Mrs. Helen Jean Hayes, age 83 passed away Friday, May 20, 2016 in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Funeral Services will be conducted at 3:00 P.M., Monday, May 23, 2016 in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Chestnut Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, May 23, 2016 from 2:00 - 3:00 P.M. in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Mrs. Helen was preceded in death by her husband: Buck Hayes, her parents: Arch Sanders and Beulah Haynes Sanders, two sons: Bobby Hayes and Danny Hayes, two brothers: Bobby Sanders and Walter Sanders, two sisters: Frances Russell and Linda Kirkland and one granddaughter: Cindy Hayes. She is survived by one daughter: JoAnne Ehrgott (Mark), Nobelsville, IN, daughter-in-law: Yevonne Hayes, Brownsville, TN, three sons: David Hayes (Barbara), Mike Hayes (Betty), both of Brownsville, TN and Kennith Hayes, Slayden, MS, two brothers: Jimmy Sanders, Illinois, Jesse Sanders, Oregon, fourteen grandchildren, twenty four great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Union Grove United Methodist Church, c/o Carrie McCage, 2305 Key Corner Rd., Brownsville, TN 38012.