Individual Details

1930 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 359
Etta Hays, age 49, widow, b. AR as were her parents
Bennie R., son 25, farmer
Paul W., son, 22, farmer
Josie B., dau, 18. Donald E., son 17. Clinton E., son, 16. Champ H., son, 14. Mary M., dau, 12, Archie T., son, age 10 and Dorothy U., dau, age 8.

1940 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 450
Lived in same house in 1935
Etta Hays, 59, widow
Archie, son, 20, Clerk, Retail Grocery
Paul, son, 31, Farmer
Leon, daughter-in-law, 27
Paul Jr., grandson, 2
Mary, dau, 22

1950 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 68
North along Peevyhouse Road
Paul W. Hays, 42, b. AR, Farmer
Mollie L., wife, 37, b. AR
Paul W., Jr., son, 12
Carolyn J., dau, 8
Joe Ella, dau, 3
Etta Hays, mother, 69, widow, b. AR

Arkansas Death Certificate #8949
Etta Hays died 11 Aug 1951 at her home on Rt. 2, Van Buren, Crawford Co of Hypertension and diabetes. She was born 13 Jul 1880 in Crawford Co and was widowed. Father was Rev. John Q. West; mother, Mary Campbell. Paul Hays, son, of Van Buren was the informant. buried Aug 14th, Pevehouse Cemetery.

Blytheville Courier News, Blytheville, AR, 11 Aug 1951, p.8
Obituaries
Russell Hays' Mother Dies in Van Buren
Mrs. Etta Hays, mother of Russell Hays, Hadley Hays and Archie Hays of Blytheville, died this morning at her home near Van Buren. The 71-year-old woman had been ill for about two months but was thought to be improving when she suddenly became worse and died.
Her husband, W. H. Hays, died several years ago and a son had made his some with Mrs. Hays since that time.
She leaves eight sons, W. C. Hays of Van Buren, Dr. John Q. Hays of College Station, TX, Paul Hays of Van Buren, Donald Hays of the Navy, Earl Hays of Van Buren, and the three sons who live in Blytheville; and four daughters, Mrs. Jim Kilgore of Van Buren, Mrs. W. W. Flavens of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Edwin Diffenbaugh and Mrs. Charles Vines of Van Buren.
Services will be conducted in Van Buren but arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of relatives.

Buried in Pevehouse Cemetery.
On her grave marker: "She Was the Sunshine of Our Home"

Birth	13 Jul 1880	Arkansas
Marriage	2 Jun 1897	Crawford County, Arkansas - William Henry "Will" Hays
Death	11 Aug 1951	Crawford County, Arkansas
Burial		Peevyhouse Cemetery, Crawford County, Arkansas

Spouse	William Henry "Will" Hays (1878 - 1922)
Child	Eugene Sanford Hays (1898 - 1949)
Child	Clara Vivian Hays (1902 - 1994)
Child	William Clarence "Bud" Hays (1903 - 1989)
Child	Bennie Russell Hays (1905 - 1989)
Child	John Quine Hays (1906 - 1980)
Child	Paul West Hays (1908 - 1994)
Child	Anna Ruth Hays (1909 - 1909)
Child	Reba Elizabeth Hays (1911 - 1935)
Child	Josie Blanche Hays (1912 - 1987)
Child	Donald Edwin Wallace Hays (1913 - 1994)
Child	Clinton Earl Hays (1914 - 1991)
Child	Champ Hadley Hays (1915 - 1998)
Child	Mary Margaret Hays (1917 - 1996)
Child	Archie Theodore Hays (1919 - 1973)
Child	Dorothy Euldine Hays (1921 - 2001)

Father	Rev. John Quincy West (1843 - 1908)
Mother	Mary E. Campbell (1843 - 1921)
Sibling	Mary E. West (1869 - 1884)
Sibling	James William West (1870 - 1926)
Sibling	Louella West (1874 - 1874)
Sibling	Nettie West (1875 - )
Sibling	Florence Isabel West (1877 - 1951)
Sibling	Nora West (1879 - 1880)
Sibling	Nannie West (1883 - )
Sibling	Bessie West (1885 - 1943)
Sibling	Fannie West (1887 - 1969)