Mary Ann Bates

Graveside services will be held on Monday, May 16, at 1 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home on Memorial Park Drive in Gainesville for Mary Ann Bates, 79, of Gainesville, Georgia. The family has asked everyone to gather at the funeral home at 12:30 p.m.

The family will receive friends and family on Sunday, May 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mrs. Bates was born June 5, 1942, and passed away May 13, 2022. She was born in Hall County and lived there her entire life. She was a daughter of the late Fletcher Hammond Haynes and Mamie Shoemake Haynes. She retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a poultry inspector after working at several poultry facilities.

She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and will be deeply missed by her family. She enjoyed spending time with her children and granddaughters as they grew up. She often crocheted and loved to watch QVC where she would order many presents for her family when she was able. Although she had dementia for the last few years of her life, her spunky personality continued to shine through while she was being cared for. Her family continued to feel the love she had for them until she went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

She was preceded in death by her two sisters, Latrelle McGhee and Mildred Strickland Murphy, and her two brothers, Billy Haynes and Jerry Haynes.

She is survived by her husband, Joel Bates; children, James Bates and Robin (Richard) Tyner; grandchildren, Courtney Tyner and Amber (Eli) Stuart; sister and brother-in-law, Hazel and Randall Reed; brother and sister-in-law, David and Betty Hayes; brother, Gerald Haynes; and several nieces and nephews.

Memorial Park Funeral Home, 2030 Memorial Park Road, Gainesville, GA  30504 is in charge of arrangements.

Send online condolences to www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com.