Mr. James Earl "Jimmy" Nealey, age 82, of Ellijay, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 26, 2026.

Mr. Nealey was born in 1944 in Ellijay to the late Pluma Viola Nealey. Jimmy served our country honorably in the United States Army in the Vietnam War, and was a member of the Blaine Masonic Lodge #534 and the Oak Bowery Lodge #81.

Mr. Nealey is survived by his loving wife of 34 years, Mrs. Gloria (Dover) Nealey of Ellijay, several cousins, and Oscar Charlie, his personal outdoor cats and Simone and Blake, an adoptee from Cat Rangers Rescue.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00pm on Friday, October 30, 2026 from the Logan Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Nealey officiating. Special music will be provided by Bill McVey. Military Honors and Masonic Honors will follow in the Logan Funeral Home Pavilion. Interment will follow in the Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery with the following gentlemen serving as pallbearers: William Baxter, Larry Lance, Richard Stonecipher, Don Crider, Sebastian Gonzales, Rodney McClure, Leroy Stenberg, Wendell Teague, Brent Sanford, and Harold Callahan.

The family will receive friends from noon until the service hour of 2:00pm on Friday, October 30, 2026 at Logan Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Cat Rangers Rescue in Buford, Georgia in memory of Mr. Nealey.

The staff of Logan Funeral Home and Chapel is honored to serve the Nealey family.