Debbie Blakely, wife of Limestone County sheriff, dies
Updated Dec 13, 2020;
Funeral arrangements have not been announced. A cause of death was not announced.
A teacher and coach, Debbie Blakely was a member of Limestone County Sports Hall of Fame. According to her HOF biography, Blakely won two state basketball championships at Tanner, and basketball, volleyball and softball tournament titles there and at West Limestone and Ardmore.
The daughter of the late Carl McElyea and Margaret Bridges McElyea, she grew up in the Coxey community, and graduated from Clements High School in 1968. During her senior year there, she played in the first sanctioned volleyball tournament held by the Alabama High School Athletic Association and was named to the All-State team.