Mary Pearl Hayes, age 63, of Clinton, Missouri, passed away, Friday, May 10th, 2024, at the Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, May 20, 2024 at the Northeast Baptist Church in Clinton, Missouri. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 prior to the service. Burial will be in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, Missouri. Memorial contributions can be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital and may be left in care of the funeral home.

Mary Pearl (Coones) Hayes was born on January 1, 1961 in Clinton, Missouri. She was the daughter of Vernon and Edith Coones. On April 24, 1979 Mary married the love of her life, Carl Hayes at the Benton County Courthouse in Warsaw, Missouri. She and Carl have lived in Warsaw and Clinton, Missouri all their lives.

Mary was a very giving person; she loved to cook and made the most amazing pies. She was a member of Save Our World Ministry in Clinton. Mary loved it when the family would get together, loved the color burgundy, loved watching The Price is Right, Old Westerns, and The Young and the Restless.

Mary is preceded in death by her parents, two brothers Eugene Coones and Danny Coones and one sister Tina Coones.

Survivors include  her three children, Shannon (Crystal) Coones of Clinton, Missouri, Sheri (Jeff) Fannon of Clinton, Missouri, and John Hayes of Carthage, Missouri, ten grandchildren; Stormy Peek, Skylar Peek, Spencer Peek, Chantel Fannon, Tia Fannon, Lea Fannon, Quenton Fannon, J.J. Weir, Landon Hayes, Sophia Hayes, her great grandchildren; Eian Parker, Elena Peek, Alexander Peek, Charlie Rose Peek, McKenley and Landon, two sisters, Connie Peek, and Brenda Wilson, along with a host of other family and friends.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton, Missouri.