')1. rtri6ute to Pannies Spirit" Points to Ponder

jl.fter a whire you ream the suGtre

difference Getween hordlng a

handandchaining a souC

jl.ndyou ream that rove doesn't

mean {eaning anacompany

doesn't mean secun'ty,

jl.ndyou Gegin to rearn that kisses

aren't contracts andpresents

aren't promises,

jl.ndyou Gegin to accept your defeats

'with your headup andyour eyes open,

with the grace ofan adu{t, not the

9n'efofa chiUf,

jl.ndyou {earn to Gui{da{{your roads

on today Gecause tomorrow's ground

is too uncertainfor p{ans.

jl.fter a whire you {earn that even

sunshine Gums ifyou get too mucfi.

So p{ant your own garden ana

decorate your own souC insteaaof

waitingfor someone to Gn·ng youflowers.

jl.nayou ream that you rea{{y can enaure....

that you rea{{y are strong,

anayou rea{{y ao have worth.

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Forrest Winters John Killian, Jr. Derek Winters Robert Todd

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Emanuel Brown Shaun Phillips Lamont Cade Tony Bryant

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Birmingham, Alabama

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520 Cotton Avenue, SW Birmingham, Alabama 35211

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S!fc:~otu-&4ement

The family of Fannie Mae Thomas Hayes gratefully acknowledges and expresses with gratified hearts and

thanks to each of you for your consolation, prayers, floral tributes and other expressions of love.

HOME GOING CELEBRATION

for

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On Saturday, July 23, 2011, Fannie ended the trials &tlttaa~ &;deF 0/~,y/-tOe

and tribulations of this world and transcended to be "Don't tell God how big your mountain is.... tell your with the Lord. All that knew her knows that she will

mountain how big your God is!!!!" be truly missed. Prelude

Fannie Mae Thomas Hayes was born on May 8, 1936. She was the second of two children born to

Tillman and Ruby C. Hackard in Texarkana, Texas.

Fannie was preceded in death by her sister, Thelma

Jean Hackard, at an early age.

Fa1U1ie and her family later moved to Milwaukee,

Wisconsin where she confessed Christ at an early age

and joined a church there. In later years, she met

and married Mr. James Thomas, who preceded her in death, and to this union there were no children born.

Many years later, she married Mr. Lawrence A.

Hayes of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and relocated to the

Birmingham area.

In Bim1ingham, Fannie joined the church family of

New Hope Baptist Church under the leadership of

Reverend Herman Stone and became a member of

the church's Mass Choir. Also she worked in the Food Pantry and remained a faithful servant until her

health began to fail.

As a nurse, Fannie worked at Brookwood Medical

Center until her retirement in August of 1998. She

tmly enjoyed the nursing profession and received the "Clinical Nurse of the Year" Award in that year. She

was well 10ved.. .If it was your birthday or your

anniversary, she would send you a card or call and sing you a song; she never forgot.

She leaves to cherish her memories: Mr. Lawrence A. Hayes ofAtlantic City, New Jersey, Mr. Glen Wash of

Detroit, Michigan, Mrs. Georgiana Alston of

Washington, D.C., Mrs. Beverly Hutchinson of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mr. Judson Pickard of

Cincinnati, Ohio; special god sisters, Ms. Belinda

Turner and Mrs. Mary E. Johnson of Binningham,

Alabama; a very dear friend, Mrs. Susie Phillips; god son, Mr. Mickey Cade (Betty); and a whole host of

extended family members and friends.

Processional . Clergy, Family and Friends

Selection .. Choir

Scriptures:

Old Testament Reverend Frank Cantebeny

New Testament Reverend James Amold

Prayer Reverend Tadera White

Selection Choir

Expressions (Two minutes, please)

Eulogy Dr. Clarke

Solo "Walk Around Heaven"

Postlude

Recessional Clergy, Family and Friends