Serving up Love - Loene Leona Smith/Hayes 1920-2006

      Many of us can relate yummy food to an environment of comfort and love.  Grandma Hayes made the most wonderful homemade noodles in a delicious chicken broth.  This was then ladled over big helpings of  buttery whipped potatoes.  It makes me hungry just thinking about it.  Then when I was so full I thought I'd burst they would ladled on more. 
     The potatoes were often served in this brown crockery bowl pictured above sitting on the dinner table. Enjoying this meal are  left to right is Grandma Loene Hayes, Uncle Leslie (standing), Grandpa James Wesley Hayes and Aunt Lola Hayes.  
     This yummy dish was served up with a heaping helping of laughter, love and belonging to a family that cared and enjoyed being together. 
     I am still amazed at the way Grandma made her noodles. She  mixed up the ingredients right on her cutting board. I am so blessed to have a photo of this precious memory. 

     While visiting my Dad in 2008 my Uncle Leslie graciously presented to me grandma's stoneware bowl. His generous gift nearly brought me to tears.  It is now one of my greatest treasures. 

Loene Leona Smith/ Hayes & James Wesley Hayes
parents of 
Nancy Armida Hayes
Lola
Leslie
James Dewayne Hayes
father of  
Teri, Brenda, James Leland, Bryan and Cris.

I hope that there are some that enjoy this story from the Hayes family.  My father was the last Hayes. He has three children, ten grandchildren and at last count twenty six ggrandchildren and two gggrandchildren.  A large legacy for sure but he was the last to bear the Hayes family name. 

Uncle Leslie had no children, Lola had four with the last name Cowdin and the youngest Aunt Nancy (not pictured) had one daughter with the surname Crosby.  

Virgil D. Smith

Tall 6'2", blue eyed, brown hair, ruddy completion, guitarist, and adventurer. If it is true,"that a picture says a thousand words" then Virgil is a perfect example.  The pin stripped suit and fur collar were fashion statements of the 1920's. I was told by his daughter that he was a real ladies man but he was eventually captured by my great grandmother Marie Bell Hayden. They married in 1919. This must have been where my dad inherited this "ladies man" trait. Virgil was born 01 February 1901 in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas and died in San Diego, California. 

                                                                        

Virgil D. Smith                    

father of                              

Loene Leona Smith/Hayes

mother of                            

James Dewayne Hayes        

father of                                  

Teri Lynette Hayes