Individual Details

A program of the Commencement Exercises of the Ladonia Grammar School, Thursday, May 23, 1929: Will Haden Jr. was "Mr Henderson, A farmer in the play, "Cabbage Hill School"

Graduated from Ladonia High School, Class of 1933; May 30, 1949 Ladonia News.

16 Oct 1940 World War II Draft Registration
William Franklin Haden Jr. of Ladonia, Fannin Co, TX, was 25, born 1 Aug 1915 in Ladonia. His father, Mr. William Franklin Haden on Main St., Ladonia would always know his address. Student at East Texas State Teachers College, Commerce, Hunt Co, TX. 5'8" 142 lb., gray eyes, brown hair.

Dallas Morning News; Thurs, Jan 15, 1942.
Mary Elizabeth Apperson Bride of William Haden Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Roy F. Apperson, 3512 Dartmouth, have announced the marriage of their daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Apperson, to William Franklin Haden Jr., son of Mr. & Mrs. William Franklin Haden of Ladonia.
The wedding took place Monday evening in Corsicana, with the Rev. W. R. Hall officiating. Miss Lois Black and her fiance, Jack Crossland, attended the couple.
The bride wore a brown and blue gabardine suit with a brown topcoat trimmed in fur and an orchid corsage. Mrs. Haden was graduated from Highland Park High School and attended TSCW and SMU. She is a member of Chi Omega sorority. Mr. Haden is a former student of the University of Texas. They will make their home in Dallas. Several parties are being planned for the bride, the dates of which will be announced later.

1950 Census. Dallas, Dallas Co, TX, Hh 62
7643 Culcourt St
William F. Haden, Jr., 34, b. TX, CPA, Private Accountant
Mary E., wife, 31, b. TX
William R., son, 6 b. TX

Presbyterian Church Records, Dallas, TX. Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church.
Roll of Elders
W. F. Haden, Jr. installed 2/24/57. Resigned 12/13/59. Deceased 1/6/66.

Death Certificate:
Died in Dallas. He was divorced and living at the Villa Motel, Seagoville, Dallas. DOB given as 1 Aug 1915.
Date of death was 4 Jan 1966. He was an Accountant. Father listed as Will F. Haden Sr.; mother as Florein Jones. His mother was the informant for the death certificate. He died of chronic alcoholism; there was an inquest. He was buried in Ladonia Cemetery.

The Commerce Journal, Commerce, TX
Thursday, 13 Jan 1966, p.1
W. F. Haden Jr. Buried in Ladonia
Funeral services for Will F. Haden Jr., 50, son of Mrs. Will Haden of Ladonia, were held Friday, Jan. 7, in Ladonia Baptist Church with the Rev. N. M. Vandegriff of Marshall conducing.
Burial in Ladonia Cemetery was under the direction of W. Y. Goff Funeral Home.
Pallbearers included Ebb Bartley, Ben Ed Fry, Roy Sheffield, Robert Joyner, Tom Cain, and Leon Hurst.
Mr. Haden, a certified public accountant, died suddently at his home in Seagoville on Jan. 5th, following a heart attack.
The son of Will F. and Florein Jones Haden was born Aug 1, 1915, at Ladonia. He was graduated from Ladonia High School and received the BA degree from Austin College at Sherman. He had been a CPA in the Dallas area for more than 20 years.
Mr. Haden was a member of Webb Chapel Presbyterian Church in Dallas. He had lived in Seagoville for the past two years.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by a son, Will Roy Haden of Austin, and a sister, Mrs. R. B. Marcum of Borger.

Birth	1 Aug 1915	Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas
Marriage	12 Jan 1942	Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas - Mary Elizabeth Apperson
Death	5 Jan 1966	Seagoville, Dallas County, Texas
Divorce		Mary Elizabeth Apperson

Spouse	Mary Elizabeth Apperson (1918 - 1965)
Child	William Roy Haden (1943 - 2009)

Father	William Franklin Haden (1883 - 1953)
Mother	Florein Jones (1891 - 1972)
Sibling	Rosemary Haden (1925 - 2020)