Carole Jeanette (Jordan) Hays, age 80 of Quitman, was called to her Heavenly home on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.  She was born on Monday, February 16, 1945 in Hodge, Louisiana to the happy union of Horace and Amboline (Wheatly) Jordan.  Carole was a Jonesboro-Hodge High School graduate that went on to attend NLU where she received her Bachelor's degree in English and then LA Tech where she earned her Master's degree in English.  She enjoyed doing genealogy.  She had a love for music and loved playing the clarinet.  Carole was a longtime member of Hodge Baptist Church.  She began attending Sunday school there at the young age of 3.  She adored her church family and enjoyed singing in the choir.  Carole had a big heart and with it she loved her family and animals fiercely.  She loved most every animal that God ever created.  Her family was her biggest love of all.  Her children and grandchildren hung the moon in her world.

Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Sean Arter and Jeremy, Shelley Suire and Russell, Stacey Huckaby and Monty, John Hays, Craig Hays and Jacque; grandchildren, Crystal Hays Fox, Jacob Shows and Anna Claire, Cole Shows, Ben Shows, Jackson Suire, Landry Suire, Paris Huckaby, Adrian Huckaby, Evan Huckaby, London Huckaby.  She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John Hays; daughter, Susan Hays; parents, James Horace and Amboline Juanita (Wheatly) Jordan; sisters, Jackie Hughes, Betty Walsworth.

Friends may visit with the family on Friday, April 4, 2025 at Hodge Baptist Church from 12:30 PM until time of service.  Funeral services are set to begin at 2:00 PM with Bro. Keith Thomas and Bro. Norris Curry officiating.  Burial will follow in Hodge Cemetery under the direction of Southern-Edmonds Funeral Home.

Serving the family as pallbearers will be Jacob Shows, Cole Shows, Ben Shows, Jackson Suire, Adrian Huckaby, Evan Huckaby, Russell Suire, and Monty Huckaby.