Edwin W. Hayes (78), a retired Deputy Director of the Computer Assisted System Staff of the Veterans Administration, died April 7 of heart and kidney disease, at Asbury~Solomons Island Health Care Center, Solomons, MD. After retiring he was a tax consultant for 21 years, primarily with the firm of Coble, Smith and Wade in Clinton, MD.

Mr. Hayes was born in Norfolk, VA, attended schools in Hyattsville, MD and Washington, D.C. where he was a graduate of Anacostia High School and George Washington University. He received his MBA degree from Syracuse University. During the Korean War he served three years in the U.S. Army, two of them on Okinawa.

Active in the Upper Marlboro community of Marlton, he was treasurer and president of the local Control Commission, and president of the Douglass High School Booster Club. Working with the Upper Marlboro Boys and Girls Club for over twelve years he helped coach in all sports and served terms as football and softball commissioner. He was Club treasurer for seven years.

Survivors include his high school sweetheart and wife of 57 years, Margaret Faulds Hayes of Solomons, MD; a son, Steven Preston Hayes and his wife Linda of Southlake, TX; a daughter Susan Ellen Hayes of Nashville, TN; and three grandchildren, Michael, Matthew and Molly Hayes.

The family will receive friends at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 21 at Trinity United Methodist Church, 90 Church Street, Prince Frederick, MD, immediately followed by an 11:00 a.m. service celebrating his life. Inurnment at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery in Cheltenham, MD, will be at 2 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to the Asbury~Solomons Benevolent Care Fund, 11100 Asbury Circle, Solomons, MD, 20688. Arrangements by the Rausch Funeral Home, P.A., 20 American Lane, Lusby, MD.