Charles Bryant Hays

Funeral services celebrating the life Charles Bryant Hays, age 93 will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, November 28, 2025 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 705 S. Spruce Street, Vivian, LA. Interment to be held on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. in Crowville Masonic Cemetery in Crowville, Louisiana.

Mr. Hays was born in Strong, Arkansas on May 29, 1932 to Percy and Pinkey Hays and went to be with his Lord and Savior on November 21, 2025. He proudly served his country in US Army in the Korean War. Mr. Hays retired from Gruy Management Company in Irving, Texas as an operations supervisor in the oil and gas industry with many years of service; he was a longtime member of the Ida Methodist Church where he served as a trustee for many years. Mr. Hays was an avid gardener who loved his flowers and would bring his loving wife a bouquet in the house every day from his garden.

Mr. Hays is preceded in death by his parents, son, Charles Clifford Hays and daughter, Shelia Faye Hays Edwards Jordan. Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 73 years, Maxine Hays, daughter, Sherri Hays McConnell; grandsons, Charles Craig Menefee and wife Emily, Michael Bryan Edwards and wife Lauren, Eric Edwards and wife, Sky; granddaughter, Taylor Leigh Hays Taylor and husband, Cato. He is also survived by 5 great grandchildren; brothers, Perry Hays and wife, Linda, and Wayne Hays and wife Mary; sisters, Gracie Hays Milan and Brenda Carol Hays.