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18072. Ray Donald Hayes was born on 5 November 1918 in Watauga Co., NC. Ray died at Watauga County Hospital in Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 6 April 1965 of a self inflicted gunshot wound and was buried at Adams Cemetery in Vilas, Watauga Co., NC in April 1965 .44890,44891
Ray Donald Hayes and Clara Lee Hodges were married on 28 January 1939 in North Carolina.44892 
Clara Lee Hodges was born on 5 September 1923 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC. Clara died on 24 November 2006 at the age of 83 at Glenbridge Health Care Center in Lenoir, Caldwell Co., NC and was buried at Adams Cemetery in Vilas, Boone Twp., Watauga Co., NC.44893,44894
Clara Lee Hodges Hayes
Mrs. Clara Lee Hodges Hayes, 83, of 1902 Hickory Blvd., Lenoir, a former resident of Vilas, died Friday morning, Nov. 24, 2006, in Glenbridge Health Care Center.
She was born Sept. 5, 1923 in Caldwell County, a daughter of the late Joel Bynum and Mamie Coffey Hodges.
Mrs. Hayes was a retired warehouse assistant for Singer Furniture Company.
She was a member of Hibriten Baptist Church and a member of the church choir.
Survivors include two daughters, Mamie H. Ford and husband, Paul, of Lenoir, and Carole H. Isaacs and husband, Glenn, of Granite Galls; one son, Roy B. Hayes of Cherryville; one granddaughter, Melanie Griggs and husband, Greg, of Henderson; three grandsons, Chris Hayes of Cherryville, Jay Ford and wife, Michelle, of Kings Mountain, and Jason Isaacs and wife, Jennifer, of Newton; five great-grandchildren, Matthew and Kelli Ford of Kings Mountain, Hayes and Drew Griggs of Henderson, and Jeffrey Isaacs of Newton; three sisters, Beulah Bentley of Hickory, Mary Arnette and husband, James, of Vilas, and Peggy Austin and husband, Bill, of Boone; two brothers, Oscar Hodges and wife, Wava, of Vilas, and Jay Hodges and wife, Peggy, of Baltimore, Md.; six sisters-in-law, Snow Townsend and Gladyce Teague, both of Boone; Mildred Hayes and Melba Hayes, both of Vilas; Addie Lewis of North Wilkesboro, and Shirley Hayes of Taylorsville; a brother-in-law, Ernest Shore of Boone; and a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ray D. Hayes; her step-mother, Exie T. Hodges; and a daughter-in-law, Marsha G. Hayes.
Services were conducted Sunday afternoon, Nov. 26, 2006, at 3 p.m., at Hampton Funeral Home Chapel.
Officiating was the Rev. Douglas Cox. Burial followed in the Adams Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Hampton Funeral Service was in charge of the arrangements.