Memorials may be made to American Heart Association or Westgate Christian Academy. Hays, Mary A., of St. Louis, Missouri, died on Monday, November 24, 2008 at the age of 90. Dear wife of the late Cloyce Ralph Hays; dear daughter of the late Robert M. and the late Bessie Lee Parish; loving mother of Terry (Joe) Sauer and Alice Worrell; dear sister of Robert H. Parish, George L. Parish and Hazel Gardner; proud grandmother of Jason (Stacie) Sauer, Brian Sauer, Aaron Sauer and Trenton Sauer. She is preceded in death by five sisters and two brothers. She was retired after 30 years as an Expeditor at Wagner Electric. She was a member of Women's Club at Ridgecrest Baptist Church.