GRENADA — Preston Oliver Hays, 89, of the Jefferson Community in Carroll County passed away Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Grenada.
He was born May 17, 1932, in Coahoma County to John James and Mabel Satchfield Hays. Mr. Hays owned and operated Hays Construction, working as a general contractor for most of his working life. He was a member of Liberty Baptist Church and was a devoted family man.
A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery in Carroll County with the Rev. Gary Tanner officiating.
Survivors include his wife, Rachel Dubard Hays; two daughters, Tina Hays Cannette (Jimmy) of Ocean Springs and Anita Kaye Jones (Mike) of Grenada; one son, Ricky Hays (Penny) of Leflore County; two sisters, Kathleen Holliman and Dorothy Hays of Alabama; one brother, George Barefoot of Jefferson; six grandchildren, Christie Austin, Misty Ann “Baby Doll” Garrett, Lacey Hays, John Oliver Hays, Ricky Hays Jr. and Tiffany Dodson; and 13 great-grandchildren, Emylou Hays, Preston Hays, Lane Belk, Hays Belk, Sara Katherine Belk, Madison Bishop, Dalton Sheedy, Caden Dodson, Mary Alyssa Hays, John Oliver Hays Jr., Cash Hays, Lydia Hays and Marlee Dodson.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Janice Marie Hays; a son, Kenneth Oliver Hays; and a granddaughter, Carly Anna Denton.
Pallbearers will be Hays Belk, Lane Belk, Jimmy Bennett, Gary Blair, Jimmy Cannette, John Hays, Preston Hays, Ricky Hays and Ricky Hays Jr.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben & Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada (662-307-2694).
