Mai Ethel Hayslett

Mrs. Mai Ethel Hayslett, 83, of Union City died Saturday, March 1, 2014, at her residence. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 8, 2014, at Mount Herman Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Otis James Jones officiating. Interment will follow in East View Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. She was born Jan. 11, 1932, in Rives, daughter of the late Joe Davis “JD” and Roxie Bass. She was united in holy matrimony to the late Henry W.J. Hayslett June 1, 1953. She was a loving wife and mother. She accepted Christ as her personal savior and joined Brown’s Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 2005, she renewed her commitment to Christ at Mount Herman Missionary Baptist Church in Woodland Mills. She is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, Willis J. and Catherine Hayslett, Billy T. and Redina Hayslett and Jeffery Hayslett, all of Union City; three daughters and two sons-in- law, Ina J. Dowell, Mai L. and Harry Hayes, all of Union City, and Hilda J. and Gray Moore of Martin; her sister, Jessie Haskins of Union City; her sister-in-law, Doris Bass of Union City; 20 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by five brothers and two grandchildren.Rawls Funeral Home – Union City 731-885-8110