Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries Willie Mulford Hayes Hays 1923

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Obituary of Willie Mulford Hayes(sp?) 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 28 Sep 1923. 

( This obit spells the last name as Hayes but all subsequent information about this person is spelled Hays.)  

A death which has caused sadness among 
her many friends all over this county, was that of Mrs. Willie Mulford Hayes, wife of Mr. 
Cap Hayes, which occurred at her home in Hopeful community shortly after noon Friday, 
21 Sep 1923, after an illness of several weeks.  Funeral services were held at Hopeful 
church Saturday, 22 Sep 1923, morning when a large crowd of sorrowing relatives 
assembled to pay their tribute of love and respect and mingle their tears with those of the 
bereaved family.  The services were conducted by Rev. J. I. D. Miller, after which the 
body was tenderly laid to rest in the family lot in the cool shade of the trees in the quiet 
cemetery beside the church.  Mrs. Hayes was in the bloom of useful womanhood when 
death took her from family and friends.  She was thirty-five years of age and born and 
brought up in this county.  She was member of the large family of children of Mr. and 
Mrs. Tom Mulford, several of whom have preceded her to the grave.  Mrs. Hayes has 
spent her entire married life in Hopeful community, where as a mother of a large family 
of children, her sweet, loving and gentle nature was demonstrated.  Besides being a kind 
and loving wife and mother, she found time for a service of love and charity with 
neighbors and friends, and was known far and wide for her untiring kindness to others.  
Mrs. Hayes had lived since early in life a consecrated Christian life and had for a number 
of years been a faithful and loyal member of the Hopeful Baptist church.  The deceased is 
survived by her heart-broken husband and seven children, ranging in ages from seventeen 
to two years, who are left desolate by her death.  In addition to her husband and children 
Mrs. Hayes is survived by her mother, Mrs. Cutts, and four sisters, Mrs. Ralph Sharp, 
Mrs. Ed Hayes, Mrs. Jack Hayes and Mrs. Forsh Hayes, all of this community.  Friends 
of Hopeful community and the entire county extend to the bereaved family the hand of 
Christian sympathy in their dark hour.