Rachel Elizabeth Johnson

b. 10 August 1881, d. 24 November 1966
  • Rachel Elizabeth Johnson was born on 10 August 1881 in Georgia.
  • She married James Franklin Hays, son of Thomas Marion Hays and Elizabeth Jane Nolen, on 10 December 1896 in Clay County, Alabama, at James Johnson's residence, with Rev. L. P. Hodnett, officiating.
  • Rachel Elizabeth Johnson became a widow at the 10 April 1947 death of her husband James Franklin Hays.
  • Rachel Elizabeth Johnson died on 24 November 1966 at age 85 in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama.
  • She was interred at New Home Missionary Baptist Church, Alabama, in Cullman or Winston County?
  • The following appeared in a local newspaper: Mrs. Rachel Elizabeth Hayes, 85, 1609 Crest Ave., died in a local hospital noon Thursday after an extended illness. Services Saturday 2 p.m. New Home Baptist Church, Cullman Co. Revs. J. E. Herring and Harvey McCary officiating, burial adjoining cemetery. Survivors: sons, Harvey Hayes, Holly Pond, Madison Hayes, Detroit Mich; daughters, Mrs. Leslie Holloway, Arab, Mrs. Maggie Bennefield, Gadsden, Mrs. Mollie Hood, Highland, Mich., Mrs. Eula Fulton, Warren, Mich; half-sister, Mrs. Ola Laney, Pisgah; 31 grandchildren, 73 great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren. She was a member of The Baptist Church and resident of Etowah Co. for a number of years. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The body will remain at Collier-Butler.
  • Last Edited: 28 Mar 2011

Family: James Franklin Hays b. 9 October 1867, d. 10 April 1947