Jesse William TRANSOU

Notes:

!Marshall 0141, p. 4

Family/Spouse: Mary Elizabeth ROUSSEAU. Mary was born on 2 Dec 1813 in Wilkes County, North Carolina; died on 16 Sep 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0141, p. 1

Edwin married Nancy Gertrude FLYNT on 28 Jan 1867 in , Forsyth County, North Carolina. Nancy was born on 2 Jul 1844; died on 2 Dec 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0141, p. 1

Fanny married Thomas Lee HAYES on 4 Dec 1898 in , Yadkin County, North Carolina. Thomas (son of James Daniel Lee HAYES and Mary Ellen KURFEESE) was born on 16 Jul 1874 in Davie County, North Carolina; died on 20 Feb 1942 in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!The spelling of the name is from Errol Hayes, Jr.

!Marshall 0141, p. 14
!BIRTH:Hayes Family Bible; owned by Grace Hayes Williams, Boonville, North
Carolina

!MARRIAGE:State of North Carolina; Surry County; Office of the Register of
Deeds; License for Marriage; dated June 3, 1923; Original License owned by
Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama

!BURIAL:Buried in Hollywood Cemetary, Elkin, North Carolina

He owned Hayes & Speas Furniture Store and Hayes & Speas Funeral Home in Elkin,
North Carolina. He was engaged in the retail furniture business and as a
funeral director for more than 30 years. He was a member of the Elkin First
Methodist Church, a member of the local Masonic Lodge, was a past president of
the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association, a past president of the North
Carolina Burial Association, a charter member of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, a past
president of the Elkin Merchants Association, and was active in Boy Scout work
and other civic affairs.

From the "Funeral Association Journal", Clarence W. Andrews, Editor - Mgr.,
Box 253, Burlington, N. C., Volume 1, Number 4, January 1938, page 11 (copy
available from Errol Edwin Hayes, Jr., 7807 Fair Circle, Huntsville, Alabama
35802, phone (205) 881-1873).

"This month we salute Errol Edwin Hayes, Elkin, N. C.

"In every State, City, Organization and Profession, one will find many
forms of mankind, the builder . . . the leader . . . the diplomat . . . the
thinker . . . the doer . . . the scrapper; and then those who are just citizens,
residents and members. Once in a while one will see a man possessing one or
more of the mentioned attributes, but seldom does one run across a man
possessing all these fine virtures . . . but, if you will add kindliness . . .
and a constant desire to see that everything in every channel is running better
than true to form . . . then immediately Errol Edwin Hayes (known as Earl)
comes to mind.

"Born thirty-eight years ago in Boonville, he received his elementary
education in Surry county, then finished the N. G. A. C., at Dalenoga, Georgia,
where he majored in business engineering. After finishing his schooling, he
started out to see the world . . . go places and do things. The farther he
traveled from Surry county the more he became infected with the little love bug
and homesickness, for he had left the finest little girl in the foothills of
Blowing Rock . . . and she was waiting for his return home. The suffering and
pain was too much for Earl, so he returned to Surry county and immediately
asked Miss Nina Whitaker to be Mrs. Errol Edwin Hayes. At this period of his
life . . . historians failed to record further data . . . some say Miss Whitaker placed Earl on a six months' probation period . . . others say twelve months . . . but it is a fact that Earl walked the chalk-line. County records record the marriage. Mr. Hayes then entered the Furniture and Funeral Directing business.

"Mr. Hayes has been known for many years as among the front rank Funeral
Directors of the state, and his career as helper in burial association work has
added to that esteem in such a way as to build him up as a logical candidate
for a certificate of leadership. His ability is well known, his urbane yet
wholly sincere personality well liked and widely respected, and his intense
devotion to civic matters and other public-spirited interests, outside of his
work for the funeral directing profession, speaks of what caliber of man he is.

"A member of the firm of Hayes & Speas, Inc., of Elkin, Mr. Hayes enjoys a
wide and varied friendship among the good people of Surry and adjoining
counties. Whenever you feel a desire to visit . . . and want a change of
scenery pleasing to the eyes . . . some pure mountain air and water . . . drive
up to see Mr. Hayes . . . your troubles will disappear . . . and you'll feel
much better for having had the visit and chat."

Errol married Nina Florence WHITAKER on 3 Jun 1923 in Dobson, Surry County, North Carolina. Nina (daughter of William Wesley WHITAKER and Charlotte Eleanor HARRELL, (Lottie)) was born on 25 Jul 1900 in Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina; died on 1 Apr 1966 in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina; was buried on 3 Apr 1966 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]