Our History

Hayes Funeral Home was founded in 1934 by the late Charles P. Hayes Jr. The original site was on Davis Street at the location of the present GTE building. The funeral home remained there until 1952, at which time it was moved farther west on Davis Street into the vacated home of Dr. Charles P. Hayes Sr. In the early days of Funeral homes, they were normally associated with Hardware and furniture companies. This was the case of Hayes Funeral Home. The Hayes family operated Hayes Hardware and Furniture Co until the death of Charles P. Hayes Jr. in 1978. The hardware and furniture store was then sold. A new and modern funeral home facility had already been constructed in 1969 at the present location of 431 East Davis Street in Elba. Charles P. Hayes III joined his Father in the hardware and funeral business in Oct. of 1960 and remained as owner-operator of Hayes Funeral Home until 2019, at which time Hayes Funeral Home was the oldest continuously family-owned funeral home in Coffee County. In 2019, Heath Wyrosdick purchased Hayes Funeral Home. He and the staff remain committed to providing excellent service and continuing the care for the families of Elba and the surrounding communities. "Our Family Serving Your Family since 1934"