Mrs. Hazel Grace Evans, 86, of Gainesville, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2024 at her residence following a period of declining health. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 3, 2024 in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home. Rev. Brandon Elliott will officiate. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Memorial Park Funeral Home Tuesday, April 2, 2024 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Born on...

Mrs. Cheryl Lynn Sears, age 61, of Dacula passed away from Leukemia on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024 at Emory University Hospital, surrounded by her family. Memorial Services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 13, 2024 in the Chapel of Memorial Park South Funeral Home.  Pastor Blake Hammond will officiate.  The family will receive friends 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel Foyer. Mrs. Sears was born July 2, 1962 to the late Wanda Faye (Cole) Pridemore in Cleveland, Ohio and...

Mrs. Patricia Joan Davis, age 90, of Buford passed away Saturday, March 30, 2024 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center – Braselton. Funeral Services will be 3:00 p.m., Friday, April 5, 2024 in the Chapel of Memorial Park South Funeral Home with entombment following at Memorial Park South Cemetery.  Deacon David Schreckenberger will officiate.  The family will receive friends 3:00 – 8:00 p.m., Thursday, April 4, 2024 at Memorial Park South Funeral Home. Mrs. Davis was...

After a long battle with ovarian cancer, Ms. Constance (Connie) Joy Alexander, age 64, of Hoschton, Georgia, and prior long term resident of Ridgefield. CT, passed away on Saturday March 30, 2024. Services will be announced at a later date. Ms. Alexander was born October 16, 1959 to Mr. Richard Alexander and Mrs. Julie Ann Wolyn (Lowell) in Far Rockaway, New York. She graduated from Union College in 1981 and The Fordham University Law School in 1987. Ms. Alexander is survived by her...

Tyson Latrell Varner, 24, of Gainesville passed away Friday, March 29, 2024. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 12:00 p.m. Thursday, April 11, 2024 in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at Memorial Park Funeral Home on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until the service hour. Born on February 22, 2000, in Alamogordo, NM, he was the son of Catrina Bowen Crayton and the late Tyron Lamar Varner. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice...

Mr. Phillip Willard England, 64, of Clarkesville, passed away Friday, March 29, 2024 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, 2024 in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home. Rev. Lamar Parker will officiate. Interment will be in Wade Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 1:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. Born on June 5, 1959 in Buford, he was the son of the late Guy Willard...

Rayford Donald Payne, age 91, of Cleveland Georgia, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2024, at his home surrounded by his wife and daughters. Rayford (Ray) was born February 11, 1933, in Banks County, Georgia.  He was the son of the late John Henry Payne and Janet Louise Verner Payne of Toccoa, GA.  Ray served in the United States Army during the Korean War based out of Fort Jackson, SC.  After the war, he attended Piedmont College on the GI bill and later worked in his...

Kenneth J Hanson “Kenny”, 69, of Flowery Branch, GA, formerly of Dexter, NY passed away peacefully in his home on Friday, March 29, 2024 with his family by his side, after a very long battle with cancer.   Kenny was born on July 14, 1954 in Dexter, NY to the late Lawrence and Jean (Brown) Hanson. He attended General Brown Junior/Senior High School, where he was an avid football player. He later went on to join the U.S. Navy, and served on the USS Forrestal from 1973 to 1976....

Mr. Harold James Jernigan, age 90, of Flowery Branch passed away Friday, March 29, 2024 at his residence, surrounded by family. Graveside Services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at Memorial Park South Cemetery.  Rev. Bill McKinney and Rev. Scott Waters will officiate.  Mr. Jernigan was born May 6, 1933 to the late Elic & Flossie Jernigan in Fairhope, Alabama.  He was retired from SKF Manufacturing, where he worked as a Ball Bearing Technician and of the...

Mr. John Gleason, age 78, of Gainesville, passed on Friday, March 29, 2024 at his residence surrounded by family. The family will receive friends on Sunday, April 14, 2024 from 2:00 pm to 4:00pm at the Braselton Funeral Home followed by a memorial service at 4:00pm at the Braselton Chapel with Reverend Ouida Bradford officiating. Mr. Gleason was born on Thursday, December 20, 1945 to Mr. John Gleason & Mrs. Emily Duff in Louisville, Kentucky. He was retired from AT&T as a Telecom...