Dayron Hanes Murphy

Dayron Hanes Murphy, age 92, of Gainesville went to be with her Lord on Thursday, August 4, 2016, in Gainesville, Georgia, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, August 7, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home’s North Riverside location. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday, August 6, 2016, from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mrs. Murphy was born on September 4, 1923, in Chestnut Mountain, to George Candler Hanes and Emma Caroline Cronic Hanes. She was preceded in death by her parents and seven older siblings: Bryant Hanes, Mary Dean Burnett, G.C. Hanes, Jr., Earnest Hanes, Pallie Wall, Myron Hanes, and Jesse Hanes. She also was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Vernon Murphy, and son-in-law, Gary Grant.

Mrs. Murphy was a Christian and a member of Timber Ridge Baptist Church at the time of her passing. She previously had been a member of Morningside Baptist Church and Westside Baptist Church. She loved God, her family, friends, neighbors, and her cat, Blackie. She was kind and generous to everyone.

Mrs. Murphy retired from the Gainesville school system after working for many years in the lunch rooms of Enota Elementary and Gainesville Middle School.

Mrs. Murphy is survived by her daughter, Becky Grant of Chestnut Mountain; son and daughter-in-law, Stan and Tracy Murphy of Gillsville, grandson and wife, Scott and Lisa Grant of Gainesville, grand daughter and husband, Chris and Amy Durrence of Chestnut Mountain, grandson Cody Murphy of Gillsville; great grandchildren, Anna, Rebecca, and Samuel Grant, Sarah and Grant Durrence.

The family would appreciate gifts of flowers or donations to Eagle Ranch in Chestnut Mountain.

Online condolences can be made at www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com

Memorial Park North Riverside Chapel; 989 Riverside Drive Gainesville, Georgia 770.297.6200.