Frances Anne Scroggins Hayes

Frances Anne Scroggins Hayes

Auburn

Frances Anne Scroggins Hayes was born on July 22, 1917, in Clayton to James Harris Scroggins and Pocahontas Taylor Scroggins. She had two brothers, James Harris Jr. and William, who both predeceased her. Frances was Valedictorian of her high school class, and an accomplished pianist. She attended Judson College on a full academic scholarship during the Great Depression and graduated with a BA degree in Home Economics with a minor in Chemistry.

Frances married Alan Gadsden Diseker and together they bore four children, Anne Beebe of Atlanta, Ga., Margaret Melzer of Auburn, Sue Sabat of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Alan Diseker III of Auburn.

She was active in community and church events. Frances was the leader of several organizations including Women's Missionary Society, President of Somerville Road PTA and President of Auburn Women's Club. She taught Sunday school and played piano for the church and school She taught piano for many years and taught school at Walter Jackson Elementary for more than 15 years.

After losing her first husband, Alan, she retired from teaching elementary school and moved to Auburn where she met and married Edward Lee Hayes in 1990. While in Auburn, she visited shut-ins, hospitals and nursing homes regularly, and enjoyed gardening. Besides her participation in the Women's Club and First Baptist Church, she was an active member of PEO Club and the Hemerocallis (day lily) club.

Survivors include her four children listed above; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, nine nieces and nephews, and many wonderful friends.

A graveside service will be held at the Clayton Cemetery in Clayton on Saturday, June 25, 2011, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Bill Brown officiating and Chapman Funeral Home directing.

This obituary was originally published in the Decatur Daily.