Individual Details

Arkansas Birth Certificate #613
Elwanda Maxine Hays was born 6 Sep 1921, Van Buren, Crawford County, AR. Father: W. E. Hays, age 18, b. Van Buren, Farmer. Mother: Mary King, 18, b. Van Buren. First child.

Elwanda was one of the many boarders in the home of Kenney & Nora Comstock after they moved to Fayetteville near the University. She shared JoEllen's bedroom for a time. In a note of condolence written to Nora following Kenney's death she said, "I'll never forget one Sunday afternoon, Dec. 7, 1941, when Uncle Kenney paced the floor worrying about his boys going into service."

Jane Lumsden - May 16, 2002
As most of you cousins know, my sister Wannie passed away May 11 in Little Rock. John and I along with Peggy and Wayne and Nancy went to Little Rock for the funeral. Mary Jo came over from Hot Springs. The funeral was just what we all wanted to hear....a celebration of the life of Wannie with talks made by her best friend, a former boss and her grandson David.
Since Wannie had been in a nursing home for the last eight years, we didn't expect to see so many at the funeral. But they did come remembering how she was in the good times!
Thank you all for your cards and calls.
Jane

Birth	6 Sep 1921	Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage	31 Mar 1945	Snohomish County, Washington - Marion Thomas Longfellow
Death	11 May 2002	Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Spouse	Marion Thomas Longfellow (1924 - 2013)
Child	Living
Child	Micki Hays Longfellow (1949 - 2008)
Child	Living

Father	William Clarence "Bud" Hays (1903 - 1989)
Mother	Mary Ethel King (1903 - 1994)
Sibling	Kenneth Wayne Hays (1924 - 2019)
Sibling	William Hoover "Bill" Hays (1929 - 1999)
Sibling	Lucy Jane Hays (1933 - 2017)