Wilbert "Hub" Hayes was born on June 1, 1940 and reared in Mendenhall, Mississippi. He departed from this world on October, 1 2017 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in Magee, Mississippi.

Hub, as he was affectionately known, was well-known for being a sports fanatic and his love for traveling. He loved playing football, baseball, and softball. He was a lineman on his football team at Harper Vocational High School. He graduated from Harper in 1960 and went on to play two years of college football at Mary Holmes College in West Point, Mississippi. Later in life, he coached a few players who made it into the National Football League (NFL). Hub also loved horse racing and wrestling.

He was a member of Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Mendenhall, Mississippi under the leadership of Reverend Willie Barber. He was a member of the adult choir and served as a trustee.

Hub was also an entrepreneur who, earlier in his life, owned a wrecking company and later, was the owner of Hayes & Hayes Landscaping and Lawn Care. Hub was loved by many and will truly be missed by his wife, children, grandchildren, and many of his family and close friends.

His parents, Myrtle T. King and Willis D. Hayes; his grandparents, Robert and Pearl Taylor; his first wife, Gussie M. Hayes; daughter, Kimya M. Hayes-Morton; sons: Gregory Hayes, Sr. and Cordell Barnes, Jr.; two grandchildren: Gregory Hayes, Jr. and Diamond D. Jones; one sister, Bobbie J. Wells, and two brothers: Johnny Matthews and Cecil Wells preceded him in death.

Hub leaves behind to treasure his memories: his wife, Kattie Hayes; daughters: Jacqueline Hayes, Gina Jones, Kizzy Adkins, Janese Forrest, and Dorothy Cooper; sons: Johnnie Magee, Herbert Hayes, and James Hayes; one surviving sibling, Jerome Matthews; two brothers-in-law, Earnest and Daniel Graves; one sister-in-law, Tommie Sue Magee; his adopted godparents, Eloise and George Jackson; grandchildren; great grandchildren; sons-in-law; daughters-in-law, and a host of nieces, nephews, family, and friends.