Benjamin Whitaker Haywood, Jr.
1905 - 1966 (60 years)-
Name Benjamin Whitaker Haywood Suffix Jr. Born 13 May 1905 Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA 
Gender Male Died 22 Apr 1966 Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried 23 Apr 1966 Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA Person ID I12830 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 14 Oct 2023
Family Hazel P. Sparks, b. 24 Nov 1917, Ida, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 19 Jan 1991, Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA (Age 73 years) Married 14 Nov 1952 Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Children 1. C.A. Haywood Last Modified 14 Oct 2023 Family ID F5638 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 13 May 1905 - Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA 
Married - 14 Nov 1952 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 22 Apr 1966 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA 
Buried - 23 Apr 1966 - Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Documents 
U.S. World War II Draft Card - Benjamin Whitaker Haywood, Jr.
Name: Benjamin Whitaker Haywood
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 35
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 13 May 1905
Birth Place: Austin, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 17 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Tyler, Smith, Texas, USA
Employer: Gulf Oil Corp.
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Complexion: Dark
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Next of Kin: Mrs. M. P. Haywood
Obituary of Benjamin Whitaker Haywood, Jr.
Published in The Shreveport Times on April 23, 1966
Headstones 
Headstone of Benjamin Whitaker Haywood, Jr. and Hazel P. Sparks Haywood
Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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Notes - Obituary:
Retired Oil Official Dies; Rites Today
Funeral services for Benjamin Whitaker Haywood, 60, who died Friday at his home, 3704 Greenway, after a long illness, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Osborn Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery. The Rev. L. A. Carrington, associate pastor of the Noel Memorial Methodist Church, will officiate.
A native of Austin, Tex., Mr. Haywood was graduated from Texas A&M College. He was employed with the Gulf Oil Co. in Venezuela, and returned to the United States in 1948 to become district manager for the company in Jackson, Miss. Until his retirement five years ago, he was district manager for Gulf in the Shreveport area.
Mr. Haywood was a member of the Noel Memorial Methodist Church, Shreveport, Petroleum Club and the Ark-La-Tex Association of Petroleum Landmen.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Hazel Haywood; a son, Barry Haywood of Shreveport; four daughters, Mrs. R. T. Ezell of Lufkin, Tex., Mrs. E. T. Kettleman of Bartlesville, Okla., Mrs. James H. Jackson Jr. of Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Catherine Adelle Haywood of Shreveport; his mother, Mrs. Mattie P. Haywood of Shreveport; a brother, T. S. Haywood of Corpus Christi, Tex.; and ten grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Joe T. Goodman of Shreveport, W. L. Allen of New Orleans, Joe T. Green of Houston, D. K. O'Connor and D. C. Callender, both of Jackson, and C. L. Rogers of Little Rock.
(Published in The Shreveport Times on April 23, 1966)
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