Musician for the installation of Rev. A. Ross Brent as pastor at Corinthian Baptist Church on April 27, 1928. She attended and graduated from Drake University and was a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Bayles was the secretary in the integrated Baptist Young People’s Union in 1932. She worked for Polk County Social Services. She married Clifford Bayles in September of 1945.

Bayles would be prominent in the Des Moines NAACP serving as president of the organization in 1956 and vice president beginning in 1966. A 1974 report noted she was a three time president of the group. She led an interracial book group in 1959 and is pictured in the Des Moines Register of November 11,1959 with Martin Luther King, Jr. following King’s visit to Des Moines. Bayles led a forum on race in 1962. She remained active in central Iowa activities providing programs on travel to Africa and Black history programs. She is buried in Glendale Cemetery.