Joan Hayes

DATE OF BIRTH: November 15, 1943 PLACE OF BIRTH: Canadian, Texas

DATE OF DEATH: March 8, 2014 PLACE OF DEATH: Amarillo, Texas

Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel with Pastor Jerry Davey officiating.

Burial will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery by Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S. Bell.

Joan was born November 15, 1943 in Canadian, Texas to Marvin and Natalie Wainwright. She graduated from Canadian High School. Joan met and married Steve Hayes in July 1962 and moved to Amarillo. She was a devoted housewife who enjoyed cooking and taking care of her family. Joan enjoyed friendly games of poker and spending time pursuing her greatest passion which was gardening. Joan was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother and will be greatly missed.

Joan was preceded in death by her husband, Steve; her parents and 2 sisters, Linda and Pat Wainwright

Joan is survived by 2 sons, Randy Hayes and wife Teresa and Rodney Hayes and wife Rebecca; 4 grandsons, Brian and wife Leslie, Adam and wife Leandra, Tyler, and Bradon; 3 granddaughters, Corrie and husband Micah, Kristin and Stephanie; 3 great-grandsons, Ethan, Talon and Canon; 2 great granddaughters, Kaitlyn and Brooklyn all of Amarillo; a sister, Margaret Reynolds of San Antonio; and 2 brothers, Alan Ray Mixon of McLean and J.W. Wainwright of Las Vegas .

The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. this evening at the funeral home.