Mrs. Eunice Jurelle Hales age 82 of Red Bird Lane Ellijay died Thursday December 29, 2011.

Mrs. Hales was born on July 21, 1929 in Whitfield Co. She is the daughter of the late Ed Starks and Opal Lattie Starks. She worked in the textile industry and was a member of Mountaintown Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by a son Tim Hales.

Survivors include: Husband: Ott Hales of the home; Daughter and Son in-law: Joy & John Wishon, Ellijay; Sister: Mary Nell Ellis, Ellijay;

Funeral Services will be held Saturday December 31, 2011 at 2pm from the Chapel of Bernhardt Funeral Home with Rev. Edmund Miller & Rev. Jerry Johnson officiating.

Interment will follow in the Mountaintown Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be held Friday December 30th from 4pm until 9pm at the Bernhardt Funeral Home.

Bernhardt Funeral Home of Ellijay in charge of arrangements.