Individual Details

30 June 1942 World War II Draft Registration
Kenneth Wayne Hays of RFD 2, Box 83A, Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR, was age 18, b. 3 Jan 1924 in Van Buren. W. C. Hays of the same address would always know his. Employed in Farming. 6' tall, 150 lb, blue eyes, brown hair.

1950 Census. Seminole, Seminole Co, OK, Hh 8
321 1/2, apt 1, Broadway
Kenneth W. Hays, 26, b. AR, assitant gas analist; Gas Measuring Dept.
Nancy L., 22, b. IL, Gas Co Clerk, Utility Gas Co.

Index to Conveyances of Real Estate, Troup Co, GA
Mrs. Kathren Young to Kenneth W. Hays, Lots 12 & 13, Block L, Forrest Hills Subdivision, Filed Sept 27, 1954. Recorded Book 93, p.384.

1958 LaGrange, Troup Co, GA City Directory
Hays, Kenneth W (Nancy L) sales engineer, Callaway Mills. home: 222 E. Lane Circle

The Boston Globe, Boston, MA, Sun. 22 dec 1991, p.66
Marriages
Dean M. Atwood, son of Mrs. Charles E. Hancock, Pembroke, Tenant's Harbor, Maine, and the late Mr. Benjamin W. Arwood, to Leslie A. Hays, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. K. Wayne Hays, Durham, NC and Newport, RI.

Times Advocate
Kenneth, 95, died peacefully on August 21, 2019. Born in Van Buren, AR, a son of the late William “Bud” and Mary “Nan” (King) Hays, he also lived in Fayetteville and Elkins, AR; Seminole, OK; Greggton, TX; LaGrange, GA; Sharon, MA; Durham, NC; and Sun City West, AZ. He also summered in Newport, RI since 1992.
Mr. Hays was a pioneer in the nonwovens industry and served as the Charter President of the International Nonwovens and Disposables Association (now INDA). During his five-decade career in the industry, he was employed by Callaway Mills, the Kendall Company, Colgate-Palmolive, the Lutravil Company, and Freudenberg Spunweb. After retiring, Mr. Hays was again President of INDA, served as a consultant to Freudenberg and North Carolina State University, and helped found the Nonwoven Cooperative Research Center. Wayne began his career at Sinclair Oil and Gas Company.
Mr. Hays received his BS in Chemistry from the University of Arkansas and an MBA from Northeastern University. Wayne served as a pilot in the Naval Air Corps during WWII.
Mr. Hays is survived by his wife of 72 years, Nancy Lang Hays, and three children, Peter and his wife Dena of Fairfax Station, VA; Leslie Atwood and her husband Dean of Fairfax VA; Daniel and his wife Summer of Banner Elk, NC; and five grandchildren Peter, Steven, Benjamin, Jena, and Madeline. Wayne was the brother of the late Wannie Longfellow, the late William Hays, and the late Jane Lumsden.
A service was held in Sun City West, AZ with plans for an August 21, 2020 memorial gathering in Newport, RI. Memorial donations may be made to the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund.
Obit also in The Herald-Sun, Durham, NC, Sun. 15 Sep 2019, p.A9

Birth	3 Jan 1924	Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage	7 Jun 1947	Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas - Living
Death	21 Aug 2019	Sun City West, Maricopa County, Arizona

Spouse	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	William Clarence "Bud" Hays (1903 - 1989)
Mother	Mary Ethel King (1903 - 1994)
Sibling	Elwanda Maxine "Wannie" Hays (1921 - 2002)
Sibling	William Hoover "Bill" Hays (1929 - 1999)
Sibling	Lucy Jane Hays (1933 - 2017)

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