Funeral for Marie Hays, 87, of Decatur will be Sunday, January 29, 2017, at Pentecostal Tabernacle Church 3612 Spring Ave. SW, Decatur, Alabama 35603, at 2:00 PM with Rev. Floyd Odom officiating and Parkway Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in East Lawrence Memorial Gardens . Visitation will be Sunday, January 29, 2017 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM at the church. Mrs. Hays, who died Thursday, January 26, 2017, at River City Center, was born September 30, 1929, to Charlie Tunstill and Ethel Blevins Tunstill. She was a member of Pentecostal Tabernacle.
She was preceded in death by:
Husband – Tarry S. Hays
Father – Charlie Tunstill
Mother – Ethel Blevins Tunstill
3 Brothers – Louis Tunstill, Robert Tunstill and J.C. Tunstill
Sister – Mildred Green
Survivors include:
2 Sons – Johnny (Linda) Hays and Steve Hays
2 Daughters – Ann (Wayne) Hamilton and Judy (Frankie) Sparks
Brother – Edward Tunstill
2 Sisters – Velma Carter and Cleo Rodgers, 12 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren;
7 Pallbearers will be Charles Sledge, Glenn Sparks, Dell Sparks, Dale Vess, Danny Taunton, Doug Queen
