Former Cherokee High Student Killed in Marble Plant Accident

A fund has been created to help the family of a former Cherokee High School student killed earlier this week in a work-related accident.

Residents can make donations to the Kevin Voyles Family Donations GoFundMe, which will go towards wife Kim Voyles and children, Kalia and Kasen Voyles.

According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Voyles, 28, was operating a machine at the Georgia Marble — a marble fabrication plant in Tate where workers cut marble from its quarry into sections used for countertops — on Monday when several slabs of marble fell on top of him.

The slabs, Lt. Kris Stancil of the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office told the AJC, weighed roughly 7,000 pounds.

Barbara Jacoby, spokesperson with the Cherokee County School District, confirmed Voyles is a former Cherokee High School.

As of noon Thursday, over $2,900 has been donated to the Voyles family. Residents can also make donations to Kalia and Kason Voyles at any United Community Bank branch.

The family will receive friends at Sosebee Funeral Home 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16 and 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 17.

Funeral services will take place at 2 p.m. Jan. 17 at Sosebee.

Photo: Kevin and Kim Voyles. Credit: Remembering Kevin Voyles’ Facebook group