Errol Edwin HAYES, Jr.

Male 1927 - 1998  (71 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Errol Edwin HAYES, Jr. was born on 1 Nov 1927 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina (son of Errol Edwin HAYES and Nina Florence WHITAKER); died on 28 Nov 1998 in Huntsville, Alabama; was buried in Nov 1998 in Huntsville, Alabama.

    Notes:

    !BIRTH:Surry County North Carolina; Records of Vital Statistics; Vol. 13; p.
    283; Reg. Dist. No. 86-2622; Certificate No. 53; Filed Dec. 1927; copy of
    certificate owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama

    !BIRTH:Whitaker Family Bible; owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama

    !Graduated from Elkin (NC) High School in 1944. Graduated from North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina in March, 1950 with a BS degree in Engineering-General. Entered the U. S. Army on 31 March 1950 and retired on June 30, 1977 as a Colonel. Awards received include Legion of Merit w/oak leaf cluster, Meritious Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart w/2 oak leaf clusters. Graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in 1960 with a MS degree in Industiral Management. Received an Accounting Certificate from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1982(?). Awarded degree of Certified Public Accountant on March 24, 1984 (Alabama Certificate Number 3076).
    !BIRTH:Surry County North Carolina; Records of Vital Statistics; Vol. 13; p.
    283; Reg. Dist. No. 86-2622; Certificate No. 53; Filed Dec. 1927; copy of
    certificate owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama.

    !Marshall 0278, p. 1 - Death information - His daughter, Shirley sent the death data to me via an email message. He is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery. [3/18/1999 - DWM]

    Errol married Shirley Lois Ruby LAMOREAUX [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sherrol Ann HAYES
    2. Claire Ansley HAYES

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Errol Edwin HAYES was born on 15 Dec 1899 in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina (son of Thomas Lee HAYES and Fanny Leola TRANSOU); died on 6 Apr 1951 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina; was buried on 7 Apr 1951 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina.

    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]


  2. 3.  Nina Florence WHITAKER was born on 25 Jul 1900 in Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina (daughter of William Wesley WHITAKER and Charlotte Eleanor HARRELL, (Lottie)); died on 1 Apr 1966 in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina; was buried on 3 Apr 1966 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    !Marshall 0141, p. 14
    !BIRTH:Whitaker Family Bible; owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama

    !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL:The Decendants of William Whitaker and his brother
    Jonathan Whitaker I of Surry County, North Carolina; by Hester Bartlett Jackson;
    NU-LINE PRINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY COMPANY; Bridge Street, Elkin, North Carolina;
    1989; copy owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama

    !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

    She attended Elkin City Schools and Guilford College. She was a member of the
    First Methodist Church of Elkin, where she was a member of the Woman's Society
    of Christian Service, a member of the Wednesday Study Club, and active in civic
    and social affairs of Elkin until her health failed.

    Children:
    1. Frances Eleanor HAYES
    2. 1. Errol Edwin HAYES, Jr. was born on 1 Nov 1927 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina; died on 28 Nov 1998 in Huntsville, Alabama; was buried in Nov 1998 in Huntsville, Alabama.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Lee HAYES was born on 16 Jul 1874 in Davie County, North Carolina (son of James Daniel Lee HAYES and Mary Ellen KURFEESE); died on 20 Feb 1942 in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    !Marshall 0141, p. 1

    Thomas married Fanny Leola TRANSOU on 4 Dec 1898 in , Yadkin County, North Carolina. Fanny (daughter of Edwin Lafayette TRANSOU and Nancy Gertrude FLYNT) was born on 31 Jul 1876; died on 28 Feb 1912 in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Fanny Leola TRANSOU was born on 31 Jul 1876 (daughter of Edwin Lafayette TRANSOU and Nancy Gertrude FLYNT); died on 28 Feb 1912 in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    !Marshall 0141, p. 1

    Children:
    1. 2. Errol Edwin HAYES was born on 15 Dec 1899 in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina; died on 6 Apr 1951 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina; was buried on 7 Apr 1951 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina.

  3. 6.  William Wesley WHITAKER was born on 19 Nov 1879 in Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina (son of Henry Green WHITAKER and Sarah Adeline LEWIS); died on 22 Aug 1949 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina; was buried on 25 Aug 1949 in Elkin, Surry, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    !Marshall 0141, p. 14
    !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL:The Decendants of William Whitaker and his brother
    Jonathan Whitaker I of Surry County, North Carolina; by Hester Bartlett Jackson;
    NU-LINE PRINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY COMPANY; Bridge Street, Elkin, North Carolina;
    1989; copy owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama

    !MARRIAGE:Whitker Family Bible; owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville,
    Alabama

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

    Born in Surry County near Pilot Mountain 19 November 1879 and died at Elkin in
    Surry County on 22 August 1949 with burial in the Hollywood Cemetary in Elkin.
    He was married at Pilot Mountain on 24 October 1897 to Charlotte "Lottie"
    Harrell who was born 20 June 1880 and died 26 April 1974.

    "Bill" Whitaker had several business interests in Elkin including Real Estate,
    Insurance, an agency for the "Hupmobile", and owned a grocery store until he
    died. He was the first Fire Chief for the Elkin Fire Department. Bill and
    "Lottie" were prominent in Church and Civic affairs in Elkin where they lived.

    The marriage of W. W. Whitaker of Pilot Mountain and Lottie Whitaker of Pilot
    Mountain was performed by Noah Fulk on October 24, 1897 at 4 P. M. in Pilot
    Mountain, North Carolina. Witnesses were Thanie James and Jennie Simmons.

    Following are personal memories that Mim gave to Eleanor Hayes Myrick during
    the summer of 1972.

    October 24, 1897 -- Mim was 16 and Papa 17 -- were married and lived in Pilot
    Mountain 4 years until Mother was 6 weeks. Moved to Elkin for 1 year, then to
    Fries, Virginia for 1 year, then back to Elkin. Papa ran a store for his
    father in Elkin and sold caskets, Singer sewing machines and furniture.

    Their house on Church Street in Elkin was built in 1912 by the Penny family.
    Papa bought it an moved in in 1917.

    William married Charlotte Eleanor HARRELL, (Lottie) on 24 Oct 1897 in Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina. Charlotte (daughter of Andrew Brannock HARRELL, (Andy) and Dora MARSHALL) was born on 20 Jul 1880 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina; died on 26 Apr 1974 in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; was buried on 28 Apr 1974 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Charlotte Eleanor HARRELL, (Lottie) was born on 20 Jul 1880 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina (daughter of Andrew Brannock HARRELL, (Andy) and Dora MARSHALL); died on 26 Apr 1974 in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; was buried on 28 Apr 1974 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    !Marshall 0141, p. 14
    BIRTH! Andrew Brannock Harrell Family Bible "Births & Deaths" pages, copy owned
    by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., 7807 Fair Circle, Huntsville, Alabama 35802 (205)
    881-1873. Name shown as "Lottie E. Marsh Harrell".

    !MARRIAGE: Whitaker Family Bible; owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville,
    Alabama.

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

    The marriage of W. W. Whitaker of Pilot Mountain and Lottie Whitaker of Pilot
    Mountain was performed by Noah Fulk on October 24, 1897 at 4 P. M. in Pilot
    Mountain, North Carolina. Witnesses were Thanie James and Jennie Simmons.

    Following are personal memories that Mim gave to Eleanor Hayes Myrick during
    the summer of 1972.

    When Mim was 5 years old, her mother died -- 1n 1886. Washburn Nichols married
    Aunt Priscilla Marshall at Guilford and took Mim home with them to their White
    Plains home. When Mim was about 8 she moved to the home of Uncle Dick and Aunt
    Minnie Marshall and lived with them 5 years. Her father married Ellen
    Marshall, her mothers sister, 4 years after her mother's death. Their children
    were Bennie, Roy, Sparger, and Sadie. When 15 Mim went home to live.

    October 24, 1897 -- Mim was 16 and Papa 17 -- were married and lived in Pilot
    Mountain 4 years until Mother was 6 weeks. Moved to Elkin for 1 year, then to
    Fries, Virginia for 1 year, then back to Elkin. Papa ran a store for his
    father in Elkin and sold caskets, Singer sewing machines and furniture.

    Children:
    1. 3. Nina Florence WHITAKER 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.
    2. Frank WHITAKER was born on 16 Aug 1903 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina; died on 22 Jun 1931 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina; was buried in Elkin, Surry, North Carolina.
    3. Mabel Pauline WHITAKER was born on 21 Nov 1905 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina; died in Feb 1987 in Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; was buried in Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James Daniel Lee HAYES was born on 8 Nov 1848 (son of Charles HAYES and Martha RATLEDGE, (Patty)); died on 28 Oct 1916.

    Notes:

    !Marshall 0141, p. 1

    James married Mary Ellen KURFEESE on 30 Sep 1873. Mary (daughter of Caleb F. KURFEESE, JR. and Mary LEACH) was born on 28 May 1853; died on 3 Sep 1876 in , Davie County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Ellen KURFEESE was born on 28 May 1853 (daughter of Caleb F. KURFEESE, JR. and Mary LEACH); died on 3 Sep 1876 in , Davie County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    !Marshall 0141, p. 1

    Children:
    1. 4. Thomas Lee HAYES was born on 16 Jul 1874 in Davie County, North Carolina; died on 20 Feb 1942 in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina.

  3. 10.  Edwin Lafayette TRANSOU was born on 16 May 1835 in Wilkes County, North Carolina (son of Jesse William TRANSOU and Mary Elizabeth ROUSSEAU); died on 4 Nov 1919 in Yadkin County, North Carolina.

    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]


  4. 11.  Nancy Gertrude FLYNT was born on 2 Jul 1844; died on 2 Dec 1905.

    Notes:

    !Marshall 0141, p. 1

    Children:
    1. 5. Fanny Leola TRANSOU was born on 31 Jul 1876; died on 28 Feb 1912 in Boonville, Yadkin County, North Carolina.

  5. 12.  Henry Green WHITAKER was born on 25 Jul 1847 in Surry County, North Carolina (son of Wesley WHITAKER and Elizabeth HOLYFIELD); died on 12 Oct 1911 in Surry County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    !Marshall 0141, p. 1

    Henry married Sarah Adeline LEWIS on 26 May 1870 in , Surry County, North Carolina. Sarah was born on 14 Feb 1853 in North Carolina; died on 21 Nov 1916 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Sarah Adeline LEWIS was born on 14 Feb 1853 in North Carolina; died on 21 Nov 1916 in North Carolina.

    Notes:

    !Marshall 0141, p. 1

    Children:
    1. 6. William Wesley WHITAKER was born on 19 Nov 1879 in Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina; died on 22 Aug 1949 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina; was buried on 25 Aug 1949 in Elkin, Surry, North Carolina.

  7. 14.  Andrew Brannock HARRELL, (Andy) was born on 18 Mar 1856; died on 28 Dec 1929 in Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina; was buried in Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    !Marshall 0141, p. 14

    Andrew married Dora MARSHALL about Nov 1877. Dora (daughter of John Marion MARSHALL and Christina SPARGER) was born on 24 Mar 1856 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina; died on 10 Jan 1886 in Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Dora MARSHALL was born on 24 Mar 1856 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina (daughter of John Marion MARSHALL and Christina SPARGER); died on 10 Jan 1886 in Surry County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    !Marshall 0141, p. 14

    Children:
    1. Rupert HARRELL was born on 17 Dec 1878; died in 1927.
    2. 7. Charlotte Eleanor HARRELL, (Lottie) was born on 20 Jul 1880 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina; died on 26 Apr 1974 in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; was buried on 28 Apr 1974 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina.
    3. Kitty Maude HARRELL was born on 4 Jul 1882.
    4. Nina Myrtle HARRELL was born on 27 Mar 1884; died on 14 Feb 1899.