Individual Details
Ben Floyd Hays
(1920 - 1965)
William Wayne Hays, son of Perry, states that Benjamin Hays had a son Ben Floyd. Freda Barnet, Hays researcher, stated that Benjamin had a son Ben Floyd. He was not listed with the family in the 1920 census. Also not there in 1930. He is listed as buried Gracelawn Cemetery in Van Buren. Born 1920, died 1965. Next to him is Kathryn Taylor Hays, b. 1923, d. 1946, his wife. They were married 29 Dec 1938.
In 1940, they were in Ward 2, Fort Smith.
Ben F. Hays, 19, b. Oklahoma, Common Labor, WPA Street Commission
Kathryn L., wife, 16, b. Oklahoma
Geraldine, 2 months old, b. Arkansas
16 Feb 1942 World War II Draft Registration
Ben Floyd Hays of Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co ws age 20. He was born near Greenwood Junction in Oklahoma on 4 May 1921. Mrs. Ben Floyd Hays would always know his address. His employer was Basil M. Moody at the Moody Farm on Mussett Road, Ft. Smith. He was 5'6" tall, 145 lbs. Gray eyes, brown hair. Scar from boil on forehead over left eye. Says he has scar on left arm.
Events
| Birth | 1920 |  | |||
| Death | 1965 | | |||
| Burial | Gracelawn, Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas |
Families
| Father | Benjamin McClure Hays (1860 - 1936) |
| Mother | Harriet Elizabeth "Lizzy" Murphy (1875 - ) |
| Sibling | Golda Hays (1890 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Roy Lee Hays (1892 - ) |
| Sibling | Perry Victor Hays (1899 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Velda Oscar Hays (1902 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Cecile Hays (1905 - ) |
| Sibling | Arvil Joseph Hays (1909 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Lucille "Lucy" Hays (1914 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), p.217 Gracelawn Cemetery, Van Buren.
2. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), p.217 Gracelawn Cemetery, Van Buren.