Individual Details
Josie Blanche Hays
(8 Feb 1912 - 12 Sep 1987)
Arkansas Delayed Birth Certificate #409
Josie Blanche Hays was born in Van Buren (Rural), Crawford Co, AR on 8 Feb 1912. Her father was William Henry Hays; her mother Etta West - both born in Arkansas. Josie Hays Slave of 8429 Freeport, Dallas, TX made application on 24 Mar 1972. She presented an affidavit of personal knowledge from sister, Clara Hays Kilgore, age 69 dated 21 Mar 192. Birth certificate of her son signed by the attending physician, 1 Nov 1945. Metropolitan Life Insurance policy dated 11 Apr 1955. Her marriage license from the Crawford County Clerk, T. L. Delzell, dated 9 Sep 1939.
9 Sep 1939. Crawford Co, AR MarriageLicense
Woodrow W. Slaven of Little Rock, Pulaski Co, AR, age 27
Miss Josie Blanche Hays of Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR, age 27.
T. L. Delzell, County Clerk [my Uncle Lester, married to my great-aunt, Edna Comstock]
1940 Little Rock AR City Directory
Slaven, Woodrow W. (Josie B), eng at US Eng. Residence - 714 Marshall.
1950 Census, Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK, Hh 214
308 Mohawk
Woodrow W. Slaven, 37, b. AR, U.S.Engineer, Government
Josie H., wife, 38, b. AR
Richard W., son, 4, b. AR
Josie and Woodrow are buried Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas Co, TX. The inscription says "Together forever"
Events
| Birth | 8 Feb 1912 | Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 10 Sep 1939 | Crawford County, Arkansas - Woodrow Wilson Slaven | | ||
| Death | 12 Sep 1987 | Dallas, Dallas County, Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Woodrow Wilson Slaven (1912 - 2008) |
| Child | Richard Woodrow Slaven (1946 - ) |
| 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 | Reba Elizabeth Hays (1911 - 1935) |
| 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. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
3. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.