[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 164 (Thursday, November 18, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       IN REMEMBRANCE OF DUB HAYES

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                           HON. RALPH M. HALL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 17, 1999

  Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor for me to rise today 
to pay tribute to an outstanding individual and close personal friend, 
James W. ``Dub'' Hayes of Whitesboro, Texas, who died suddenly on 
October 3 of this year. Dub was well-known and well-liked in Whitesboro 
and Grayson County as a prominent community leader who genuinely cared 
about people. His influence will be felt for generations to come.
  Dub was honored as Outstanding Citizen of Whitesboro three times--in 
1965, 1978, and 1994--a testimony to the contributions he made to the 
life of his home town. At the time of his death he was serving as a 
director of the Grayson County College Foundation, treasurer of 
Whitesboro Citizens for Excellence in Education and a member of the 
Whitesboro Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors.
  He was an ardent proponent of education, having served for 33 years 
as a Trustee of Grayson County College and as past president of the 
board. He served on the Board from 1965, the year the school opened 
until 1997.
  Dub also served as a charter member of the Texoma Blood Bank Board of 
Directors, a member of the Grayson County Airport Board and the Texoma 
Regional Planning Commission, past president of the Chamber of 
Commerce, Rotary Club and Quarterback Club in Whitesboro. Dub was 
active in the First Baptist Church of Whitesboro, where he served for 
many years as deacon, treasurer and Sunday School teacher.
  Dub and his brother, Ed, owned and operated a retail pharmacy 
business in Whitesboro for 28 years. Dub also worked as a pharmacist 
for 15 years at Wilson N. Jones Hospital--and continued working until 
his death as a relief pharmacist and consultant. Dub will be lovingly 
remembered as one of those pharmacists who was willing to get up in the 
middle of the night to fill prescriptions for those who were sick.
  He was a member of several professional organizations, including the 
Grayson, Collin, Cook Pharmaceutical Association, the Texas 
Pharmaceutical Association, the Texas Society of Hospital Pharmacists 
and the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.
  Born in 1925 in Whitesboro, the son of the late James Albert Hayes 
and Ruth Cherry Hayes, Dub graduated from Whitesboro High School, 
attended North Texas Agricultural College in Arlington and received his 
Pharmacy degree from the University of Texas. He served his county 
during World War II in both the Pacific and European theaters. In 1949 
he married his wife of 50 years, Ruth Helen Acker.
  Dub is survived by his wife, Helen; three children, Diane Hayes 
Gibson and her husband, Mark; Dr. Jim Hayes of Dallas; and Bill Hayes 
and his wife, Kelly; four grandchildren, Laura and Robert Gibson and 
Sarah and Charlie Hayes; brother, Ed Hayes, and his wife, Pat; sister-
in-law Marjorie Acker Laney and her husband, Bobby; three nieces and 
two nephews.
  Mr. Speaker, Dub Hayes was a truly great man who lived a life of 
devotion to his family, his community, his church, and his profession. 
He was a community leader who led an exemplary life--and he was loved 
by all who knew him. We will miss him--but his memory will be kept 
alive in our hearts and in our thoughts--and his legacy will continue 
to be felt in Whitesboro and Grayson County. Mr. Speaker, as we adjourn 
today for the last time during this century, I ask my colleagues to 
join me in paying our last respects to this outstanding man and great 
American--James W. ``Dub'' Hayes.

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