The best years of Parx O. Hays life thus far have been passed in Texas, chiefly in Gainesville, where the family settled in the early eighties, when Mr. Hays was yet a small child. He was for some years identified with his father, in young manhood,in the packing and retail meat business, but when he launched out as the head of a family, he withdrew from that connection and has since been identified with the land and loan business, in co-partnership with his brother.
Success has attended his efforts, and Mr. Hays stands among the leading business men of his community today. In 1907 he was granted a U.S. patent for his invention of a acetylene gas generator.
Born in Georgia in 1876, Mr. Hays is the son of Lawrence R. and Lucy (Carpenter) Hays. The father came to Texas with his family in 1881, later locating in Arkansas and remaining there for two years, when he returned to Texas and coming direct to Gainesville, he settled there and became engaged in the packing business. He built a commodious packing house and began to operate extensivley in wholsale and retail meat dealing, continuing active in the packing work until 1907, when he discontinued that phase of the business and has since devoted himself to the wholsale and retail department of the industry.
Mr. and Mrs. Hays, who make their home in Gainesville, are the parents of five children. They are as follows: Reese A. of Gainesville, where he is engaged in business with the subject; Odessa, the wife of Judge C. B. Pearman, of Gainesville, Texas, who is prosecuting attorney for the county and was at one time judge of the county court; Louanna is the wife of Sidnet A. Horn, connected with Val Peers & Company, in which he is a stockholder; Ella died in infancy; Parx O. Hays was the second born in the family of five.
Parx Hays grew up at home, gaining his education in the schools which his community provided, and when he reached a reasonable age he began to take an active part in the business of his father, in which he continued until he was twenty-six years old. When he married he engaged in the real estate and loan business, and is in that enterprise associated with his brother, Reese A. Hays, the firm being known as the Hays Land Company. They operate a general land business, operating for themselves and for others in their capacity as brokers and dealers. The firm is known as one of the most enterprising and successful of the district, and the young men who have fostered the business have shown themselves possessesed of excellent ability in their line.
Like his father, Mr. Hays is a Democrat, and like him also, he has never gone in for office seeking at any time. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and is one of the worthy citizens of the community, as many will attest.
In 1905, Mr. Hays was united in marriage with Miss Ianna Jones, daughter of Charles Neilson and Bettie (Boyd) Jones, natives of North Carolina and Texas, respectivley, and Miss Hays is a native daughter of Texas also. Mr Jones is a retired farmer of Gainesville, Texas where he has lived for many years.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hays three children have been born; Louanna, Estelle and Margaret Parx Hays. The family takes its proper place in the social life of the communitry, and enjoys the esteem and friendship of a large circle of the best people here resident.
Source: cantorjoeocho
GAINESVILLE DAILY REGISTER December 3, 1949
Parx O. Hays, 73, Long Time Local Resident, Dies
Parx Orr Hays, 73, for many years a resident of Gainesville, died unexpectedly in a Dallas hospital Friday at 4 p.m. He had been under treatment for several weeks.
Funeral services will be held at Whaley Memorial Methodist church at 3 p.m. the Rev. Roy Anderson, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Earl M. Jones of Brooklyn Avenue Methodist church, Dallas. Burial in Fairview cemetery will be directed by Geo. J. Carrol and Son Funeral home.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ianna Jones Hays; Three daughters, Mmes. E. D. Piott, Itasca, and Virgie W. Wallace, Gainesville, and Miss Margaret Parx Hays, vice counsul at the U. S. consulate in Rio De Janiero, Brazil; two sisters, Mrs. Sid Horn, Gainesville and Mrs. Odessa Pearman, Corpus Christi; four grandchildren. Mrs. Laura Hays, 607 South Grand is his stepmother and aunt.
Mr. Hays was born March 21, 1876 in Cobb county GA, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hays and had lived in Gainesville since 1881. He was married to Miss Ianna Jones, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones on August 7, 1907, in Gainesville.
He was one of the oldest active members of the Whaley Memorial Methodist church, and for many years was active in young people's work and was superintendent of the Sunday school at the church. For eight years he had served as county tax collector. In recent years he had been engaged in real estate business here.
Success has attended his efforts, and Mr. Hays stands among the leading business men of his community today. In 1907 he was granted a U.S. patent for his invention of a acetylene gas generator.
Born in Georgia in 1876, Mr. Hays is the son of Lawrence R. and Lucy (Carpenter) Hays. The father came to Texas with his family in 1881, later locating in Arkansas and remaining there for two years, when he returned to Texas and coming direct to Gainesville, he settled there and became engaged in the packing business. He built a commodious packing house and began to operate extensivley in wholsale and retail meat dealing, continuing active in the packing work until 1907, when he discontinued that phase of the business and has since devoted himself to the wholsale and retail department of the industry.
Mr. and Mrs. Hays, who make their home in Gainesville, are the parents of five children. They are as follows: Reese A. of Gainesville, where he is engaged in business with the subject; Odessa, the wife of Judge C. B. Pearman, of Gainesville, Texas, who is prosecuting attorney for the county and was at one time judge of the county court; Louanna is the wife of Sidnet A. Horn, connected with Val Peers & Company, in which he is a stockholder; Ella died in infancy; Parx O. Hays was the second born in the family of five.
Parx Hays grew up at home, gaining his education in the schools which his community provided, and when he reached a reasonable age he began to take an active part in the business of his father, in which he continued until he was twenty-six years old. When he married he engaged in the real estate and loan business, and is in that enterprise associated with his brother, Reese A. Hays, the firm being known as the Hays Land Company. They operate a general land business, operating for themselves and for others in their capacity as brokers and dealers. The firm is known as one of the most enterprising and successful of the district, and the young men who have fostered the business have shown themselves possessesed of excellent ability in their line.
Like his father, Mr. Hays is a Democrat, and like him also, he has never gone in for office seeking at any time. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and is one of the worthy citizens of the community, as many will attest.
In 1905, Mr. Hays was united in marriage with Miss Ianna Jones, daughter of Charles Neilson and Bettie (Boyd) Jones, natives of North Carolina and Texas, respectivley, and Miss Hays is a native daughter of Texas also. Mr Jones is a retired farmer of Gainesville, Texas where he has lived for many years.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hays three children have been born; Louanna, Estelle and Margaret Parx Hays. The family takes its proper place in the social life of the communitry, and enjoys the esteem and friendship of a large circle of the best people here resident.
Source: cantorjoeocho
GAINESVILLE DAILY REGISTER December 3, 1949
Parx O. Hays, 73, Long Time Local Resident, Dies
Parx Orr Hays, 73, for many years a resident of Gainesville, died unexpectedly in a Dallas hospital Friday at 4 p.m. He had been under treatment for several weeks.
Funeral services will be held at Whaley Memorial Methodist church at 3 p.m. the Rev. Roy Anderson, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Earl M. Jones of Brooklyn Avenue Methodist church, Dallas. Burial in Fairview cemetery will be directed by Geo. J. Carrol and Son Funeral home.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ianna Jones Hays; Three daughters, Mmes. E. D. Piott, Itasca, and Virgie W. Wallace, Gainesville, and Miss Margaret Parx Hays, vice counsul at the U. S. consulate in Rio De Janiero, Brazil; two sisters, Mrs. Sid Horn, Gainesville and Mrs. Odessa Pearman, Corpus Christi; four grandchildren. Mrs. Laura Hays, 607 South Grand is his stepmother and aunt.
Mr. Hays was born March 21, 1876 in Cobb county GA, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hays and had lived in Gainesville since 1881. He was married to Miss Ianna Jones, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones on August 7, 1907, in Gainesville.
He was one of the oldest active members of the Whaley Memorial Methodist church, and for many years was active in young people's work and was superintendent of the Sunday school at the church. For eight years he had served as county tax collector. In recent years he had been engaged in real estate business here.
The best years of Parx O. Hays life thus far have been passed in Texas, chiefly in Gainesville, where the family settled in the early eighties, when Mr. Hays was yet a small child. He was for some years identified with his father, in young manhood,in the packing and retail meat business, but when he launched out as the head of a family, he withdrew from that connection and has since been identified with the land and loan business, in co-partnership with his brother.
Success has attended his efforts, and Mr. Hays stands among the leading business men of his community today. In 1907 he was granted a U.S. patent for his invention of a acetylene gas generator.
Born in Georgia in 1876, Mr. Hays is the son of Lawrence R. and Lucy (Carpenter) Hays. The father came to Texas with his family in 1881, later locating in Arkansas and remaining there for two years, when he returned to Texas and coming direct to Gainesville, he settled there and became engaged in the packing business. He built a commodious packing house and began to operate extensivley in wholsale and retail meat dealing, continuing active in the packing work until 1907, when he discontinued that phase of the business and has since devoted himself to the wholsale and retail department of the industry.
Mr. and Mrs. Hays, who make their home in Gainesville, are the parents of five children. They are as follows: Reese A. of Gainesville, where he is engaged in business with the subject; Odessa, the wife of Judge C. B. Pearman, of Gainesville, Texas, who is prosecuting attorney for the county and was at one time judge of the county court; Louanna is the wife of Sidnet A. Horn, connected with Val Peers & Company, in which he is a stockholder; Ella died in infancy; Parx O. Hays was the second born in the family of five.
Parx Hays grew up at home, gaining his education in the schools which his community provided, and when he reached a reasonable age he began to take an active part in the business of his father, in which he continued until he was twenty-six years old. When he married he engaged in the real estate and loan business, and is in that enterprise associated with his brother, Reese A. Hays, the firm being known as the Hays Land Company. They operate a general land business, operating for themselves and for others in their capacity as brokers and dealers. The firm is known as one of the most enterprising and successful of the district, and the young men who have fostered the business have shown themselves possessesed of excellent ability in their line.
Like his father, Mr. Hays is a Democrat, and like him also, he has never gone in for office seeking at any time. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and is one of the worthy citizens of the community, as many will attest.
In 1905, Mr. Hays was united in marriage with Miss Ianna Jones, daughter of Charles Neilson and Bettie (Boyd) Jones, natives of North Carolina and Texas, respectivley, and Miss Hays is a native daughter of Texas also. Mr Jones is a retired farmer of Gainesville, Texas where he has lived for many years.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hays three children have been born; Louanna, Estelle and Margaret Parx Hays. The family takes its proper place in the social life of the communitry, and enjoys the esteem and friendship of a large circle of the best people here resident.
Source: cantorjoeocho
GAINESVILLE DAILY REGISTER December 3, 1949
Parx O. Hays, 73, Long Time Local Resident, Dies
Parx Orr Hays, 73, for many years a resident of Gainesville, died unexpectedly in a Dallas hospital Friday at 4 p.m. He had been under treatment for several weeks.
Funeral services will be held at Whaley Memorial Methodist church at 3 p.m. the Rev. Roy Anderson, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Earl M. Jones of Brooklyn Avenue Methodist church, Dallas. Burial in Fairview cemetery will be directed by Geo. J. Carrol and Son Funeral home.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ianna Jones Hays; Three daughters, Mmes. E. D. Piott, Itasca, and Virgie W. Wallace, Gainesville, and Miss Margaret Parx Hays, vice counsul at the U. S. consulate in Rio De Janiero, Brazil; two sisters, Mrs. Sid Horn, Gainesville and Mrs. Odessa Pearman, Corpus Christi; four grandchildren. Mrs. Laura Hays, 607 South Grand is his stepmother and aunt.
Mr. Hays was born March 21, 1876 in Cobb county GA, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hays and had lived in Gainesville since 1881. He was married to Miss Ianna Jones, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones on August 7, 1907, in Gainesville.
He was one of the oldest active members of the Whaley Memorial Methodist church, and for many years was active in young people's work and was superintendent of the Sunday school at the church. For eight years he had served as county tax collector. In recent years he had been engaged in real estate business here.
Success has attended his efforts, and Mr. Hays stands among the leading business men of his community today. In 1907 he was granted a U.S. patent for his invention of a acetylene gas generator.
Born in Georgia in 1876, Mr. Hays is the son of Lawrence R. and Lucy (Carpenter) Hays. The father came to Texas with his family in 1881, later locating in Arkansas and remaining there for two years, when he returned to Texas and coming direct to Gainesville, he settled there and became engaged in the packing business. He built a commodious packing house and began to operate extensivley in wholsale and retail meat dealing, continuing active in the packing work until 1907, when he discontinued that phase of the business and has since devoted himself to the wholsale and retail department of the industry.
Mr. and Mrs. Hays, who make their home in Gainesville, are the parents of five children. They are as follows: Reese A. of Gainesville, where he is engaged in business with the subject; Odessa, the wife of Judge C. B. Pearman, of Gainesville, Texas, who is prosecuting attorney for the county and was at one time judge of the county court; Louanna is the wife of Sidnet A. Horn, connected with Val Peers & Company, in which he is a stockholder; Ella died in infancy; Parx O. Hays was the second born in the family of five.
Parx Hays grew up at home, gaining his education in the schools which his community provided, and when he reached a reasonable age he began to take an active part in the business of his father, in which he continued until he was twenty-six years old. When he married he engaged in the real estate and loan business, and is in that enterprise associated with his brother, Reese A. Hays, the firm being known as the Hays Land Company. They operate a general land business, operating for themselves and for others in their capacity as brokers and dealers. The firm is known as one of the most enterprising and successful of the district, and the young men who have fostered the business have shown themselves possessesed of excellent ability in their line.
Like his father, Mr. Hays is a Democrat, and like him also, he has never gone in for office seeking at any time. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and is one of the worthy citizens of the community, as many will attest.
In 1905, Mr. Hays was united in marriage with Miss Ianna Jones, daughter of Charles Neilson and Bettie (Boyd) Jones, natives of North Carolina and Texas, respectivley, and Miss Hays is a native daughter of Texas also. Mr Jones is a retired farmer of Gainesville, Texas where he has lived for many years.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hays three children have been born; Louanna, Estelle and Margaret Parx Hays. The family takes its proper place in the social life of the communitry, and enjoys the esteem and friendship of a large circle of the best people here resident.
Source: cantorjoeocho
GAINESVILLE DAILY REGISTER December 3, 1949
Parx O. Hays, 73, Long Time Local Resident, Dies
Parx Orr Hays, 73, for many years a resident of Gainesville, died unexpectedly in a Dallas hospital Friday at 4 p.m. He had been under treatment for several weeks.
Funeral services will be held at Whaley Memorial Methodist church at 3 p.m. the Rev. Roy Anderson, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Earl M. Jones of Brooklyn Avenue Methodist church, Dallas. Burial in Fairview cemetery will be directed by Geo. J. Carrol and Son Funeral home.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ianna Jones Hays; Three daughters, Mmes. E. D. Piott, Itasca, and Virgie W. Wallace, Gainesville, and Miss Margaret Parx Hays, vice counsul at the U. S. consulate in Rio De Janiero, Brazil; two sisters, Mrs. Sid Horn, Gainesville and Mrs. Odessa Pearman, Corpus Christi; four grandchildren. Mrs. Laura Hays, 607 South Grand is his stepmother and aunt.
Mr. Hays was born March 21, 1876 in Cobb county GA, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hays and had lived in Gainesville since 1881. He was married to Miss Ianna Jones, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones on August 7, 1907, in Gainesville.
He was one of the oldest active members of the Whaley Memorial Methodist church, and for many years was active in young people's work and was superintendent of the Sunday school at the church. For eight years he had served as county tax collector. In recent years he had been engaged in real estate business here.
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