Mrs. Valerie Marie Becker, 31, of Ellijay, died Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, at Piedmont Healthcare Center in Atlanta.

She was an outstanding mother, loving wife, daughter, aunt and nurse. 

Mr. Eddie Allan Long, 55, of Ellijay, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021.

He was born July 2, 1965, in Ellijay, to the late Benjamin Hoke Long  and the late Evelyn Tipton Long.

Mrs. Ora Jean Reece, “Jean,” 85, of Ellijay, passed away peacefully Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, surrounded by family. 

Carl Melliff, 67, of Ellijay, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, leaving behind his wife, Lena Workman and children, Sabrina Workman, Javon Workman and Laura Workman. 

Mr. Thomas “Tommy” Bricker Daughtry left this world Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, after a three-year battle with nonsmall cell lung cancer succumbing to pneumonia. 

Mrs. Mary Anita McFarlin, 83, of Ellijay, died Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, after a prolonged illness.

Mrs. Shirley Ann Logan Davis, 82, of Ellijay, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.

She was born in Ellijay, March 4, 1938, to the late Claude Logan and Ora Bell Wood Logan.

Mr. Carl Andrew Moore, 75, of Ellijay, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. 

Deborah Ann Moore, 68, of Ellijay, died Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. 

The Rev. Shannon Mayfield died at his home in Athens, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, after a valiant eight-year battle with multiple myeloma. He was 51 years old.

Mrs. Nina Jane Akins Waddell, 84, of Ellijay, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021.

She was born in Gilmer County Aug. 31, 1936, to the late Ben Akins and Iowa Cochran Akins.