Gladys Minor Haysbert died Oct. 18, 2016. Gladys was born in 1919 in Laurel Hill, Louisiana. As one of six children, she was the fourth child of Bennie and Elizabeth (Greenup) Minor. The family moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she attended school from kindergarten through high school, graduating cum laude from McKinley High School.
In 1940, she married her high school sweetheart, Charles Whitney Haysbert. Nine children were born to this union, seven boys and two girls. After World War II, Charles and Gladys relocated to San Mateo, California, where they resided until their deaths.
Gladys eventually became an devoted member of Pilgrim Baptist Church.
She was active in the Missionary Society, as bible study instructor and on the Benevolence Committee.
Gladys was preceded in death by her parents, all of her siblings, her husband Charles and her eldest son Charles Jr.
She leaves her legacy to eight surviving children: Jeannette Haysbert Powell (Andrew), Allen Haysbert, Ronald Haysbert, Rita Haysbert Times, Lenier Haysbert, Stanley Haysbert (JoAnn), Dennis Haysbert and Adam Haysbert, 22 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at Pilgrim Baptist Church.
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