Leona Edwards Hayes, 90

McMinnville resident and Lincoln County native Leona Edwards Hayes, 90, died Aug. 11 at NHC Healthcare after an extended illness.

A homemaker and a member of Madison Street Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Richard Clark and Cora Virginia Britton Edwards; and was preceded in death by her husband Woodrow Hayes in 1990.

She is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Nadine and Benny Black and Doris Kovalcik, all of McMinnville, and Nell Gann of Chattanooga; sons and daughters-in-law, Solon and Brenda Hayes of McMinnville, Ron and Susan Hayes of Florida; 15 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; sister, Mary Belle Bryant of Kelso; brothers, Surcey, Aubrey and Virgil Edwards of Kelso, Willy and Gordon Edwards of Illinois; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, Barbara, Tony and Tommy Stiles of McMinnville.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at High’s Chapel with Carl Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 8 a.m. until time of service Saturday at High’s.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 12, 2005