Shirley Ann Hayes

Funeral service is 10 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church of Decatur with Rev. Ken May officiating. Interment: Oaklawn Cemetery. Family will receive friends 7-8 p.m. Thursday at Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home.

Pallbearers include Jake Hayes, Hayes Waterman, Andrew Sandford, Rob Fothergill, Kyle Green and Chase Blount.

Shirley was born on October 1, 1936 in Decatur, Texas to John Farley and Effie Dulsa (Brown) Young. She was united in marriage to John Cantrell Hayes on January 5, 1956 in Ardmore, Oklahoma and was married 41 years at his death on August 27, 1997. She was also preceded in death by 2 brothers, Bill and Joe Young and sister, Margaret Provence.

Shirley retired from TU Electric after 25 years of service. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Decatur. Shirley loved to travel and shop for antiques, but she especially loved being a grandmother.

Left behind to cherish her memory are daughters, Cindy Cox and husband Norbert and Tamra Waterman and husband Kirk; son J. S. "Biff" and wife LaVon all of Decatur; sister, Emma Lee Hill of Fort Worth; 8 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; other family members and a host of friends.

Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home, Decatur, Texas, 940/627-5959

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Our remembrances of Shirley were of a charming, gentle and loving woman who was a wonderful wife to our cousin, John Cantrell, and a great mother to their children.
We extend our sincere condolences to all the family.
In sympathy,
Carrol and Barbara(Hayes) Lewis,(Johnny's first cousin and daughter of "Uncle Cant")

3406 Newcastle Drive Janesville, WI 53546

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