Bertie Fuston Hayes

87 year old Bertie Fuston Hayes of Smithville died Sunday at DeKalb Community Hospital. She was a cashier for many years at Fuston’s 5 & 10 and she worked as a secretary during World War II for the State Department in Washington D.C.. Hayes was also a member of the Smithville Church of Christ. She graduated in 1940 from Liberty High School and attended Draughon’s Business College in Nashville. The funeral will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Dan Gulley and Tim Woodward will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rex Hayes, Jr.; her parents, Valter Ray and Verna Ballinger Fuston; brothers, Hoyt L. Fuston and Edsel A. Fuston; sisters, Georgia Rae Fuston and Bertha Parker; and an infant sister, Verna Ruth Fuston. Survivors include two daughters, Dr. Peggy E. Hayes of San Diego and Patsy Hayes of Smithville. One sister, Frances and her husband Edward Frazier of Smithville. Several nieces, nephews, and cousins including Susan Frazier Hinton of Smithville. Caregivers, Carolyn Miller and Elise Flannery. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. The family has requested that donations be made,in lieu of flowers, to the Smithville Day School, Justin Potter Library, or some organization of their choice.