ELLIJAY, Ga. — A former Cobb County sheriff’s deputy is being remembered after losing her life in last week’s devastating floods in North Georgia. Julie Ann Barrs was 56 and made history as the first woman to serve on the sheriff’s office SWAT team.
Julie Ann Barrs, 56, of Ellijay, died Thursday, Nov. 5, during catastrophic flooding in North Georgia, according to West Cobb Funeral Home.
Barrs grew up in Cobb County, graduated from Pebblebrook High School and served as a deputy with the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, where she became the first woman to join its SWAT team…