain City, GA. Born November 27, 1954 in Macon County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Elcaney Jenkins and Viola Burrell Jenkins. He worked as a card tech for Parkdale and […]
Read More »Maverick Brooks Shirley: Obituary
Maverick Brooks Shirley, the infant son of Coby Shirley passed away October 17, 2019. He was preceded in death by his grandparents Dudley and Noma Shirley. In addition to his mother a number of aunts, uncles and cousins also survive. The family will have a private service.
Read More »Eric Shawn Wood,: Obituary
Eric Shawn Wood, 49, of Mtn. City, GA died Friday, October 18, 2019 at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Born February 17, 1970, he was the son of Dennis L. Wood and Mary Jane Gibson Wood . He lived most of his life in Rabun County and worked as a self-employed rock and brick […]
Read More »Beno’s Gun Problem
Beno’s Gun Problem We are repeatedly told the gun control debate is “heating up!” because violence with guns is frightening the little children. No, it isn’t!. Only the Democrats and the Leftist media want the issue to heat up so they can, through fear, make the case that the Second Amendment of the Constitution should […]
Read More »Marlon Edwin Holcombe Jr: Obituary
Marlon Edwin Holcombe Jr., age 61, of Duluth, Georgia, passed away on October 1, 2019. He was born the son of the late Marlon Edwin Holcombe and Adel Upchurch Holcombe on December 19, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia. Marlon loved his family, his friends who became family and the entire Georgia Bulldog Nation. A […]
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