An article in The Atlanta Constitution on March 7, 1963 is headlined ‘Avalanche kills convict at Ellijay.’ “A Gilmer County Public Works Camp prisoner was killed Wednesday at a rock quarry when an avalanche buried him under tons of rock and dirt,” the article states. Miles and Robert Hamby, a prisoner from the Copper Hill area, were taken to Watkins Memorial Hospital in Ellijay.” Workers quickly dug out the three men but Mulkey was killed instantly, officials said in the article. Email newsletter signup“My Uncle F.M.