Obituaries:  R. D. "Junior" Hayes, 1965, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  December 30, 1965 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

R. D. Hayes, Jr. Dies of Gunshot Christmas Eve

R. D. "Junior" Hayes, Jr., 35 year old former Winn resident was shot to death
in Lafayette Christmas Eve.  He is survived by his wife and five children,
4-13.

Hayes was the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hayes, Sr., of Tannehill and he was an
oil field industry worker.  He had been living in Lafayette for about a year
and had spent the last 14 years in the south Louisiana oil fields.

Official details of the circumstances of his death were not locally available,
however the family was told by Lafayette authorities that Hayes was shot at a
bar, where he argued with one man and was shot by a third who was arrested
pending a hearing this week.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday at Mamou, the home of Hayes' wife.

Other survivors include five brothers:  Derrel of Tannehill, Prentice of
Winnfield, Wayne of Bossier City, Terry of Tannehill, Donald Gene of Camp
Polk, and a sister, Mrs. Billie Faircloth of Deville.