| Sina Hayes | |
 Hayes shortly before her 112th birthday in 2015 | |
| Birth: | 27 June 1903 Iredell, North Carolina, USA |
| Death: | 22 January 2016 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA |
| Age: | 112 years, 209 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Validated | |
Sina Hayes (née Joyner; 27 June 1903 – 22 January 2016) was a validated American supercentenarian who was believed to be North Carolina's oldest resident and the sixth-oldest person in the United States (behind Susannah Mushatt Jones, Goldie Michelson, Adele Dunlap, Irene Ciuffoletti, and Meta Dishman) at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Hayes was born on a small farm in Iredell County, North Carolina, on 27 June 1903. She was one of ten children. In 1922, she married Raleigh Hayes, with whom she had three sons. They were married until Raleigh's death in 1993 at the age of 92. She worked at a knitting mill for more than 30 years, where she mainly made infant sleepwear. One of her quilts won an award at a local fair.
After Raleigh retired in 1966, the couple travelled extensively, visiting every American state except Alaska, as well as several European countries. Sina enjoyed 70 years of happy marriage until Raleigh died in 1994, aged 92. Shortly after his death, Sina moved into Brookridge Retirement Community where she has lived ever since.
Now a great-great grandmother, Hayes puts her longevity down to "exhibiting a "Pollyanna" attitude and keeping happy thoughts on the mind." Faith has been the bedrock of her life. She has been a member of Northwest Baptist Church for 75 years, and spent several decades serving in Sunday school and with the Women's Missionary Union. "She's been a living example of a Godly woman her whole long life," her son Carlyle Hayes said.
Hayes moved to a retirement community in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1994. She died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA, on 22 January 2016 at the age of 112 years, 209 days. At the time of her death, she had eight grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 16 great-great grandchildren.
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References[]
- Gerontology Research Group
- A godly woman: Faith was bedrock of life for woman who turns 110 this week Winston-Salem Journal, 23 June 2013
- Oldest North Carolinian Celebrates 112th Birthday Oldest North Carolinian Celebrates 112th Birthday Time Warner Cable News, 25 June 2015 (Archived)
- Sina Hayes of Winston-Salem, oldest N.C. resident, dies at 112 Winston-Salem Journal, 22 January 2016