Mary Frances Hayes' Obituary
Mary Frances Hayes, age 97, passed away on May 15, 2018 at Beacon Place in Greensboro, NC. She was born on March 19, 1921, in Five Points, Alabama to Ellis Redmond and Chessie Foster Redmond. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Benjamin Elliot Hayes, her son Harry Ellis Hayes, and sisters Katheryn Tabor and Lucille Morton. She is survived by her son Jim and his wife Barbara, her brother Fletcher Redmond and his wife Dorothy, her brother-in-law, David Hayes and his wife Sinikka and numerous nephews and nieces. Funeral Services will be at Radney Funeral Home on Friday, May 18, 2018. Visitation will be 12:30-1:30 with service at 2:00 PM, interment at Hillview Memorial Park, Alexander City, Alabama.
Mary Frances graduated from Five Points High School and attended Jacksonville State College in Jacksonville, Alabama, where she received a degree in education and met her husband Ben. They were married and moved to Texas where Ben was stationed during World War II. Following the war they returned to Alabama and settled in Alexander City where Ben became the manager of the Belk Hudson Store. Mary Frances began teaching second grade at Russell Mill School once her boys were old enough to attend school. She taught at Russell until the Alexander City school systems was reorganized. She continued teaching in the Alexander City School system until her retirement on June 1, 1983. She loved children and teaching was her passion. Mary Frances was inducted into Delta Kappa Gamma Society International which promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education. She was a long time active member of the First Baptist Church of Alexander City, Alabama. After retirement Mary Frances renovated her birth place home in Five Points, Alabama and moved back to Five Points where she became a pillar of the community and the Five Points Methodist Church where her father had preached. She loved her yard, fruit trees and flowers. She was proud of the fact that she wore out three riding lawn mowers. She was a Hospice volunteer for many years in Chambers County Alabama. Mary Frances moved to Greensboro in 2008 to be closer to her son Jim. She was a resident of Friends Homes since she arrived in Greensboro. The family wishes to express our gratitude to the staff of Friend’s Homes Guilford, Friend’s Homes West Skilled Nursing Facility and Beacon Place for their loving care. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Beacon Place, Hospice and Palliative Care of Greensboro, 5202 Summit Ave, Greensboro, NC 27405.
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