Individual Details

James Harry Kilgore, age 21, of Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR, applied for marriage licence to marry Clara V. Hays, age 20, also of Van Buren, on 29 Nov 1922. G. Garfield Alexander, Christian Minister married them on 30 Nov 1922.

1930 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 351 [on the same page of the census as her brother William and her mother and younger siblings]
James H. Kilgore, age 28, married at 20, farmer
Clara, wife, age 28
James W., son, age 6
John H., son, age 4 and 3 months.
Robert E, son , age 8 months

1940 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 396
Highway 59 - lived in same house in 1935
James H. Killgore, 39, Farmer
Clara, wife, 37
James, son, 16. John H., son, 14. Robert, son, 10. Betty, dau, 8. Donna K., dau, age 1

1850 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 261
Lincoln Hill
Jim Kilgore, 48, Clerk, General Farm Supply
Clara V., wife, 47
Betty Joe, dau, 18
Donna Kay, dau, 11

Clara is buried at Gracelawn Cemetery, Van Buren.
FindAGrave.com:
Times Record Obituary; Page 10A; January 29, 1994
Clara Vivian Hays Kilgore was born May 1, 1902 in Crawford County, Arkansas to William Henry and Etta West Hays.
She passed from this life on January 27, 1994 in Van Buren.
She was a retired sales clerk for Comstock's Department Store and a lifetime member and choir director at Alexander Memorial Christian Church. She also was an American Legion Gold Star Mother, a member of Dorcus Society of Alexander and a correspondent for The Press Argus Courier for 50 years.
Clara married James Harry Kilgore on November 30, 1922. To this union was born James William Kilgore, John Hays Kilgore, Robert Edward Kilgore, Betty Jo Kilgore and Donna Kay Kilgore.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James; and a son, James Harry Kilgore. She was an American Legion Gold Star Mother.
She is survived by two daughters, Betty Wilmot of Van Buren and Donna Talley of Pryor, Oklahoma; two sons, John of Sweeny, Texas, and Robert E. of Pasadena, Texas; two sisters, Mary Deffenbaugh and Dorothy Vines, both of Van Buren; three brothers, Paul Hays Sr. and Donald E. Hays, both of Van Buren, and Hadley Hays of Jackson, Tennessee; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be David Edward and James William Killgore, David James, Dale Hays and Dennis Robert Wilmot and Paul Hays Jr.
Funeral will be 11 a.m. January 31 in Alexander Memorial Christian Church with burial at Gracelawn Cemetery under the direction of Edwards Van-Alma Funeral Home.

Birth	1 May 1902	Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage	30 Nov 1922	Crawford County, Arkansas - James Harry Kilgore
Death	27 Jan 1994	Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas

Spouse	James Harry Kilgore (1901 - 1974)
Child	James William Kilgore (1923 - 1945)
Child	John Hays Kilgore (1925 - 1999)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	William Henry "Will" Hays (1878 - 1922)
Mother	Etta West (1880 - 1951)
Sibling	Eugene Sanford Hays (1898 - 1949)
Sibling	William Clarence "Bud" Hays (1903 - 1989)
Sibling	Bennie Russell Hays (1905 - 1989)
Sibling	John Quincy Hays (1906 - 1980)
Sibling	Paul West Hays (1908 - 1994)
Sibling	Anna Ruth Hays (1909 - 1909)
Sibling	Reba Elizabeth Hays (1910 - 1935)
Sibling	Josie Blanche Hays (1912 - 1987)
Sibling	Donald Edwin Wallace Hays (1913 - 1994)
Sibling	Clinton Earl Hays (1914 - 1991)
Sibling	Hadley Champ Hays (1915 - 1998)
Sibling	Mary Margaret Hays (1917 - 1996)
Sibling	Archie Theodore Hays (1919 - 1973)
Sibling	Dorothy Euldine Hays (1921 - 2001)