Individual Details
Wanda Mae Hays
(20 Mar 1915 - 23 Jun 1975)
Muskogee Times-Democrat, Muskogee, OK, Sat. 24 Jul 1937, p.5
Wedding & Parties for Visitors Featur Week's Social Activities
Brides and their attending activities continue in July to be of prime interest to Muskogee society. This week Miss Wanda Mae Hays, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Wallace Hays, 438 N 16th St, and Mr. James Caliway Buchanan, Jr., son of Mr. & Mrs. James Caliway Buchanan, 532 N 13th St, were married in an impressive ceremoney at the St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church on Tuesday morning. The Rev. A. H. Hall, pastor of the First Baptist Church, offiated...
Married James Calloway Buchanan II; had son named James III.
When Wanda Mae was in high school her parents wanted her to take music from a professor at the University of Arkansas so she boarded with Kenney & Nora Comstock for a year, attending school in Fayetteville. She shared a bedroom with JoEllen - much to JoEllen's distress!
1940 Census. Muskogee, Ward 4, Porter Twp, Muskogee Co, OK, Hh 329
James C. Buchanan, 28, no place of birth, Proprietor, Retail Men's Furnishings
Wanda M., 25, b. AR
Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat, Muskogee, OK, Sun. 4 Apr 1943, p. 14
Captain and Mrs. J. C. Buchanan, Jr., announce the birth of a son, James Calliway III, Saturday, April 3, at the Oklahoma Baptist Hospital. The infant is the grandson of Mr. & Mrs. A. W. Hays and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Buchanan. Capt Buchanan of Camp Barkeley, TX, will arrive in Muskogee today.
1950 Census. Muskogee, Muskogee Co, OK, Hh 75
1417 Wes Okmulgee
Arthur W. Hays, 58, b. AR, Merchant, General Merchandise
Grace M., wife, 51, b. AR, Buys clothes & advertising, General Merchandise
Wanda M. Buchanan, dau, 35, b. AR
Jim C., grandson, 7, b. OK
Buried Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, OK.
Events
| Birth | 20 Mar 1915 | ![]() | |||
| Marriage | 20 Jul 1937 | Muskogee County, Oklahoma - Maj. James Calloway Buchanan Jr. | |||
| Death | 23 Jun 1975 | ![]() |
Families
| Spouse | Maj. James Calloway Buchanan Jr. (1912 - 1944) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Arthur Wallace Hays (1892 - 1961) |
| Mother | Grace Mae Graham (1896 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Arthur Graham "Bill" Hays (1919 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Living |
Endnotes
1. Grace Graham Hays, papers on family of Moses Allen - prepared for DAR Lineage for her daughter and granddaughter. Never submitted..
2. Find A Grave, Jim Tipton, Founder, online [http://www.findagrave.com/], , Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, OK #45556142.
