He says his faith carried him through the surgeries. Author: Molly Jett (13WMAZ) Updated: 6:18 PM EDT July 5, 2021
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. A Milledgeville man is getting a second chance at life through the gift of organ donation!
Pastor Tony Fraley is known for reading the Bible and serving people. He is a husband, a father, a mentor and, now, a double organ transplant survivor. If it had not been for [God], and my early upbringing of knowing Him, said Fraley. I don t think I would have made it through.
For the last 23 years, Fraley has been facing congestive heart failure.
His medicine stopped working last year, so on November 11, 2020, he was admitted to Emory University Hospital.
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Pastor Tony Fraley has served in his ministry for more than 40 years and has served as pastor of Vaughn Chapel Baptist Church in Milledgeville, Georgia, for the past 13 years. He is now looking to his community for help as he awaits heart transplant surgery.
Fraley had battled congestive heart failure for more than 20 years and managed his condition with a combination of medications until last year when his health took a turn for the worse.