Funeral services for Janice Lynn Haynes, 60, of Chadron, Nebraska, will be held Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Livingston, Texas with Dr. Don Willis officiating. Interment will follow in the Peebles Cemetery in Livingston, Texas. Visitation will be held Tuesday, October 17, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. until service time, in the Cochran Funeral Home in Livingston, Texas.

Ms. Haynes was born March 28, 1957 in Livingston, Texas to parents, Billy Roy Haynes and Ruby Faylene (Kersh) Haynes, and passed away October 11, 2017 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Haynes began her career at Chadron State in 2015. She earned her bachelor's in radio, television, film and anthropology and her master's in mass communication from the University of Houston. She completed her doctorate in communication studies from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Haynes taught First Year Inquiry (FYI) courses in addition to oral communication, group and team communication and organizational communication. Haynes was interested in popular culture and her FYI courses centered on the subject, as well as using pop culture as a lens to view critical inquiry. She was also involved in the First United Methodist Church Children's Ministry. She is preceded in death by her brothers, Jimmy Haynes and Jerry Don Haynes; grandparents, Wiley Graham and Katie Kersh, along with L.N. and Lillian Haynes.

She is survived by her parents, B.R. and Faylene Haynes of Livingston, Texas; brothers and sisters-in-law, Joe and Nancy Haynes, John and Londa Haynes, and David and Lisa Haynes all of Livingston, Texas; sister-in-law, Debbie Haynes of Loveland, Colorado; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers: Austin Haynes, Andrew Haynes, Zachary Haynes, Ethan Haynes, Kyle Haynes, Blake Haynes, Jacob Haynes, Joseph Haynes, Ryan Vick.

Honorary Pallbearers: Matthew Haynes and Dustin Campbell.

Cochran Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Please sign our online guestbook at www.cochranfh.com .