Individual Details

Buried Gracelawn Cemetery, Van Buren, AR.

1950 Census. Van Buren Twp, Crawford, AR, Hh 34
109 Cane Hill
Clinton Earl Hays, 36, Farmer
Ruby, wife, 31
Frank King, hired hand, 16

Earl Hays was born March 29, 1914 in Van Buren, Arkansas to William Henry and Etta West Hays, and passed from this life August 18, 1991 in Van Buren.

He was a retired former Grocer and Service Station Owner.
He was a member of Alexander Memorial Christian Church.

He was preceded in death by a son, Russell Hays.
He was survived by his wife, Ruby; and a son, Samuel Edward Hays of Van Buren. Three sisters, Clara Kilgore, Mary Deffenbaugh and Dorothy Vines all of Van Buren; three brothers, Paul and Donald Hays of Van Buren and Hadley of Jackson, Texas.

Funeral service was held August 20, 1991 at Ocker Memorial Chapel, officiated by Reverend Johnny Clayton, Reverend Richard Hubbard and Reverend Ron Batchelor with burial at Gracelawn Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Walter Thomson, Wayne Samples, Dale Griffin, Frank Newman, John Smith and John Smith Jr. 

Birth	29 Mar 1914	Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage	9 Apr 1939	Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas - Ruby Ellen Motley
Death	18 Aug 1991	Crawford County, Arkansas

Spouse	Ruby Ellen Motley (1918 - 2004)
Child	William Russell Hays (1947 - 1985)
Child	Samuel Edward Hays (1951 - 2008)

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	Donald Edwin Wallace Hays (1913 - 1994)
Sibling	Hadley Champ Hays (1915 - 1998)
Sibling	Mary Margaret Hays (1917 - 1996)
Sibling	Archie Theodore Hays (1919 - 1973)
Sibling	Dorothy Euldine Hays (1921 - 2001)