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Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, September 9, 2003: Edward R. Hays, 90, of Lexington, passed away on Sunday, September 7, 2003. He was preceded in death by his wife, Louise Hughes Hays and a brother, Earl F. Hays. He is survived by his daughter, Nancy Jo Hays Carrico, of Richmond, and his son, Jim H. Hays, of Lexington; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one sister, Christine Hays Ellis, of Schenectady, New York, and two brothers, Russell Hays and Bruce Hays, both of McKee. Mr. Hays was born in McKee on May 7, 1913, a son of the late James R. Hays and Nell Russell Hays. He served as an FBI agent during World War II, with assignments in Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C., New York City, and Louisville. He practiced law for nearly 60 years, beginning in McKee in 1936, then in Pikeville with the firm of Baird & Hays, and, finally, in Lexington with the firm of Hays, Moss, & Lynn. Private graveside services are planned at the Lexington Cemetery. The family requests you make donations to Hospice of the Bluegrass, Crestwood Christian Church, or the First Presbyterian Church of Pikeville. Guest book at Legacy.com

Birth	7 May 1913	McKee, Jackson Co., Kentucky
Death	7 Sep 2003	Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky
Burial		Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky

Spouse	Louise Hughes (1917 - 1999)
Child	Nancy Jo Hays ( - )
Child	Jim H. Hays ( - )

Father	James Randell Hays (1880 - 1954)
Mother	Nellie Pearl Russell (1888 - 1970)
Sibling	Christine Hays (1909 - 2006)
Sibling	James "Russell" Hays (1911 - 2004)
Sibling	Earl Franklin Hays (1917 - 1999)
Sibling	Robert Bruce Hays (1922 - 2008)