Mr. Royce Medlin, 72, of Ellijay, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.

Mrs. Patricia Rose Welch, 85, of Ellijay, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020.

Mrs. Ruby Lee Sales, 54, of Ellijay, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020.

Mrs. Dorothy Lee Gates Abee, 97, of Valdese, N.C., passed away peacefully Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care following a period of declining health.

Mr. Blaine Free, 86, of Cherry Log, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2020.

He was born May 10, 1933, in Fannin County, to the late Homer and Mary Bearden Free. He was a farmer. 

Mrs. Sharla Lanette McFarland, 49, of Ellijay, died at her home Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020.

Mrs. Sally Stiles, 80, of Andrews, N.C., died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, in a Chattanooga, Tenn., hospital. She was a native and lifelong resident of Cherokee County, N.C.

Mr. Grady Gayton, 83, of Jasper, died Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, at his residence.

Mr. Angelo V. Spadaro Jr., 59, of Easley, S.C., died Monday, Dec. 30, 2019.

Mrs. Jeanette McArthur Royston, 82, of Austell, formerly of Ellijay, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at Wellstar Tranquility Hospice in Austell.