Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hayes, Robert O., 1955 

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ROBERT OWENS HAYES

ROBERT O. HAYES DIED IN SLEEP

   Residents of the Franklin community were shocked to learn this (Thursday) 
morning of the unexpected death of Robert Owens Hayes, 64, of 209 W. Fourth 
Avenue. 

   Mr. Hayes, who had a room in the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. Brinkley, was 
found dead in bed about 8 o'clock.  When he failed to turn off his alarm 
clock, as he customarily did, Mr. and Mrs. Brinkley went to investigate. 
Their knock on the door receiving no response, Mr. Brinkley entered the room 
to find Mr. Hayes apparently unconscious.  Dr. Henry L. Gardner, county 
medical examiner in the absence of Dr. T.A. Morgan, was summoned and 
pronounced Mr. Hayes dead. 

   The deceased was a son of the late R.B. and Kate Owens Hayes of Whaleyville 
and was educated in the Whaleyville school.  As a young man "Bob" Hayes came 
to Franklin to clerk for Jones-Hayes, his brother, the late George R. Hayes, 
then being a partner in the firm.  He was a veteran of World War I, serving in 
France with the 316th Infantry, 80th Division, and attaining the rank of 
sergeant. 

   After the war he was employed for a while by the Baugh Chemical Company as 
a salesman, and later by Shulman & Company, Norfolk Clothiers.  Returning to 
Franklin, he was again connected with Jones-Hayes until a few years ago, when 
he resigned to accept a position with Camp Manufacturing Company.  He was a 
member of the Franklin Baptist Church, the Franklin Lions Club, the American 
Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. 

   Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. T. Owen Parker of Whaleyville, Mrs. C.B. 
White of Norfolk, Mrs. V.C. Johnson of Bluefield, W.Va., and Mrs. Arthur D. 
Milteer of Gary, Ind.; one brother, O. Bryan Hayes of Whaleyville; and a 
number of nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Doris Pillow of Franklin. 

   Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons 
on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with Rev. R.D. Stephenson and J.S. 
Maxey officiating.  Interment will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery. 


Robert Owens "Bob" HAYES, businessman, Army veteran of WW-I, 
Whaleyville native, d. 13 Jan 1955, Franklin, age 64, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 224*), Franklin, 
   15 Jan 1955, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 13, 1955 

*His brother Garland is buried in the same plot. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt

Garland's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 13, 1950, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h200g1ob.txt 

Their parents are buried in Whaleyville Methodist Church Cemetery. 
   Whaleyville list, an extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/whaleyvl.txt 

Their father's (donated, 1926) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h200r2ob.txt 

Their mother's (donated, 1932) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h200k1ob.txt 


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

file at: 
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