May 23, 2013
Obituaries

Corbett Jarrett ‘Stubb’ Church
Corbett Jarrett “Stub” Church, 90, of Tiger and formerly of Clarkesville, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at Mountain Lakes Medical Center. He was born March 2, 1922, in Cla...
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Samuel Lewis Coover Jr.
Samuel Lewis Coover Jr., 69, of Rabun Gap, died Sunday night, Oct. 8, 2012, at his home. He was born May 28,1943, in Loraine, Ohio, to the late Samuel Lewis Coover Sr. and Jean Coover. He was a ca...
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Alvin Wayne Holt
Alvin Wayne Holt passed from this life to his heavenly home on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. He was born Feb. 24, 1966, in Rabun County. Wayne was an avid hunter and fisherman who loved nature, but most ...
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Angel Lisanne Blalock
Angel Lisanne Blalock, born Feb. 16, 1961, in Tampa, Fla., died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Tiger. Angel was born with a zest for life. She lived every day to its fullest, and her middle name should ...
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Sarah Jane Stancil Turpen
Sarah Jane Stancil Turpen, 68, of Atlanta, passed away Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. She was born April 8, 1944 in Rabun County to the late Carl and Louise Stancil. She was the widow of the late Victo...
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Colter Reece Owens
Colter Reece Owens, infant son of Amber “Nikki” Owens, passed away Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. In addition to his mother, he is survived by: a sister, Delainey Nichole Owens; a brother, Daggar Vincent...
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Curtis Matthew Turner
Curtis Matthew Turner, 82, of Lavonia, passed away Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at his daughter’s home in Lakemont. He was born in Fulton County to Richard Davis Turner and Sutie Nova Mable Turner. In...
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Everette Willard Miller
Everette Willard Miller, 74, of Scaly Mountain, N.C., passed away Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Jesse L. Miller and Minnie Ethel Carpenter. In addition t...
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Devin Dewayne Marcus
Devin Dewayne Marcus, 37, of Tiger, died Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at Mountain View Health Care. He was born Feb. 7, 1975, in Stephens County to Hastel Dave Marcus of Tiger and Minnie Lou Green Marc...
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Lois Cathey Dotson
Lois Cathey Dotson, 96, of Mountain City, passed away Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at her residence. She was born in Rabun County to Frank and Montie Rogers Cathey. In addition to her parents, she w...
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Timothy Cecil Browning
Timothy Cecil Browning, 57, of Clayton, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born in Atlanta to Cecil and Lucille Bond Browning. In add...
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Ruby Jiles Bradley
Ruby Jiles Bradley, 70, of Clayton, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, after an extended illness. She was born in Rabun County to the late Silas and Matilda Taylor Jiles. Ruby work...
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Glenda Youngblood Baker
Glenda Youngblood Baker, 64, of Canton, N.C., and formerly of Rabun County died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, at her home in Canton. She was born Sept. 30, 1947, in Rabun County to the late Vaughn and...
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Maynard William Thompson
Maynard William Thompson, 92, of Lakemont, passed away Tuesday evening, Sept. 18, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Black Rock, Ark., to Robert Moses Thompson and Lenora Br...
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Everette Willard Miller
Everette Willard Miller, 74, of Scaly Mountain, N.C., passed away Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. Born in Macon County, he was the son of the late Jesse L. Miller and Minnie Ethel Carpenter. In addition ...
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Ann Justus
Ann Justus, 52, of Wiley, died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. She was born Oct. 1, 1959, in Rabun County to the late Carl and Elsie Ledford Justus. She...
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Elbert Bradford Greemon
Elbert Bradford Greemon, 98, Clarkesville, died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, after a period of declining health. He was born Sept. 17, 1914, in Habersham County to the late Bill and Sarah Hall Greemon....
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Elsie A. Hall
Elsie A. Hall, 76, of Rabun Gap, passed away Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. She was born Jan. 30, 1936, in East Cleveland, Ohio, and is survived by: two brothers, Robert Brown of Northfield, Ohio, and Del...
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Corbitt Vance Dixon
Corbitt Vance Dixon, 96, of Clayton, passed away Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, at his residence. He was born in Rabun County to the late Virgil George and Hester Crone Dixon. In addition to his parents...
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Kenneth E. Byrd Jr.
Kenneth E. Byrd Jr., 62, was called home Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, after a long battle with cancer. Ken was a teacher, administrator and coach. His career began at his alma mater, Friendsville Hi...
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John Samuel Beck Sr.
John Samuel Beck Sr., 61, of Clayton, passed away Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. He was born in Macon County, N.C., to Jefferson Davis Beck Jr. and Alice Maria Spe...
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Gail Watkins Taylor Bishop
Gail Watkins Taylor Bishop, 64, of Perry, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Mrs. Bishop was born in Clayton to the late Conway and Frankie Fountain Watkins. She grew up in Clayton, where she...
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Marion Phylis (Neel) Baxter
Marion Phylis (Neel) Baxter, of CannonWood Village in Tiger, passed away Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at home with her husband and daughter by her side. She was preceded in death by: her mother and f...
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Charles MacDowell ‘Mac’ Swanson
Charles MacDowell “Mac” Swanson, 81, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 after an extended illness. Mac was born April 22, 1931 in Rabun Gap, Georgia to George and Hattie Brooks Swanson. He was ma...
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Adilene McCall Penland
Adilene McCall Penland, 89, of Clayton, affectionately known as “Addie,” died Tuesday morning Sept. 11, 2012, at her residence. She was born April 15, 1923, in Macon County, N.C., to the late Tho...
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Joseph F.M. Gatins
Joseph F.M. Gatins, a resident of the Satolah community of Rabun County, died of a heart attack last week while on vacation in Dublin with his wife, Fran. He was 65 years old. After moving to Rabu...
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Anna Mae Baber
Anna Mae Baber, 86, of Dillard, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, at her residence. She was born Nov. 22, 1926, in Westmoreland County, Pa., to the late Anthony and Mary Tomecko Gustas. She had lived mo...
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Louise Owens Vandiver
Louise Owens Vandiver, 86, of Clayton, passed away Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, at her residence. She was born in Macon County, N.C., to the late Evan Owens and Dora Brown Owens. In addition to her p...
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Ray Alvin ‘Randy’ Owens
Ray Alvin “Randy” Owens, 55, of Clayton, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, at his residence. He was born Jan. 31, 1957, in Rabun County to Jane Patterson of Clayton and the late Calvin Owens. He was ...
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James A. Miller
James A. Miller, 68, of Clayton, died Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. He was born May 31, 1944, in Vian, Okla., to the late Steins and Ruby Patterson Miller. Mr. Miller worked at Scovill Fasteners, Inc. in...
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Phillip David Lovell
Phillip David Lovell passed away Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, surrounded by the mountains he called home in Clayton. Phillip was a photographer, dedicated naturalist and lifelong explorer of the outdo...
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Willie Melissa McCall Dixon
Willie Melissa McCall Dixon, 88, of Clarkesville, died Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. She was born Aug. 3, 1924, in Rabun County to the late Harley and Amy Martin McCall. Mrs. Dixon owned and operated her...
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Leona Kimbrell Munch
Leona Kimbrell Munch, 75, of Mableton, originally of Cornelia, died Sept. 1, 2012. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Sept. 4, at Mount Harmony Baptist Church, Mableton. White Columns Funeral Ch...
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Jessa Hope Tomlin
Jessa Hope Tomlin, 17, of Demorest, died Aug. 29, 2012. Memorial services were held at 2 p.m., Sept. 1, at Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest.
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Shayne Mote
Shayne Mote, 43, of Cornelia, died Sept. 1, 2012. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Sept. 4, at Bethel Temple Congregational Holiness Church. Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel, Demorest.
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Andrew Jackson Brandon Jr.
Andrew Jackson Brandon Jr., 44, of Demorest, died Aug. 29, 2012. The family received friends Sept. 2. McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia.
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Jean Murray
Jean Murray, 92, of Lula, died Sept. 4, 2012. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced soon. McGahee-Griffin & Stewart Funeral Home, Cornelia.
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Nora L. Burke Anderson
Funeral services for Nora L. Burke Anderson, 95, of Demorest, were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, at Hillside Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Larry Free and the Rev. Garvis Kinsey officiating. Buria...
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Jessie D. Wade
Funeral services for Jessie D. Wade, 81, of Homer, were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with the Rev. Lamar Purcell and the Rev. James Duncan officiating. Burial fol...
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Gwendolyn Belle Chamblee McClain
Funeral services for Gwendolyn Belle Chamblee McClain, 63, of Clarkesville, were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Hillside Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Connie Berry officiating. Burial followe...
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