Frances Lavinia Hays

Funeral services for Frances Hays will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 27, 2012 at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Reverend Gordon Harper of Vineyard Christian Fellowship officiating. Burial will immediately follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Frances L. Hays, age 80, of Gillette, Wyoming died Friday, December 21, 2012 at Campbell County Memorial Hospital.Frances was born November 16, 1932, in Kosciusko, Mississippi the daughter of Milton and Geneva (Patterson) Hutchison. She graduated from high school in Barton, Tennesse in 1953. On November 6, 1954 Frances married John D. Hays and together they raised a family. Frances was a loving mother to her four children and supported the family business, Ideal Auto, as a bookkeeper. Frances also traveled the world with her husband while he served in the US Air Force. The one thing in life she cherished most was spending time with her family. She was an avid camper and four wheeler enthusiast who also enjoyed crocheting and sewing. Mrs. Hays is survived by her husband of 58 years, John Dewight Hays; brother, Danny Hutchison; sister, Vicky Beckman; daughters: Patsy Smith, and Sharon (Mark) Coleman sons: John (Lyn) Hays Jr. and Lee (Jody)Hays, all of Gillette, Wyoming; grandchildren: Michael Boles, Autumn Barnes, Cortney Casey, Whitney Oster, Ryan Poppleton, Britney Boyer and Ariel Coleman; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her mother and father and by her brother, Billy Milton Hutchison. Memorials are suggested to benefit Disabled American Veterans. Memorials and condolences may be sent in Frances' name in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 West 5th Street, Gillette, Wyoming 82716 or condolences via the internet at www.gillettememorialchapel.com. Funeral Home:Gillette Memorial Chapel210 West Fifth Street Gillette, WYUS 82716