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Isaac Hayes public service on Monday
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
You can pay your respects to one-time Atlantan — and music legend, forever — Isaac Hayes Monday in Cordova, TN. .
The 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. service will be held at Hope Presbyterian Church (8500 Walnut Grove).
With the announcement of the public service, Hayes’ family issued this statement: “We are overwhelmed with the outpouring of support and love from Isaac’s dear friends, colleagues and fans from every corner of the world, and we thank each and every one of them for their kind thoughts and prayers. While he was an iconic figure to many, to us he was husband, father and friend. We will ever miss his love, wisdom, humor and the familiar comfort of his voice.”
And in lieu of flowers, they ask that donations be sent to the Stax Music Academy in Memphis, made out to: Soulsville, 926 E. McLemore Avenue, Memphis, TN 38106. And please specify “In memory of Isaac Hayes,” they add.
Meanwhile, Sirius XM Radio has announced it will broadcast a tribute to Hayes on its Totally ’70s channel (Channel 7) tomorrow at 7 a.m. ET. (And “A Final Visit From Isaac Hayes” will be rebroadcast at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. that same day).
And again, cards and condolences to Hayes’ Atlanta-based son, Isaac Hayes III (above, with dad) can be sent to the address below:
Isaac Hayes III c/o Jo Blo Entertainment P.O. Box 18900 Atlanta, GA 31126
(Isaac III’s really interesting blog - where he is also known as the producer, Ike Dirty) can be found HERE.
General condolences to the family can be sent to message@isaachayes.com.
And of course, again, the Atlanta Music Scene blog welcomes your memories of Hayes and his music.
Comments
By sheila mccornell
August 13, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
I LIVE IN MEMPHIS, AND AS A CHILD WE WOULD GO TO STAX RECORD AND WAIT FOR HIMTO COME OUT, WE LOVE HIM AND WILL MISS HIM. GOD BLESS THE FAMILY
By Menelik
August 13, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this
Rest on, player. You were talented, classy, and proud. You were from a generation who had talent and Black pride. That is lost today.
By Teressa Gentry
August 13, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this
The world has lost a great singer but his music will live on and on. Thank you to his family for sharing him with us all for so long.
By Tonya Simmons
August 13, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this
His god-given gift will always be remembered in my heart. “I stand accused” will always be my favorite. May god bless and keep his family during their grieving moments.
1-4-3 from Cleveland, Ohio
By ccrider
August 13, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this
Hot Buttered Soul!! Isaac Hayes thank you for some wonderful music. YOU will be remembered and missed, thank goodness we have your music to console us. Enjoy your rest and the loving arms of your wonderful grandmother. Peace!
By frank
August 13, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
we are very happy that you lived and gave us joy with your music best wishes to the family rest in piece brother.
By Stankonia
August 13, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this
Did they beam him up in a spaceship for the funeral? What is a Scientology funeral like?
By baendee
August 13, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this
God Bless
By baendee
August 13, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this
God Bless
By baendee
August 13, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this
God Bless
By Deneen Ferguson
August 13, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this
My thoughts and prayers goes to the family of Mr.Hayes. He’s in God’s loving hands. He will be alright.
By c.collier
August 13, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this
Please accept my heartfelt condolences. The music industry has lost an icon. May your memories comfort you during Issac’s absence. Because Jehovah God has promised to resurrect our loved ones, and we will have eternity to spend with them (John 5:28,29; Psalms 37).
By G. J. Powell
August 13, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this
My Prayers goes out to the Family of Mr. Hayes. I remember being in Memphis Tenn. to visit a friend and we stopped in Mr. Hayes night club we really had a GREAT time. You and your music will be greatly missed.
Rest in Peace!
By A.lee
August 13, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this
Rest in peace,your voice will live on in the minds and heart’s of everyone that ever heard you sing or speak i remember waking up in the middle of the night hearing your soulful voice advertising love song’s of the past your voice would sooth me right on back to sleep, you will never be forgotten!!!
By Jacqueline Hawthorne Cody
August 13, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this
I remember Black Moses in the sixties and Mr. Isaac Hayes will be missed. May you his family and friends find consolation in knowing that weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning and to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. I pray for your strength in the Lord.
By staci
August 13, 2008 6:50 PM | Link to this
Does everyone remember “Ike’s Rap”, that slow jam that came out long ago and i mean long ago. You were the man “slo groover”. Rest in Peace! And thanks!
By barbara
August 13, 2008 10:21 PM | Link to this
I have enjoyed Isaac Hayes for many years. He will be deeply miss.Many GOD give the Family strengh to make it through this time of need. GOD BLESS YOU!
By Lucille
August 14, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this
I grow up with his music. He will be missed.
By debra
August 14, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this
my friend of many years will be missed. I personally knew isaac Hayes and his dear friend John Rawls from his stay in Atlanta and he was a wonderful person to be around. May god bless his family at this moment. His memories will live on. love you Isaac.
By Katie,Anthony,Liza,DeAngelo Reed
August 14, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this
I will always remember BLACK MOSES. Our hearts and prayers go to the Family. May God bring you peace in your time of need
By Katie,Anthony,Liza,DeAngelo Reed
August 14, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this
I will always remember BLACK MOSES. Our hearts and prayers go to the Family. May God bring you peace in your time of need
By Scorpio29
August 14, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this
Wow shocked…May you rest in peace. I will forever cherish the days in Snooty Fox on Ashford Dunwoody with Johnny Rawls and the gang.
Renee aka Baby Sister
By rosa
August 14, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this
thank you isaac hayes for a life inscribed in our hearts and forever memory; rest in peace my dear brotha. god bless your family.
By VBD
August 14, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this
The two men who I truly loved were Barry White and Issac Hayes. I loved both of their voices. I was truly hurt when I heard that Issac had died. I was in shock when I heard about Bernie Mac, then one day later, I hear about Issac. We will miss you, Issac. I have all of your music. There are certain songs that you hear and begin to think back where you were when you heard it. I remember “I Stand Accused” and where I was when I first heard the song. God is making a good choir in heaven with legendaries that we no longer can hear, but we will always hold love in our hearts for them. Thanks to his family for sharing Issac Hayes with us for 65 years.
By ANITA
August 14, 2008 6:20 PM | Link to this
My heart goes out to the family. Melaine and I were good friends in high school. I wish her and Nickie and Heather all the best.
Love ya
By Janice Purefoy
August 14, 2008 7:19 PM | Link to this
Rest in Peace Ike. You will be greatly missed by all.
By LINDA MCKETHER
August 15, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
TO THE FAMILY, MAY GOD BLESS YOU AT THIS, DURING YOUR LOSS. ISAAC HAYNES WILL TRULY BE MISSED FROM THIS EARTH BUT NOT FROM THE HEART. BECAUSE HE WILL LIVE ON THROUGH HIS MUSIC. A TRUE FAN. LYNNBUGG
By Lee Gill
August 15, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this
I meet Isaac years ago in Beverly Hills. I was feeling frustrated about life and my career. We went to lunch and talked for hours. It was just what I needed at the time. Rest in peace my good friend.
By Mitch
August 15, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this
I only met Mr. Hayes in his music and his greatest gift will live forever. He was a towering figure that resonnated what is the best of America and the best of Manhood. In his movies, his books and his music, I will always dig it…Rest in Peace Great Warrior.
By mance graves jr
August 15, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
he was the maestro of african-american funk and soul music, as the late barry white was in his own respective genre of r & b soul. his theme from shaft is without a doubt the front-runner to black music that led zeppelin’s stairway to heaven is to rock and roll, and both will probably retain their positions from now on.
By Crystal Thompson
August 15, 2008 8:12 PM | Link to this
As a “born & raised” Memphian but now reside in Atlanta I can truly say that an icon has left us. Thank you Issac for your black love, passion, wonderful food at your restaurant, style, and gift. God Bless You and my prayers for the Hayes family.
By Ice
August 16, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this
Black Moses you will be missed by many, for your music and kindness to many. You will always be a Legend to me and my Family. Your Music use to ease some tension when times were Badd. God Bless You & Your Family
By C. Sweetie HILL
August 17, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this
ISAAC HAYES was THE MAN when it came to music. I have ALL of his ALBUMS! I LOVED ISAAC HAYES! He will be missed by the entire world. My heartfelt sympathy goses out to his entire family. I cried for Isaac when i heard he had passed away. There wasn’t a song by Mr Hayes that i didn’t like. He had extraordinary intellectual musical powers. May GOD Bless and keep you all strong during this time of sadness. To his wife and children,my prayers are with you and Stay The Faith.
By Gary
August 17, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this
The School had just gotten a brand new drumset and I just won the 1st chair in the percussion section. Our favorite song…Shaft!!!
My favorite album…Hot Buttered Soul!!! We will miss you dearly you have impacted our lives!!!!
By Lynn Hamilton
August 18, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this
When I heard of Isaac Hayes death my heart was broken. First of all I thought of my father who was a big fan of Hayes. Growing up in the 70s my dad and I listened to all of his music.I know that if my dad was still here with us he would be heartbroken as well. Isaac Hayes was a beautiful musician,songwriter and he had the most beautiful sexy voice ever. I still enjoy his music. The music world has lost such a wonderful entertainer I send my condolences to his family. May God Be With Them
By Lynn Hamilton
August 18, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this
When I heard of Isaac Hayes death my heart was broken. First of all I thought of my father who was a big fan of Hayes. Growing up in the 70s my dad and I listened to all of his music.I know that if my dad was still here with us he would be heartbroken as well. Isaac Hayes was a beautiful musician,songwriter and he had the most beautiful sexy voice ever. I still enjoy his music. The music world has lost such a wonderful entertainer I send my condolences to his family. May God Be With Them
By TerryT
August 18, 2008 7:20 PM | Link to this
Isaac….U DA MAN!!! Rest on, Soul Brother!!! Thanx for the music…
By Robin Robbins
August 18, 2008 8:55 PM | Link to this
They said as you get older, you lose more friends and loved ones but they didn’t say you would get used to it or that it wouldn’t hurt as much. To lose such an icon as Issac, hurts deeply. His “Shaft” will memorize him forever but having him on this earth was a wonderful blessing. My prayers to all of his children and loved ones. Always know that you come from “the man” and make him proud as he has made us proud to be blessed enough to live in his era to hear his gifts of music and love to fans such as I. He was and will always be “The Man..Shaft”.
By Robin Robbins
August 18, 2008 8:55 PM | Link to this
They said as you get older, you lose more friends and loved ones but they didn’t say you would get used to it or that it wouldn’t hurt as much. To lose such an icon as Issac, hurts deeply. His “Shaft” will memorize him forever but having him on this earth was a wonderful blessing. My prayers to all of his children and loved ones. Always know that you come from “the man” and make him proud as he has made us proud to be blessed enough to live in his era to hear his gifts of music and love to fans such as I. He was and will always be “The Man..Shaft”.
By barbara
August 21, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this
I loved ISAAC, I play his music right to this day. I still have his 45’s. My favorite Do Your Thang. I attended his concerts and he was always GREAT. I used to see him jogging in the mornings, I would be on the bus, and I would open my window and he would always wave. To the family may God bless all of you, and THANK YOU for sharing ISAAC. Isaac music will forever live on.
By RaySkee
August 22, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this
I had a chance to meet Mr. Hayes at a NBPC event in New Orleans in 1995. He was a very nice man who enjoyed his music. It was a privilage and a honor to be graced by his presence and knowledge on that night. We talked about the craft of music at that time and where it was headed. I was blown away by his show and it will be instilled in my memories. He’s been an influence in my own music. He will be greatfully missed. So RIP brother.