Retired missionary Ida Mae Hays dies

Ida Mae Hays, a retired International Mission Board missionary to Brazil, died Feb. 1.

Retired missionary Ida Mae Hays dies

Ida Mae Hays, a retired International Mission Board missionary to Brazil, died Feb. 1.

While a missionary, Hays supervised the building of more than 30 churches. A chapel at a Baptist camp is named in her honor.

She retired from the IMB in 2002.

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Retired missionary Ida Mae Hays dies

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