Howard Whelchel

Mr. Howard Whelchel, age 89 of Gainesville, passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness.

Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 11:00 am in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.  Reverend Roger Stover will officiate.  The family will receive friends on Friday, March 3, 2023 from 5 – 8 pm at the funeral home.

Mr. Whelchel was born March 23, 1933 in Dawsonville, Georgia to the late Lee A. Whelchel and Nora Clark Whelchel.  He was retired as a barber from Riverside, Sherwood, Thompson Court and Adams for many years.  Howard was a member of New Bridge Baptist Church and was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Lena Helton Whelchel, his brothers, Lee A. Whelchel, J.W. Whelchel, Kenneth Whelchel and George Whelchel, his sisters, Lois Ridley and Nora Mae Dodd.      

Mr. Whelchel is survived by his daughter & son-in-law, Marsha & Butch Grindle of Cleveland, his brother, Charles Whelchel of Gainesville, several nieces and nephews and his girlfriend & her family, Elizabeth Stover.

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

Send online condolences to www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com.