Margaret Alene Nix

Mrs. Margaret Alene Nix, age 82 of Gainesville, passed away on Monday, August 28, 2017 at Piedmont Hospital following an extended illness.

Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in Oakwood Cemetery.  Mr. Jerry Shockley and Sister Katie Lancaster will officiate.  The family will receive friends on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 from 6 – 9 pm at the funeral home.

Mrs. Nix was born March 15, 1935 in Blairsville, Georgia to the late Ras Dover and Desma Collins Dover.  She was retired from Chicopee Manufacturing and was a member of Free Chapel Worship Center.  Alene was known as a hard worker, having a big heart and she loved to travel.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Mercer Otis Nix and her brother, Wayne Dover. 

Mrs. Nix is survived by her children, Leon (Sandra) Nix, Bruce Nix and Gail Barrett, all of Gainesville, grandchildren, Tara Nix, Cynthia Barrett, John Barrett and Jennifer Bain, great-grandson, Levi Hunt, special friend, Helen Irvin and a number of other relatives also survive.

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

Send online condolences to www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com.