Melvin Hayes

Passed 12/07/2019

Viewing Monday December 16, 2019 9:00-10:00 AM Genesis Baptist Church 333-13th Ave @ S. 7th St | Newark, NJ

Funeral Services Monday December 16, 2019 10:00 AM Genesis Baptist Church

Obituary January 19, 1938-December 7, 2019

Melvin “Sonny” Arnet Hayes, Jr., 81, departed this life peaceably on Friday at Windsor Gardens Nursing Home, East Orange.

He was born in Newark, NJ to Melvin A., Sr. and Mary E. Hayes.

He was predeceased by his parents, Melvin and Mary E. Hayes, one sister, Loretta Smith, two brothers, Milton and Ismael Hayes. Survivors include one daughter, Renee Hayes, of NJ, four sons, Deric Glen, Sr., of Washington State, Mark, of NJ, Mahia Hayes, of PA, and Aaron Floyd, of NJ; nine grandchildren, Brandon, Ashley, Deric Jr. (DJ), Cody, Tomesha Johnson, Marnae Hayes, Jamill Hayes, Elijah Johnson, and Aliyah Hayes; five great-grands, Simone, Lamyia, Cha Nyah, Julian, and Ashtyn; five sisters, Margaret Covington, Cora Patricia Thompson, Melvinia Ophelia Garner, Ruth Yvonne (Cookie) McQueen, and Deborah Vanessa Williams. One uncle, George Harding, and a host of relatives and friends.

Interment Evergreen Cemetery Hillside, NJ