Individual Details

Marriage License, Muskogee Co, OK shows Russell was age 27, of Uniontown, Crawford Co, AR and Beulah was 23 of Pittsburg, Kansas. They were married on 1 Jan 1933 by Hugh J. Lloyd, a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

She is listed in the obituary of B. Russell Hays as his wife May Hays.

BEULAH ARDAVENE MAY HAYS OBITUARITY
The Jonesboro Sun
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Beulah Ardavene Hays
BLYTHEVILLE -- Beulah Ardavene Hays, 96, of Blytheville died Friday, April 29, at Beverly Health Care Manor at Rogers.
Born at Pittsburg, Kan., she was a retired registered nurse and a longtime Blytheville resident. She was a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist School of Nursing and served as a Red Cross nurse. She was a member of the GSWC Women's Club of Blytheville, the Garden Club, Christian Women's Fellowship and First Christian Church. Survivors include one daughter, Sissie Hays Black of Bentonville; four granddaughters, Marianne Hays, Shari Ruth Hays, Susan Black Garza and Karen Black Frederick; and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bennie Russell Hays; one son, Benny R. Hays Jr.; her parents, Charles Harmon and Beulah Elizabeth Phillps May; four sisters; two brothers; and one grandson.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at First Christian Church of Blytheville, with Dr. Tommy Joe Carney officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery under the direction of Cobb Funeral Home of Blytheville.
Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to First Christian Church, the Mississippi County Union Mission or the Blytheville Women's Club.

The Commercial Appeal
Memphis, Tennessee
May 1 2005
ARKANSAS
Blytheville -- Beulah Ardavene Hays, 96, retired registered nurse, died Friday in Rogers. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Blytheville First Christian Church, where she was a member, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Cobb Funeral Home has charge. She was a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist School of Nursing and a member of GSWC Women's Club, Garden Club and Christian Women's Fellowship. Mrs. Hays, the widow of Bennie Russell Hays, leaves a daughter, Sissie Hays Black of Bentonville, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Birth	16 Feb 1909	Kansas
Marriage	1 Jan 1933	Muskogee County, Oklahoma - Bennie Russell Hays
Death	29 Apr 2005	Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas

Spouse	Bennie Russell Hays (1905 - 1989)
Child	Living
Child	Bennie Russell Hays Jr. (1935 - 1998)
Child	Living
Child	Living