Individual Details
Donald Edwin Wallace Hays
(18 Jan 1913 - 19 Nov 1994)
Arkansas Delayed Birth Certificate #1375
Donald Edwin Wallace Hays was born Rt. 2, Van Buren, Crawford County. Father was William Henry Hays, age 30. Mother was Etta West, age 33. He was the 10th child. His mother, Etta West Hays, age 69, made affidavit 27 Feb 1950.
Served in World War II and the Korean War in the Navy.
Buried Ft. Smith National Cemetery:
Hays, Donald Edwin, b. 01/18/1913, d. 11/19/1994, US Navy, CSC, Res: Van Buren, AR, Plot: 15 0 1848, bur. 11/23/1994
http://www.interment.net/data/us/ar/sebastian/ftsmithnat/ftsmith_hahen.htm
1950 Census. Orange, Orange County, TX, Hh 423
312 Denver St
Donald E. Hays, 37, Armed Forces
Mary C., wife, 31
Donald S., son, 3
Philip T., son, b. April 1949
Obituary states that he was a retired Navy veteran who served in WW II and the Korean War. Buried at Fort Smith U.S. National Cemetery, US Nancy, CSC.
Events
| Birth | 18 Jan 1913 | Crawford County, Arkansas |  | ||
| Military | 1942 | World War II (Navy) | |||
| Marriage | 19 Dec 1942 | Crawford County, Arkansas - Mary C. Slaven | | ||
| Military | 1950 | Korean War (Navy) | |||
| Death | 19 Nov 1994 | Crawford County, Arkansas | | ||
| Burial | 23 Nov 1994 | Fort Smith Natl Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary C. Slaven (1918 - 2008) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| 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 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 | 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) |
Endnotes
1. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
2. Social Security Death Index. Search available on
3. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
4. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
5. Social Security Death Index. Search available on
6. Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden, Research Papers from Lucy Jane (Hays) Lumsden. Email Correspondence. Personal knowledge.
7. "Interment.net," database, Interment.net (: Online February 2014), Ft. Smith National Cemetery, Sebastian County, Arkansas.