Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Jim Bleckley received an extra birthday surprise on Oct. 24 as the Rabun County Welcome Center was dedicated in his honor. Bleckley served as the county administrator for more than 24 years.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Jim Bleckley stands in the kitchen area of the welcome center talking at the dedication event in his honor on Oct. 24, his birthday. In the foreground, slices are cut from a cake that depicts the plaque that now resides in front of the welcome center on Highway 441 in Clayton.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Bleckley is greeted at the door by friends who were awaiting his arrival to the welcome center on Oct. 24.
For more than two decades, Jim Bleckley put his community first and he did it in his own humble way.
Many of the advancements Rabun County has made came from his vision for a prosporous N...
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