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Submitted: 3/21/12 • Approved: 3/21/12 • Last Updated: 8/15/12 • R665958-G665957-S3
Born September 14, 1955, Rosedale, Bolivar County, Mississippi.
Died March 21, 2009, Oxford, Izard County, Arkansas.
Daughter of Sherman Fletcher Kyzer & Betty Lou Watts Kyzer.
Married Dale Eugene Hayes, Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, July 2, 1972.
Obituary for Royce Jean Hayes:
Royce Jean Kyzer Hayes, daughter of the late Sherman Fletcher Kyzer and Betty Lou Watts Kyzer, was born in Rosedale, Miss. She died in Oxford, AR at the age of 53. She was united in marriage to Dale Hayes in Greenville, Miss. in June 1972.
She was active in the Brockwell Head Start Program. She was a member of the Salvation Army. Jean is survived by three sons; Danny, Thomas and Christopher Hayes; one daughter, Elisabeth Hayes; one brother Bruce Thornton; three sisters Beatrice Boalt, Pat Long and Bertha Thornton; three grandchildren and a host of friends and family. She was preceded in death by her husband and parents.
Graveside services were held March 23, 2009 at the Oxford Cemetery with Major Richard Watts officiating. Pallbearers were Logan Crider, Nathan Johnson, Josh Strauser, Pete Simmons, Thomas Hayes and Chris Hayes. Honorary pallbearer was Jacob Denny.
(Photo courtesy of Vera Reeves)
Contributed on 3/21/12 by maxparnell
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