Betty Ruth Hayes, age 78, passed away Monday, Dec. 25, 2017.

She is preceded in death by her brothers, Gordon Headley, Earnest Headley, Edward Headley, Shorty Headley and Dewey Headley; sisters, Marie Victor and Minnie Manderson.

She is survived by her husband, Carl E. Hayes Sr.; children, Frances Patterson, Carlene Strickland, Ed (Katie) Hayes and Glen (Teresa) Hayes; brothers, E.J. Headley and Huey Headley; grandchildren, Hannah Patterson, Heather Jackson and Chad Hayes, Ashley Vickers, Tyler Thrash and ten great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, at 1 p.m. at Selma Funeral Home with brother Larry Stover officiating and Selma Funeral Home directing. Interment will be in Pineview Memory Gardens. Visitation will be Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Ed Hayes, Glen Hayes, Chad Hayes, Trent Jackson, Tyler Thrash, Joe Davis, Kenny Headley and Butch Patterson.

The family will be accepting flowers or donations to Praise Park Ministries Church of the Nazarene, 1 Big Pine Drive, Valley Grande, AL 36701

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