Mervyn ”Jack­et” ACRES, age 80 years of #16 Churchill Roo­sevelt High­way, Ari­ma died on Thurs­day 22nd Feb­ru­ary 2024. He was the son of Hen­ry and Eu­phemia Acres de­ceased. Hus­band of Denise Acres. Fa­ther to: Ayan­na, Akin­labi, Ja­ja Dean and Lasana. Broth­er of Win­ston, June, Ken (de­ceased), Pa­tri­cia, Rose­marie and Lloyd. Rel­a­tive of many and close friend of many, many more. Fu­ner­al ser­vice of the late Mervyn ”Jack­et” Acres will take place at 2:00pm on Sat­ur­day 2nd March, 2024 at K. Al­lens & Sons Fu­ner­al Home, #7 Broad­way Street, Ari­ma fol­lowed by bur­ial at the Tu­na­puna Pub­lic Ceme­tery. Well wish­ers who are un­able to phys­i­cal­ly at­tend are wel­come to join vir­tu­al­ly.