Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Jimmy Hayes
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   HAYES
   CHECOTAH - Jimmy HAYES was born April 5, 1941. He died August 15,
   1994, at a Tulsa hospital. Funeral services were held August 17 at
   Smith Chapel officiated by Scottish Rite Degree team and Rev. Larry
   GASTON. Pallbearers were Bob DANIELS, Dan GEORGE, Don ROBERTS, Dick
   PYLE, Joe LeMASTERS, and Charlie PETERSON. Interment was in the
   Greenlawn Cemetery.
   He was an attorney, a Muscogee Nation Supreme Curt Justice,
   vice-president of the National American Indian Judicial Association,
   and a member of Checotah Masonic Lodge 86 AF & AM, Checotah
   International Order of Odd Fellows Lodge, Bedouin Shrine, and Shrine
   Jesters. He was also a muncipal judge and a member of Checotah United
   Methodist Church.
   He was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Nicy Howell HAYES,
   and a sister. His survivors include his wife, Carroll Harris HAYES,
   whom he married February 2, 1963; his two sons, Bret HAYES and Jay
   HAYES, both of Checotah; a granddaughter, Brittnee HAYES of Checotah;
   a brother, Tom HAYES of Mineola, TX; three uncles, Lee HAYES of
   Checotah, Forest HAYES of Muskogee, and Wilburn HAYES of CA; and four
   aunts, Elma MYERS and Marie TEWELL, both of CA, Wynema MARSHALL of OR,
   and Mildred DENSON of Checotah.