Longtime environmental health director retires

Ray King, retiring environmental health director for the North Georgia Health District (NGHD), right, is congratulated by NGHD Health Director Dr. Zachary Taylor during a retirement ceremony for King held last week in Canton. King worked with the Georgia Department of Public Health a total of 40 years. After working in the Columbus Health District, he started with the North Georgia district in 2003 as Gilmer’s environmental health manager. Since 2005, he’s served as environmental health director for the six

King is pictured alongside current and former county health managers who’ve worked under his supervision. From left: Jason Osgatharp (formerly with Murray, now with Walker County), Ray King, Andrea Mathis (Gilmer), Denise Cox (Pickens), Amy Grice (Cherokee), Shannon Bradburn (Fannin), Curtis Barnhart (formerly with Cherokee, now retired) and Jason Baum (Murray).