Southern States Cooperative’s Gainesville store is among seven retail locations in North Georgia that will close by late July, the cooperative has announced. The move means that two full-time employees will lose their jobs at the Gainesville store, which is at 869 Grove St., near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, said Steve Patterson, vice president of marketing and communications. The store’s manager, Danny Guess, listed on the Southern States website as having 35 years of service, “will be retained in a different position,” Patterson said.