In Loving Memory Of

Ruth Rice Hays

Ruth Rice Hays, formerly of Pauls Valley, died November 18, 2005 in Dallas, Texas at the age of 91 years.

She was born in Mercury, Texas to Chrisida (Parker) and A. P. Rice and grew up in West Texas including Placid and Brownwood.

She was a graduate of Howard Payne Teachers College. After leaving Pauls Valley she taught at Altus and at Moore. She and her husband, Herbert Bradford Hays, operated Hays Food Market in Pauls Valley before moving to Altus and later to Norman. Mrs. Hays also taught at Jackson School here in Pauls Valley.

Mrs. Hays surviving family include her son, Brad, of Indianapolis and her daughter, Janice, of Dallas. She also leaves four grandchildren, Jeff Nash, Greg Hays, Jennifer Woods and Graham Hays and two great granddaughters, Samantha Woods and Alexandra Woods.

Mrs. Hays was preceded in death by: parents; her husband, Herbert Bradford Hays on May 4, 1968; as well as her sisters, Grace Stephens and Johnnie Lou Nelson who were also residents of Pauls Valley.

Graveside funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 21, 2005 at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery with Dr. Robert J. Kanary officiating. Interment will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma under the direction of the Stufflebean-Coffey Funeral Home in Pauls Valley.