Jovana Hayes

At 3:13p.m. on May 17, 1990 in Brooklyn New York, a beautiful baby girl, Jovana Nyonda Hayes was born to Darnetta Hayes Patterson and Jancy S. Dempster Scott. Jovana was the firstborn granddaughter and niece. She was a joy especially to her grandmother, the late Charlean Hayes Dunlap. That contagious, shy smile and straight forward mannerism was always how she greeted people. Jovana was a straight A student throughout grade school in Atlanta, GA and Philadelphia, PA. She graduated from Samuel S. Fels High School, Class of 2008, with a small scholarship from Local Union 690 to help her with book expenses as she attended Del-Tech Community College in Dover, DE. Nonetheless, her education did not stop here. Jovana attended Lincoln Tech in Philadelphia and attained certificates as both a certified medical assistant and nursing assistant during and after her pregnancy. She worked for two and a half years until her dream of becoming a nurse was granted as she entered nursing school this summer in PolyTech’s class of 2014. Her ultimate goal was to go further and specialize in pain and sports medicine. Jovana's first love, who she has with Earl Marant, Sr., is her only son, Ian Hayes-Marant, 3 years old. All of her time, energy, and effort to provide and succeed was motivated by her right hand man, Ian. “You gotta love us” was her favorite saying about the bond they had and it was always felt whenever both were in your presence. Jovana's favorite past time was playing basketball, which she played since the age of 9, after watching her Uncle Robert play at the courts all the time. Any time she wanted to or anytime she was challenged a game, she had no problem meeting you on the courts for a fun game of basketball. Jovana leaves behind all of her love and memories to her son, Ian Hayes- Marant; parents, Darnetta Patterson and Jancy Dempster; step-parents, Jamal Patterson, Sr. and Jessica Dempster; four brothers, Semaj, Pharaoh, Jamal Jr. and Kordell; six sisters, Shamir, Danaeya, Janci, Nesha, Brittany and Georgi; grandparents Elaine Green and Randall Scott; and a host of aunts uncles cousins and friends.

Jovana Hayes

May 17, 1990 - September 6, 2013