‘Led to Christ through him’

Burrell set to leave the airwaves after 60 years

Billy Burrell, with his cap on sideways, poses in the WCON studio in 2015. Burrell liked to joke and “cut up” with fellow announcer, Kevin Croom. Burrell touched many lives through his decades on the radio in Habersham County. KEVIN CROOM/Submitted

The man known to many as Northeast Georgia’s pastor is retiring. The Rev. Billy Burrell, 92, has been a fixture of WCON Radio for more than 60 years, and many grew up listening to his �...

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