Harold Wood Haynie

b. 18 August 1908, d. 27 August 1979

Harold Wood "Joe" Haynie, 1908-1979
  • Harold Wood Haynie was born on 18 August 1908 in Grimes County, Texas.
  • Members of the Haynie and Wood families, and some neighbors, were photographed in front of "the Haynie hotel" in Richards, about 1911.
  • Students and teachers were photographed in front of Richards School in 1919. A bond for enlarging the school building was voted on 1 June 1918, and the photo likely celebrated its completion.
  • Ira Edwin Haynie and Fannie Goree Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Harold Wood Haynie, Thomas Jefferson Haynie and Isabel Haynie.
  • He married Arnita Post, daughter of Edward Thomas Post and Annabel Binford, circa 1928.
  • Harold Wood Haynie and Arnita Post appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Betty Jo Haynie.
  • He was employed as a salesman in a general store, according to the 1930 census.
  • Harold Wood Haynie and Arnita Post appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Betty Jo Haynie and Robert Goree Haynie.
  • He was employed by a retail grocery as a salesman, according to the 1940 census.
  • Harold Wood "Joe" Haynie was Grimes County Judge 1959-1974.
  • Joe Haynie -- Grimes County information, about 1965.
  • At the time of his death Harold Wood Haynie was living in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, at 904 Gibbs Street.
  • Harold Wood Haynie died on 27 August 1979 at age 71 in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, at Grimes Memorial Hospital . His death was officially witnessed by Arnita Post.
  • His wife Arnita Post became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Fairview Cemetery, Richards, Grimes County, Texas.
  • A single grave marker identifies the graves of Harold Wood Haynie and Arnita Post.
  • Last Edited: 21 May 2015

Family: Arnita Post b. 27 July 1907, d. 14 October 1987