This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hays, Ladner, Chambers, Heitfeld, Taliaferro, Monkres, Graham, Foster, Harris, Mapp Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xYB.2ACE/1665 Message Board Post: Services for Azaline Hays, 75, of Marietta, were held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, April 18, in the Marietta Church of Christ, with Bro. Travis Huffman and Tony Ladner officiating. Mrs. Hays was born January 27, 1927, at Burneyville, the daughter of Sylvester "Chock" and Audry Chambers Ladner. She died Sunday, April 14, 2002, in Mercy Health Love County, Marietta. Mrs. Hays returned to Love County in 1960 to make her home previously living in Velma Alma. She and Thomas "Mutt" Hays were married in Gainesville on November 29, 1946. She attended grade school at Jimtown and graduated from Leon High School in 1944. For 32 years she was employed as the receptionist for Dr. Vergil Smith at the Marietta Doctors Clinic. Mrs. Hays was a faithful member of the Marietta Church of Christ. Survivors include her husband of the home; one son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Valorie Hays of Marietta; one daughter, Lynda Heitfeld of Carrollton, Texas; one brother, Ott Ladner of Jimtown; four sisters, Sue Taliaferro of Marietta, Poline Monkres, DeSoto, Texas, Grace Graham, Duncanville, Texas and Frances Foster, Tilden, Texas; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers, Wester Ladner, Charlie Ladner, Richard Ladner, Bay Ladner and Vester "Buck" Ladner; three sisters, Emme Ladner, Epsy Harris and Ruby Mapp; and a great-grandchild, Zoe Raven Heyleigh Hays. Pallbearers were nephews, Jimmy Monkres, Jeff Graham, Larry Taliaferro, Brian Ladner, Jason Graham and F.S. Mapp. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Vergil Smith, Bill Hilton, Dr. Tom O'Connor, Rosalie Bennett and Mickey Locke. Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, under the direction of Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home. Source: Marietta Monitor, Love County, April 19, 2002, page 4.