Joyce Hayes

Joyce Hayes went home to be with the Lord on Friday Febuary 5, 2021 at 1:15 p.m. following a brief illness. She resided in College Park Ga. for 30 years. Joyce was 66 years young. Joyce was born in Brooklyn New York on November 6, 1954 to the late Bernard and Margaret Carpenter. She was the third of 5 siblings. She was raised in Brooklyn until the family moved to Hempstead Long Island. She graduated from Uniondale High School and went on receive a beauty certificate from B.O.C.E.S . She also pursued a career in nursing and received her C.N.A. certificate. She worked at Doubleday Book Publishers, where she met her spouse, Charles Daniel Hayes senior. Out of that union Charles Daniel Hayes Jr. and Jason Thomas Hayes. The family lived in Staten Island N.Y. before relocating to College Park Ga. Once moving to Georgia she worked at Atlanta- Hartsfield Airport as a TSA for Delta Airlines. Joyce loved to travel. She was a cruiser with the Atlanta Cruisers. She also had many hobbies, reading, crocheting and hook rugging. Joyce was fiercely dedicated to her children and grandchildren. Always putting them first. She is survived by her spouse, Charles Daniel Hayes Senior, her two sons, Charles Daniel Hayes Jr, ( Janay Jefferson) Jason Thomas Hayes, ( Chemiah Sloan ) Grand children, Kemonee Hayes, Jason Thomas Hayes Jr. and two Great-Grands Kash and Karter Singleterry, Leslie Baker mother of K’Monee Hayes. Her sibilings, Bernard Carpenter 3rd, (Connie) Joann Bryant-Green,(Jimmy) Gary Robert Carpenter, (Ginette) Margaret Winfield Mercer (Rick) and a host of nieces, nephew, friends and loved ones from Staten Island to Atlant