Biography of Read C. Haywood, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Fourteen years ago the bottling plant of the Pepsi Cola and NuGrape beverages
made their appearance in this section under the management of Read C. Haywood.
In April 1940, they started with only three trucks in an eight county area. Mr.
Haywood is the son of R. W. and Rosa (Seymour) Haywood of Haywood County, Tenn.
He came here from Brownsville, Tenn., where he had been employed since Oct. 6,
1934. On Dec. 12, 1936 he married Miss Lucile Lasley, daughter of Mrs. Mabel
Lasley of Memphis and the late John Lasley, and to this union has been born four
children. Mr. Haywood is a member of the Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas