All Obituaries

Danny Steve Hammons, age 74, passed away Tuesday July 20, 2021 after a long and courageous battle from complications caused by Covid. Steve was born in Georgetown, Kentucky on October 31, 1946. He proudly served in the US Navy as a hospital corpsman. Following his military service, he became the director of Cardio-Pulmonary Department at Central Baptist Hospital in Kentucky. He also taught Pulmonary studies at the University. In 1995 he moved to Clayton, Georgia to head the Respiratory...

Genevieve Michael Hendricks “Jean”, 87, of Clayton, GA passed away at her home after a brief illness.   Jean was preceded in death by her parents Edwin and Maurice Michaels, her husband Sonny Hendricks and two sons David and Michael Hendricks.   Jean is survived by two sons, Robbie Hendricks his fiancé Candice of Clayton; Jeff Hendricks and his wife Cindy of Cumming GA; Six very special grandchildren Sonya Shook husband Kyle, Katie and Cliff Hendricks their...

Bill Russell Williams of Fairbanks passed away Wednesday July 14th, 2021 from injuries he received in an automobile accident on Chena Hot Springs Road Tuesday July 13th. He was born October 17th, 1941 in a small log cabin in Tiger, Georgia to Bonnie Stockton Williams and Elbert Nathan Williams.   Bill first came to Fairbanks in January 1965 freshly discharged from active duty in the US Navy to help an older brother in a gold mining adventure. He fell in love with Alaska and in Fall of...

Patricia Ann York Timberlake (affectionately known as Pat) born in Rabun County, Georgia June 26, 1941 to Doc Carlton York and Marie Williams York Hollifield, passed away on June 29, 2021 after an extended illness.   Patricia is preceded in death by her ex-husband, Ammond T Timberlake. They were companions until his death in 2016. Her father and mother; as well as, her step brothers, Emory Roy Hollifield and Joe Hollifield passed away several years ago.   Although she did not...

Chandler Breck Patterson, age 27, of Braselton, Georgia, passed away on June 27, 2021.   He was born the son of Breck Patterson and Lisa Thompson Patterson on February 17, 1994. Chandler was a graduate of Rabun County High School and the University of West Georgia. He was a member of Pi Kappa Phi and served as vice-president of that fraternity. Chan enjoyed being outdoors, especially when he was hunting or fishing. He also loved sports like playing golf and basketball. He was a...

Rodney Allen Roe M.D., age 78 of Clayton, Georgia passed away on June 24, 2021.   Rodney was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to the late Rex Allen Roe and the late Joyce Jones Roe. He grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas.   He leaves behind his loving wife, Lynn Byars Row, of Clayton. He was the father of two daughters, Rowan Bupp and Heather Roe, and granddaughters, Maya, Devon, Kajsa and Dasha, and niece Christine, additionally a brother, William Andrew Roe.   Rodney was a graduate...

Morris “Buckwheat” Lathen Lee, age 63, of Clayton, Georgia, passed away on June 15, 2021.   Buckwheat, as all knew him, was born the son of the late Morris Edwin Lee and the late Essie Mae Hooper Lee on July 4, 1957. Buckwheat loved his family, and always did his best to help anyone that he could. He loved animals, especially his dog Cole, who was always by his side. He loved to fish, garden, four wheeling and always loved being outside. He was a kind and caring person,...

Robert Noble Fink Sr., age 87, of Clayton, Georgia passed away on June 9, 2021 with his loving wife at his side.  Bob was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the son of the late Andrew Fink and the late Doris Noble Fink.    Bob joined the U.S. Army at age sixteen where he served as a radio operator with the 187th Regimental Combat Team in Korea. After serving his country Bob became a successful entrepreneur. He would describe himself as a “peddler”. Bob held seven...

Florrie B. McCurry  Florrie Jeanne Bishop McCurry, 95, formally of Rabun Gap, GA, passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at Universal Healthcare in Oxford.   Born in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late John Olin Bishop and Florrie Jeanne Perdue Bishop.  Surviving are two daughters, Pamela Choate, and Jan McCutcheon (Mike); two grandchildren, Jaclyn Hernandez, and Matthew McCutcheon; two great-grandchildren, Abigail Hernandez, and Elijah...

Altha Christine Kilby Lee (Tina), age 72, of Clayton, GA, entered into eternal rest on Sunday morning, June 6, 2021 after a brief, courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.  She was a native of Rabun County, a daughter of the late Ferdinand C. Kilby and the late Oza Christine Coffee Kilby.  Tina worked as a real estate agent at RE/Max for thirty years, retiring at the end of 2019.  She received numerous awards during her career, including Top Office Sales Associate in 1999,...