Lamar Hobbs Hays, 76, of Durant died Monday at the Baptist Medical Center in Jackson after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 25 from Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Durant with the Reverend Johnny Dinas and the Reverend Doc Jeter officiating. Interment was in Mizpah Cemetery.
Mr. Hays was a native of Leake County, a son of George F. Hays and Sarah Hobbs Hays. He was a retired Mississippi State Highway Department employee, a Shriner and a member of First United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillian Lyon Hays; one daughter, Mrs. Carolyn H. Varnado of Houston, Texas; one brother, George F. Hays of Madera, Cal. and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Sonny Potts, Clarence Robertson, Joe Lewis, Dr. C. E. Patton, Miles Ray, Mike Killebrew.
Honorary pallbearers were members of his Sunday school class, Charlie Ray, W. S. Heggie, Robert Ray, Hugh Carl McLellan and Billy Lewis.
The Holmes County Herald – Page 3
Lexington, MS
May 27, 1976
Lamar Hobbs Hays, 76, of Durant died Monday at the Baptist Medical Center in Jackson after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 25 from Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Durant with the Reverend Johnny Dinas and the Reverend Doc Jeter officiating. Interment was in Mizpah Cemetery.
Mr. Hays was a native of Leake County, a son of George F. Hays and Sarah Hobbs Hays. He was a retired Mississippi State Highway Department employee, a Shriner and a member of First United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillian Lyon Hays; one daughter, Mrs. Carolyn H. Varnado of Houston, Texas; one brother, George F. Hays of Madera, Cal. and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Sonny Potts, Clarence Robertson, Joe Lewis, Dr. C. E. Patton, Miles Ray, Mike Killebrew.
Honorary pallbearers were members of his Sunday school class, Charlie Ray, W. S. Heggie, Robert Ray, Hugh Carl McLellan and Billy Lewis.
The Holmes County Herald – Page 3
Lexington, MS
May 27, 1976
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