Annie Pearl Hays Reed was born December 4, 1926 in Mendenhall, Mississippi to Annie (Baugh) Hays and Walter Hays, Sr. She was the oldest girl of nine children and the last surviving child of Annie and Walter Hays, Sr. Annie (Hays) Reed went to be with the Lord on November 27, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina surrounded by her family at the blessed age of 90, one week before her 91st birthday.

Annie earned a nursing degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana and began her nursing career at the University of Mississippi Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. Nursing was her passion and she had a prosperous nursing career providing care, kindness and assistance to others.

Annie married John Henry Walker in 1956 in Mendenhall, Mississippi. Of this union, Randy Walker and Debbie (Walker) Gray were conceived.

In 1961, Annie married James E. Reed in Mendenhall, Mississippi and relocated to Detroit, Michigan. Of this union, their daughter Dietrich (Reed) Hampton was born. In Detroit, Annie had a long and rewarding career as a nurse at Sinai Hospital, where she retired.

Annie is preceded in death by her parents, Walter, Sr. and Annie Hays; her siblings: Roosevelt Hays, Steadman Hays, Walter Hays, Jr., Martha McNair, Aleatha Hays, Delmar Hays, Hearts Hays, and Johniee Neal Love.

She is survived by her husband, James Reed; her children: Dietrich (Kevin) Hampton, Debbie Gray, Randy (Andria) Walker, and James Reed; her grandchildren: Andrea (Anthony) Bryant, Jr., Kenyanna Walker, John Randy (LaTasha) Walker, Erika Walker, MaKisha Reed, TaTaisha Reed, Kamiti Helton, Deontae Reed, and Ashley Reed; and a host of great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and family.