Rose Marie Kirby

Mrs. Rose Marie Kirby, age 75 of Gainesville, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness.

Funeral services are scheduled for Sunday, May 25, 2014 at 2:00 pm at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Riverside Drive, with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Bishop Bob Weaver will officiate. The family will receive friends on Saturday, May 24, 2014 from 6 - 8 pm at the funeral home.

Mrs. Kirby was born October 29, 1938 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi to the late William Warren Strickland and Sadie Marie Hulin Strickland. She was a homemaker and a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Rose was preceded in death by her parents, her two sisters and three brothers.

Mrs. Kirby is survived by her husband, Allen Kirby, Jr. of Gainesville, sons & daughters-in-law, Scott & Kathleen Kirby of Austin, Texas and Keith & Carolyn Kirby of New York, daughter & son-in-law, Jackie & John Younker of Brownsville, Tennessee, son Christopher W. Kirby of Warner Robbins, Georgia, daughter & son-in-law, Ann Marie & Robert Reed of Buckeye, Arizona, 30 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

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

Send online condolences to www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com.