Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Calvary Baptist Church
for Harold Lewis Aikens, 92, of Gainesville, GA. Rev Raymond Latty will officiate.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday
January 16, from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm – 8:00pm at the funeral home.
Mr. Aikens was a lifelong resident of Hall County and was the son of the late
Jasper and Annie Whitfield Aikens. He was a U.S. Army Veteran serving in the
Army Airforce during WWII . Mr. Aikens was retired from Colonial Grocery
Store, Big Star Grocery, Bell’s Food Store, J & J Foods and Hall County Compactor
Site at Allen Creek. He was preceded in death by his wife Sara Simpson Aikens.
Survivors include son & daughter-in-law, Larry and Fay Aikens, Gainesville; daughter,
Elizabeth Aikens, Gainesville; daughter & son-in-law, Joyce and Danny Knight, Gainesville;
brother, Merrel Aikens, New Hampshire; brother & sister-in-law,
Curtis and Linda Aikens, Gainesville; sister, Louise Aikens, Gainesville; 5 grandchildren;
12 great grandchildren and other relatives. Online condolences may be made to wardsfh.com
Wards Funeral Home 758 Main Street Gainesville in charge of arrangements.