St. Martinville - Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., on Saturday, March 8, 2013, at Pellerin Funeral Home Chapel in St. Martinville, for Mary Janis Hayes Robb, 79, who passed away on Friday, March 1, 2013 at Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 2:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday, and continue on Saturday at 9 a.m. until 10:45 a.m., at Pellerin Funeral Home in St. Martinville.
Pastor Weldon Moak will conduct the services. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Clarksville, Tennessee.
Mary enjoyed being a painter and was an avid artist. She also enjoyed poetry, watching birds and spending time with family and friends. She was a member and attended the First Baptist Church in Broussard.
Survivors include her husband, James Robb of St. Martinville; two sons, Roisson Kimble (Joeanne) Robb of St. Martinville and Eric Kyle (Barbara) Robb of Copperas Love, TX; three daughters, Woanda Alyse (Randy) Wynn of Cunningham, TN, Kyria Lynn Robb of St. Martinville, and Tonya C. (Patrick) Murray of Copperas Cove, TX; her brother, Charles Clifton Hayes of Spokane, WA; 9 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Owen Clifton Hayes and Roxie Jewell Biter Hayes; and her sister, Diane Hamelin.
Pellerin Funeral Home, 112 New Market St., St. Martinville, LA 70582, (337.394.9121), is in charge of arrangements.
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