Individual Details

7 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration.
at Orange Co, Texas. Also stamped by Local Board at Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR.
Eugene Sandford Hayes of Van Buren, Crawford, AR was 19, born 17 Sep 1898. He was working as a "air man" for National Ship Bldg Co, in Orange, TX. A. W. Hayes, his uncle, was his nearest relative. Tall, stout, blue eyes, light brown hair.

1930 Census. McAlester, Pittsburg Co, OK, Hh 14
Eugene S. Hays, age 31, married at 1st marriage 27, b. AR, parents b. AR. Superintendent, Cotton Gin.
Mary B., wife, age 28, married at 25, b. TX, parents b. AR
Eugene Jr., son age 1 year, 6 months. b. OK
Marcella, dau, age 9, b. OK, father b. AR, mother b. TX

Eugene and Mary had been married 4 years in 1930. Who was Marcella?

1940 Census. McAlester City, Pittsburg Co, OK, Hh 309
718 E. Wyandotte - lived in same place in 1935
Eugene S. Hays, 47, b. OK, Truck driver, wholesale gasoline
Mary Belle, wife, 44, b. OK, Home economics teacher, public school
Marselle, dau, 19, b. OK
Eugene, son, 11, b. OK

15 Feb 1942 World War II Draft Registration
Eugene Sanford Hays of 718 E. Wyandotte, McAlester, OK was age 43, b. 17 Sep 1898. Mary Belle Hays of the same address will always know his. Employer: S. H. Philippi at the Texas Company, 428 E. Seneca, McAlester. 6'1" tall, 220 lb, gray eyes, gray hair, scar on back of neck

The M'Alester News-Captial, McAlester, OK, Tues. 8 Nov 1949, p.1
Eugene S. Hays Dies Suddenly
Heart Attack Fatal to Postal Employee
Eugene S. Hays, 51, McAlester postal employee, died suddenly at 10:30 o'clock Monday night following a heart attack at his home at 305 East Creek Avenue.
He was born Sept. 17, 1898 in Van Buren, Ark. He was married Nov. 22 1926 to Miss Mary Belle Crowell at Sallisaw.
Following their marriage, Mr & Mrs. Hays moved to McAlester.
Mr. Hays entered the postal service oct. 24, 1942 and was employed as a clerk in the McAlester post office. Prior to going into postal work, he associated with the Texas Company here.
He was member of the board of the First Christian Church, the Masonic Lodge, and the Shriners. He was a 32nd degree Mason and held membership in the Indian Consistory here.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include his mother, Mrs. W. H. Hays, Van Buren, Ark.; a daughter, Mrs. Marcelle Bootes, Oklahoma city; eight brothers, Donald Hays with the US Navy in the Panama Canal Zone, John Hays of College Station, Tex., Paul Hays, W. E. Hays, and Earl Hays, all of Van Buren, and Russell Hays, Hadley Hays and Archie Hays, all of Blytheville, Ark.; four sisters, Mrs. James Kilgore, Mrs. Charles Vine, and Mrs. Edwin Defenbaugh, all of Van Buren, and Mrs. Woodrow Slaven of Tulsa; and one granddaughter, Marcie Ray Bootes, Oklahoma City.
His son Eugene Hays, Jr., preceded him in dauth Aug. 11.
...Burial will be in the Masonic section of Oak Hill Cemetery....


Eugene and Mary Belle and their son Eugene Jr. are buried Oak Hill Memorial Park, McAlester, Pittsburg Co, OK

Birth	17 Sep 1898	Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage	20 Nov 1926	Sequoyah County, Oklahoma - Mary Bell Crowell
Death	7 Nov 1949	McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Spouse	Mary Bell Crowell (1900 - 1962)
Child	Gwendolyn Marcelle Hays (Patterson?) (1921 - 1970)
Child	Eugene Sanford Hays Jr. (1928 - 1949)

Father	William Henry "Will" Hays (1878 - 1922)
Mother	Etta West (1880 - 1951)
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	Reba Elizabeth Hays (1911 - 1935)
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)