Individual Details
Reba Elizabeth Hays
(26 Mar 1911 - 27 Jan 1935)
Wm O. Lockhart, age 21 of Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR, marriage license to marry Miss Reba E. Hays, age 19 of Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR, 27 Jul 1929. Married the same day by J. C. Smalley, County Judge.
1930 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 352
William O. Lockhart, 22, married at 21, Chauffer, Road Construction
Reva E., wife, 20, married at 18
Arkansas Death Certificate #146
Mrs. Reba Elizabeth Lockhart, LaFayette St, Van Buren, Crawford Co, died 27 Jan 1935, of abortion (likely spontaneous miscarriage) on Jan 22nd resulting in septicemia and peritonitis. She was born 26 Mar 1911 in Van Buren. Father was W. H. Hays; mother Addie Hays, who was the informant. Buried PeevyHouse Cemetery, Jan 28th.
Buried Pevehouse Cemetery
Found in Post-em Note:
Reba E. Hays Lockhart
Birth: Mar. 27, 1910
Death: Jan. 27, 1935
Beloved wife of William Othelo Lockhart.
Loving daughter of William Henry and Etta West Hays.
Sister of William Clarence Hays.
Reba E. (Hays) Lockhart died on January 27, 1935 at the age of 24 years and 10 months. She was the wife of William Othello Lockhart and the mother of Billye Jean and Ronald Wayne Lockhart, who were 3 and 4 years old at the time of her death. She was the daughter of William Henry "Will" and Etta (West) Hays.
When Reba's daughter married, her name became Billye Jean (Lockhart) Hopkins.
Reba's siblings included; Eugene Sanford Hays, Clara Vivian Hays, William Clarence "Bud" Hays, Bennie Russell Hays, John Q. Hays, Paul West Hays, Clinton Earl Hays, Josie Blanch Hays, Donald Edwin Wallace Hays, Champ Hadley Hays, Mary Margaret Hays, Archie Theodore Hays and Dorothy Euldine Hays and Anna Ruth Hays.
Reba Lockhart was preceded in death by her father; William Henry "Will" Hays and her sister; Anna Ruth Hays. Anna was born March 7, 1909 and died April 4, 1909, in Crawford County, Arkansas. Both, her father and sister are interred at Pevehouse Cemetery.
Reba's husband, William Othello Lockhart, was born September 12, 1907 and died March 13, 1985, and he is interred at Woodland Cemetery, Sand Springs, Oklahoma, with the Hopkins family plots.
The descendants of Reba Elizabeth (Hays) Lockhart include her grandchildren; Reba Jane Hopkins Ludiker, Deborah Dean Hopkins Pitts, Harold Dean Hopkins Jr, John Christopher Hopkins, and Ronald Wayne Lockhart Jr. To date, Reba Lockhart's descendants have extended to 10 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren.
Events
| Birth | 26 Mar 1911 | Crawford County, Arkansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 27 Jul 1929 | Crawford County, Arkansas - William Othelo Lockhart | | ||
| Death | 27 Jan 1935 | Crawford County, Arkansas | |
Families
| Spouse | William Othelo Lockhart (1907 - 1985) |
| Child | Billie Jean Lockhart (1930 - 2012) |
| Child | Ronald Wayne Lockhart (1931 - 2017) |
| Child | Leah Lockhart (1932 - 2017) |
| Father | William Henry "Will" Hays (1878 - 1922) |
| Mother | Etta West (1880 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Eugene Sanford Hays (1898 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Clara Vivian Hays (1902 - 1994) |
| Sibling | William Clarence "Bud" Hays (1903 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Bennie Russell Hays (1905 - 1989) |
| Sibling | John Quine Hays (1906 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Paul West Hays (1908 - 1994) |
| Sibling | Anna Ruth Hays (1909 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Josie Blanche Hays (1912 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Donald Edwin Wallace Hays (1913 - 1994) |
| Sibling | Clinton Earl Hays (1914 - 1991) |
| Sibling | Champ Hadley Hays (1915 - 1998) |
| Sibling | Mary Margaret Hays (1917 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Archie Theodore Hays (1919 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Dorothy Euldine Hays (1921 - 2001) |
Endnotes
1. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
2. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR).
3. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR).
4. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
5. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR).