Former Citizen Died in Colorado
Word was received here the other day of the death last Saturday in Brush, Colo., of Oscar Hays, who more than a quarter of a century ago operated a prosperous draying business in this city. He rew [sic] up here, the son of Mitchell Hays and wife, living a mile south of town. He was a brother of Elmer Hays, Mrs. C. C. Burr, and Mrs. Francis McElfresh of this place, who were in attendance at the funeral, held in Brush.
Smith County Pioneer, January 12, 1939, p. 1.