Y'Vonne J'Neanne Hayward was born to Marenus 2nd and Edith Hayward April 22 1953 in Eaton Rapids Michigan. She was the youngest of three children. In 1963 the Hayward family moved to Florida.Vonnie married Billie Gray and became and mother of three children.Susan,Shelly and John. Y'Vonne divorced and remarried years later to William Mayberry who passed after twenty yrs of marriage leaving her widowed. She never remarried.In life Y'Vonne's children blessed her with 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Vonnie has several degrees including graduating college with a degree in paralegal. Her passion was writing poetry and she even landed a few of her works in National poetry society.