Errol Edwin HAYES

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• Name	Errol Edwin HAYES
  Birth	15 Dec 1899	Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Apr 1951	Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina
  Burial	7 Apr 1951	Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I1042	Marshall and Allied Families
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	Thomas Lee HAYES,   b. 16 Jul 1874, Davie County, North Carolina d. 20 Feb 1942, Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Fanny Leola TRANSOU,   b. 31 Jul 1876   d. 28 Feb 1912, Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	4 Dec 1898	, Yadkin County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F7474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nina Florence WHITAKER,   b. 25 Jul 1900, Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina d. 1 Apr 1966, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1923	Dobson, Surry County, North Carolina
  Children	+ 1. Frances Eleanor HAYES + 2. Errol Edwin HAYES, Jr.,   b. 1 Nov 1927, Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina d. 28 Nov 1998, Huntsville, Alabama (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F279	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."