Maria Alvarez,

Maria Alvarez, age 79 of Gainesville, passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a brief illness.

Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 12:00 noon in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Reverend Armando Martinez will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 7, 2011 from 1