Ralph Martin Hays

Ralph Martin Hays, 87, of Pompano Beach, Florida, died Saturday, May 11, 2013. He was born December 26, 1925, at Amity, Arkansas, to Omer and Lenna Hays. He graduated from Henderson State University and received his masters from Illinois Wesleyan College. After teaching music at Des Arc and Arkadelphia, he taught at Hardin-Simmon University and for 20 years at SMU, retiring in 1986. He lived in Florida and New York after retirement. He is survived by his sister, Sue (Bud) Selsor of Hot Springs, and brother-in-law, Jack Kirksey of Amity, and 21 nieces and nephews.