HicktownPress

Most of the offerings were about the speakers, with little light shined on the man they were honoring. The exception was a Ghanian woman named Princess Asie Oscansey, who described in lengthy detail the charitable contribution Hayes had made to her village to support an 8,000-square-foot school that uses Scientology teaching methods.  SOURCE

The seven total Scientology speakers and performers who spoke/organized the memorial service are also said to have snubbed Hayes’ 11 grown children, 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren – instead only mentioning his wife Adjowa of three years and their 2-year-old son.  Family members perceived this as a disrespectful slight and Hayes’ eldest daughter, Veronica, made sure to set the record straight by declaring in the service, “Just to clear it up, there are 11 children.”  

There are also reports that the family was upset that Hayes was not buried next to his beloved grandmother, but in a cemetery described by his music friends and some some relatives as “mostly all Caucasian.”  More HERE.

A repass was reportedly held in the restaurant lounge at the Executive Inn at the airport in which every musician associated with Stax or who had known or worked with Isaac and was around was invited to come down and put on a show in memory of their dearly beloved “Black Moses.”   It is further implied that had it not been for this repass, Hayes’ memorial service would have been devoid of any real tribute to his music and accomplishments in the entertainment industry.

Having lost the rights to his songs two decades earlier and being required to pay the Scientology church ‘huge sums of money’ as Roger Friedman notes is required by the church in this ARTICLE, one can only speculate whether any of his heirs will receive an inheritance.   I’m guessing if the Scientology church had this much control over his funeral arrangements and final burial, the family can pretty much hang it up.  Stay tuned!