• Born: 29 November 1920, Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Oregon, USA ^{3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11}
• Marriage (1): Leona Rebecca May COLE on 2 September 1939 in Coquille, Coos County, Oregon, USA ¹
• Marriage (2): Mae HOUSER on 2 August 1947 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA
• Died: 14 November 1995, Oakridge, Lane County, Oregon, USA at age 74 ^{3 5 8 10 11}
• Buried: 21 November 1995, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA ¹¹

   Cause of his death was cancer.

  General Notes

     Ray Hayes was born on 29 November 1920 in Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Oregon, the son of Leslie Elbert Hayes (1889 –1957) and Maude Laura Stinnette (1893 –1982).
     On 2 September 1939 in Coquille, Coos County, Oregon, Ray married his first wife, Leona May Cole (1923 –1997). Leona was the daughter of Harry Harvey Cole (1897 –1924) and Luellen Young (1904 – Abt 1932). Together, Ray and Leona had three children: Claud, Darrell (1941– 2010), and Carla. However, the marriage soon ended in divorce. Eventually, the children took on the surname of Myers (from Leona's third husband, Kenton Andrew Myers).
     During World War II, Ray served in the U.S. Marine Corps, enlisting in April 1944.
     On 2 August 1947 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, Ray married Mae Houser (1923 –1989), the daughter of Leroy Houser (1886 –1963) and Eunice Marie Rutledge (1897 –1971).
     Prior to her marriage to Ray, Mae had been married to Willard Pershing Graber (1919 –1988), with whom she had a son, Roger Victor Graber (1942 –1997), in 1942. Ray adopted Roger soon after their marriage. Apart from Roger, Ray and Mae had another son together, Bruce Gerald "Jerry" Hayes, as well as a child that died in infancy.  Although Ray and Mae had no more biological children, they did adopt and foster a number of children. Ray's obituary mentions 4 additional daughters and another son.
     Ray passed away at the age of seventy-five. His wife, Mae, passed away six years before him. They were both buried in Rest Haven Memorial Park.

-- bio adapted from the one written by William and posted on FindAGrave

  Burial Notes

Rest-Haven Memorial Park

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census in 1930 in North Bend, Coos County, Oregon, USA. ⁴

• He had a residence in 1935 in Coquille, Coos County, Oregon, USA. ⁹

• He appeared on the 1940 US Federal Census in 1940 in Marshfield, Coos County, Oregon, USA. ^{7 9} Age: 19; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Grand Son-in-law.

• He had a residence in 1957 in Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA.

• He had a residence in 1982 in Burney, Shasta County, California, USA.

• He had a residence in 1993 in Oakridge, Lane County, Oregon, USA. ⁶

• He had a residence before 14 November 1995 in Oakridge, Lane County, Oregon, USA. ³

• His obituary was published on page 2C of The Register-Guard on 17 November 1995 in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA.

• He was buried at the Rest-Haven Memorial Park in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA on 21 November 1995.

Raymond married Leona Rebecca May COLE, daughter of Harry Harvey COLE and Louellen May YOUNG, on 2 September 1939 in Coquille, Coos County, Oregon, USA.¹ The marriage ended in divorce before 1947. (Leona Rebecca May COLE was born on 19 May 1923 in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA,^{3 10 11 12 13 14 15} died on 18 October 1997 in Myrtle Point, Coos County, Oregon, USA ^{3 10 11 13} and was buried in 1997 in Norway, Coos County, Oregon, USA ¹¹.)

  Recorded Events about their Marriage

• Gallery: Marriage Record, on 2 September 1939, in Coquille, Coos County, Oregon, USA.

Raymond next married Mae HOUSER on 2 August 1947 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA. (Mae HOUSER was born on 15 May 1923 in Montana, USA,^{3 8 16 17} died on 12 August 1989 in Oakridge, Lane County, Oregon, USA ^{3 17} and was buried on 16 August 1989 in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA ⁸.). The cause of her death was brain cancer caused by malignant melanoma.