Life Jim Weatherly, former Ole Miss QB and famed ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ singer-songwriter, dies at 77 February 3, 2021February 5, 2021 Mike Organ, Nashville Tennessean Comments Off on Jim Weatherly, former Ole Miss QB and famed ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ singer-songwriter, dies at 77 Jim Weatherly, the former Ole Miss quarterback and famed singer-songwriter who wrote "Midnight Train to Georgia," died Wednesday. He was 77.