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Roy Hayes 1917 – 1977 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 OCT 1917

Birth Location: Inola, Oklahoma

Death Date: 5 APR 1977

Death Location: Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA

Father: Elijah Hayes

Mother: Virgie Cruse

Spouse(s): Emma Davis

Children(s): Wanda Hayes, Shirley Hayes, Ronnie Hayes

According to available records, Roy Hayes was born in 1917 in Inola, Oklahoma, the child of Elijah "Lige" Henry Hayes and Virgie Rebecca Cruse. Following those early years, Roy Hayes married Emma Jean Davis, and their family grew to include Wanda Jean Hayes, Shirley Ann Hayes and Ronnie Ray Hayes. In the later years of life, Roy Hayes died in 1977 in Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA.

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Parents

Elijah Hayes
1882 – 1952
Birth Location: Summers, Washington County, Arkansas, USA
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Virgie Cruse
1891 – 1965
Birth Location: Saint Joe, Searcy County, Arkansas, USA
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Spouses(s)

Emma Davis
1931 – 1988
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Wanda Hayes
1952 – 1976
Birth Location: Hockley, Texas, USA
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Shirley Hayes
1950 – 2015
Birth Location: Littlefield, Lamb County, Texas, USA
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Ronnie Hayes
1955 – 2015
Birth Location: Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 15 OCT 1917
    Event Place: Inola, Oklahoma
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 5 APR 1977
    Event Place: Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

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