Celeste S. Hayes

Published 9:46 pm Monday, October 3, 2011

Celeste S. Hayes, 64 of Graceville passed away Friday, September 30, 2011at her residence following a short illness.

Celeste was born in Ozark, AL on January 5, 1947 to the late Grady B. and Ouida Hayes Spears.  Moving to Graceville at an early age, Celeste worked with her parents at the restaurant known today as Grady’s Seafood.  A graduate of Graceville High School, Class of 1965, Celeste was previously employed over the years with the City of Graceville, secretary with Dent/Phelps R-III Elementary in Salem, MO, coordinator with SOLVE in Salem, MO, first director of SABRAH House in Selma, AL, office manager with Salvation Army in Selma, AL where she over seen the Angel Tree, and office manager with Chipley Community Home Health in Chipley, FL.  Celeste was a paralegal with Sam Adams, Attorney at Law, for a number of years and was currently employed with David Eubank, CPA in Dothan, AL.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 at the First United Methodist Church in Graceville with Revs. Doug Orr, Raymond O’Quinn and Kent Lampp officiating.  Burial will follow in Marvin Chapel Cemetery with James & Lipford Funeral Home in Graceville directing.  Family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Flowers accepted or those wishing may make memorials to My Fathers Closet 5374 Cliff St. Graceville, FL  32440 or First United Methodist Church P.O. Box 376 Graceville, FL  32440.

Preceded in death by her parents, two husbands B.J. Hayes, H.L. “Tobe” White.

Survived by three sons James M. “Jimbo” Ingle, Jr., Defuniak Springs, FL, Virgil Lamar White, Moulton, AL, Grady Hal White(Amy), Foley, AL, one sister Janet Watson(John), Graceville; eight grandchildren Jade Elizabeth Ingle Mitchell, James Kaleb Ingle Mitchell, Kavin Hunter Ingle, Hunter Lamar White, William Hal White, Jacob Hal White, Grady Bryan White, Marianna Morgan Hare.