Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hayes, Charles H., 1942 

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CHARLES HENRY HAYES

   Charles Henry Hayes, 73, lifelong resident of the Franklin community, died 
Tuesday afternoon in the office of a specialist in Richmond while there for 
treatment.  Mr. Hayes was for 25 years a deacon of Beaver Dam Baptist Church 
and served there also as clerk for over ten years.  He was a Spanish-American 
War veteran.

   He was the son of the late James Timothy and Lavinia Darden Hayes of Isle 
of Wight County.  During his early life he married Miss Cora A. Scott.  To 
this union was born one son, Henley Hayes, now stationed with the United 
States Army at Jamaica, British West Indies, who survives him.  Mrs. Hayes 
died 10 months after their marriage.

   Later he married Miss Caroline Scott of this county, and to this union was 
born one daughter, Miss Lavinia Hayes, both of whom survive.  Besides his wife 
and two children, he is survived by one brother, Capt. W.R. Hayes, of 
Portsmouth and a number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock from his 
residence near Franklin, conducted by his pastor, the Rev. John P. Batkins and 
the Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Franklin Baptist Church.  Interment was made in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery here with the following pallbearers.

   Nelson Gardner, T. Hayes Holland, Jack W. Holland, T.C. Holland, Rudolph 
Rogers, Floyd Beale, Reggie Lankford and Lawrence Councill.  At the home Mrs. 
F.E. Howell, Mrs. Bene Rawls, Mrs. W.P. Baker, E.K. Brinkley and J. Edgar 
Weede sang "Abide with Me," accompanied by Hal J. Lyon at the piano.


Charles Henry HAYES, Spanish-American War veteran, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 28 Jul 1942, Richmond, age 73, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (unmarked; Section 2, Plot 49*), Franklin, 
   30 Jul 1942, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 31, 1942, p. 1 

*Unmarked, as is widow; both added to her family's plot.  His brother is buried 
   with his-in-laws, in Section 2, Plot 10. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His parents are buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Beaver Dam list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Oct. 17, 1968, Sect. II, p. 4) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h200c1ob.txt 

His first marriage: 

Charles Henry Hays, 40, Single, b. & res. Isle of Wight Co., 
   sn/o Timothy & Lavinia, Farmer 
Cora Annie Scott, 28, Single, b. & res. Isle of Wight Co., 
   dt/o Geo.W. & Virginia 
m. 22 Mar 1910, Norfolk, by W. Thorburn Clark 
(IoW 1910 #30) 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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