Mother Bertha Lee Hayes, better known as “Monk” was born in Marion County, Mullins, South Carolina on November 20, 1940. She departed this earthly life on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Charlie and Beaulah Gilchrist.

She attended the public schools of Dillon County, South Carolina. She was a faithful member of Fork Chapel Baptist Church, Fork, South Carolina.

Bertha was a wonderful mother and grandmother. She was a sharecropper for many years.

Bertha was preceded in death along with her parents: Charlie and Beaulah Gilchrist; her husband: Ledell Hayes; one sister: Mattie Huggins; one brother: Charlie Gilchrist; three grandchildren: Sharonda Hayes, Cornelius Jackson and Christopher Jones.

Mother Bertha leaves to cherish her loving memories ~ six daughters: Ruby {Luther} Jackson, Betty {Donald} Hayes, Annie {Larry} Inman all of Dillon, SC; Carolyn Burley of Syracuse, NY, Maryann Hayes of Paterson, NJ, Marilyn Hayes of Lexington, SC; three sons: Johnny {Victoria} Hayes, Danny {Tina} Hayes both of Dillon, SC, Bobby {Lynette} Hayes of Lumberton, NC; three step children: James {Clara} Hayes of Lake View, SC, Linda Blackston of Baltimore, MD, Cheryl Skinner of Dillon, SC; one brother: Julius Gilchrist; thirty-nine grand children; eighty-one great grandchildren; ten great great grandchildren and a host nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.