Obituary for Jack Winston Hayward
Jack Winston Hayward, 94, of Canyon TX, passed away on Saturday, July 1, 2023. Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, July 7, 2023 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Gene Jones officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, July 6, 2023 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon.
Jack was born on February 17, 1929 in Rolla, Kansas to George Louis Hayward, son of Sarah (Gregory) Hayward and Oliver Thomas (O.T.) Hayward, and his mother, Grace Inez (Cox) Hayward, daughter of George Elliott Cox and Fannie Allen (McDowell) Cox.
Rolla was the center of the Dust Bowl during the 1930’s and his father, George, ran The Rolla State Bank so Jack often told stories about how the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression affected his childhood. At the beginning of the Depression, there were several banks in Morton County. In 1939 only two banks had not failed, the Rolla State Bank and the First National Bank of Elkhart, a few miles down the road. That year, the directors of the First National Bank voted to close their bank, so George moved his bank to Elkhart and renamed it, The First State Bank of Elkhart, which stayed under Hayward ownership until 1998. Jack was 9 years old, at the time.
Jack finished his schooling in Elkhart, graduating from Elkhart High School in 1947. From there, he attended Kansas State University, graduating in 1951 with a Bachelor of Agricultural Economics and minor in Military Science (Air Force ROTC). Later, he received his Master of Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University in 1958 where he also served as Instructor for the Agricultural Economics Department. In 2006 Jack received a Master’s Degree in Counseling from West Texas A&M University.
While in the Air Force, Jack married Margaret Helene Campbell of Meriden, Kansas on August 10, 1951 in Grand Lake, Colorado. Helene is the daughter of Roscoe Conklin Campbell and Clara Gladys (Henderson) Campbell. They would have celebrated their 72nd anniversary this summer. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force where he served as Adjutant in the 3424th Technical Training Squadron at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado. He was released from active duty in 1953 as a Captain and returned to Elkhart to work in the First State Bank of Elkhart.
Around 1945, Jack bought his first piece of farmland and over the next 70+ years, he put together a sizeable spread which he enjoyed managing. He also worked as Assistant Cashier of the Bank from 1953 to 1955 until he left to attend graduate school at Oklahoma State University. He returned to work in the Bank from 1958 to 1965. After the death of his father in 1965, he moved to St. Petersburg, FL and became Vice President of The City Bank and Trust Company in St. Petersburg, FL and later its sister bank, The Suncoast City Bank.
From Florida, he moved to Murfreesboro, TN where he was General Manager of Sword of the Lord in Murfreesboro, TN from 1975 to 1977. In 1977 he returned to Elkhart, KS and served as Chairman of the Board for the First State Bank in Elkhart, KS until 1998, when he and Helene retired and moved to Canyon. During those years Helene, Stephen, Roxane and Martha also worked in the bank.
Jack was always active in church, accepting Christ as his personal Savior in his teens. He attended and led the singing in the Adult Sunday School class at First Baptist Church of Canyon.
While in high school, Jack was active in the Boy Scouts, becoming an Eagle Scout and attending the 1947 Boy Scout World Jamboree in France. In 2016, Jack was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma (Business Honors Fraternity), the first ‘Three Generation’ induction in the U.S., including his son, Stephen Hayward (WTAMU Instructor of Economics) and his granddaughter, Mary Hayward (Student, Economics Major), in the College of Business at West Texas A&M University. He also was a member of the WTAMU Marching Band Fraternity, served on the WT 125 Executive Committee, the WTAMU Old Main Society and was a former member of the Texas Silver Haired Legislature. Jack was also past President of the Southwest Kansas Royalty Owners Association and the Elkhart Chamber of Commerce.
From childhood, Jack loved playing Baritone in marching bands, starting in Rolla Grade School and the Rolla Community Band. He also played in the marching bands at Elkhart High School, Kansas State University, Oklahoma State University, and finally at West Texas A&M University. In 1961, while an active member of the Elkhart Jaycees and Lions Club, he was one of the leaders in the Morton County Lions Club Community Band that marched in the 1963 John F. Kennedy Inaugural Parade in Washington, DC.
Jack also loved to fly. His first airplane was a 1947 J3 Piper Cub that he had while in high school. He often discussed the time he flew his J3 Cub from Elkhart to the Boy Scout Jamboree reunion in St. Louis, MO (650 miles), quite a feat in an airplane that cruised about 60 mph. While in Florida Jack was the Chief Check Out Pilot for the State of Florida Civil Air Patrol. Over the years, he became a Flight Instructor with Instrument and Seaplane Certifications.
After retiring in 1998 and moving to Canyon, Jack received a Master’s Degree in Counseling, and Helene having received two Masters Degrees in Fine Arts from WTAMU, loved the campus and donated the Hayward Spirit Tower on the campus of West Texas A&M University in 2008.
Besides playing football and running track in high school and as an adult running 10 K’s and a few marathons, going to football, basketball and baseball games was something he always enjoyed. When that was no longer an option, Jack would sit by the hour and watch games on TV. He also loved to travel, both internationally and in the States. He enjoyed backpacking and climbed Mt. Rainier with his son Stephen in 1980. His favorite hobby was working his stock portfolio.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents, George and Inez Hayward, his brother, Gerald Layne (Jiggs) Hayward and his sister, Jeanne Francis (Hayward) Daniels.
Survivors include his three children, Kenneth Mark and Sandra (Tate) Hayward of Lyndon, Washington and their children, Heidi (Hayward) and Justin Berkey, Heather Hayward, and Helyce (Hayward) and John Struiksma; Roxane and John Thomas (Tom) Thweatt of Lyndon, Washington and their children, Nicholas Hayward Thweatt, of Lincoln, NE, and Jacqueline Helene Thweatt, formerly Sheng Chen Fang of Desheng, Guangxi Province, China; and Stephen and Martha (Barkman) Hayward of Amarillo, Texas and their daughter, Mary Grace Yanzhen Hayward, formerly Yuan Yan Zhen, of Nanning, Guangxi Province, China and numerous nephews and nieces.
The family suggests memorials be to Hope Choice Pregnancy Centers, https://hopechoice.com or to Samaritan's Purse Ministry, including Ukraine Relief Efforts samaritanspurse.org .
Jack was born on February 17, 1929 in Rolla, Kansas to George Louis Hayward, son of Sarah (Gregory) Hayward and Oliver Thomas (O.T.) Hayward, and his mother, Grace Inez (Cox) Hayward, daughter of George Elliott Cox and Fannie Allen (McDowell) Cox.
Rolla was the center of the Dust Bowl during the 1930’s and his father, George, ran The Rolla State Bank so Jack often told stories about how the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression affected his childhood. At the beginning of the Depression, there were several banks in Morton County. In 1939 only two banks had not failed, the Rolla State Bank and the First National Bank of Elkhart, a few miles down the road. That year, the directors of the First National Bank voted to close their bank, so George moved his bank to Elkhart and renamed it, The First State Bank of Elkhart, which stayed under Hayward ownership until 1998. Jack was 9 years old, at the time.
Jack finished his schooling in Elkhart, graduating from Elkhart High School in 1947. From there, he attended Kansas State University, graduating in 1951 with a Bachelor of Agricultural Economics and minor in Military Science (Air Force ROTC). Later, he received his Master of Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University in 1958 where he also served as Instructor for the Agricultural Economics Department. In 2006 Jack received a Master’s Degree in Counseling from West Texas A&M University.
While in the Air Force, Jack married Margaret Helene Campbell of Meriden, Kansas on August 10, 1951 in Grand Lake, Colorado. Helene is the daughter of Roscoe Conklin Campbell and Clara Gladys (Henderson) Campbell. They would have celebrated their 72nd anniversary this summer. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force where he served as Adjutant in the 3424th Technical Training Squadron at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado. He was released from active duty in 1953 as a Captain and returned to Elkhart to work in the First State Bank of Elkhart.
Around 1945, Jack bought his first piece of farmland and over the next 70+ years, he put together a sizeable spread which he enjoyed managing. He also worked as Assistant Cashier of the Bank from 1953 to 1955 until he left to attend graduate school at Oklahoma State University. He returned to work in the Bank from 1958 to 1965. After the death of his father in 1965, he moved to St. Petersburg, FL and became Vice President of The City Bank and Trust Company in St. Petersburg, FL and later its sister bank, The Suncoast City Bank.
From Florida, he moved to Murfreesboro, TN where he was General Manager of Sword of the Lord in Murfreesboro, TN from 1975 to 1977. In 1977 he returned to Elkhart, KS and served as Chairman of the Board for the First State Bank in Elkhart, KS until 1998, when he and Helene retired and moved to Canyon. During those years Helene, Stephen, Roxane and Martha also worked in the bank.
Jack was always active in church, accepting Christ as his personal Savior in his teens. He attended and led the singing in the Adult Sunday School class at First Baptist Church of Canyon.
While in high school, Jack was active in the Boy Scouts, becoming an Eagle Scout and attending the 1947 Boy Scout World Jamboree in France. In 2016, Jack was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma (Business Honors Fraternity), the first ‘Three Generation’ induction in the U.S., including his son, Stephen Hayward (WTAMU Instructor of Economics) and his granddaughter, Mary Hayward (Student, Economics Major), in the College of Business at West Texas A&M University. He also was a member of the WTAMU Marching Band Fraternity, served on the WT 125 Executive Committee, the WTAMU Old Main Society and was a former member of the Texas Silver Haired Legislature. Jack was also past President of the Southwest Kansas Royalty Owners Association and the Elkhart Chamber of Commerce.
From childhood, Jack loved playing Baritone in marching bands, starting in Rolla Grade School and the Rolla Community Band. He also played in the marching bands at Elkhart High School, Kansas State University, Oklahoma State University, and finally at West Texas A&M University. In 1961, while an active member of the Elkhart Jaycees and Lions Club, he was one of the leaders in the Morton County Lions Club Community Band that marched in the 1963 John F. Kennedy Inaugural Parade in Washington, DC.
Jack also loved to fly. His first airplane was a 1947 J3 Piper Cub that he had while in high school. He often discussed the time he flew his J3 Cub from Elkhart to the Boy Scout Jamboree reunion in St. Louis, MO (650 miles), quite a feat in an airplane that cruised about 60 mph. While in Florida Jack was the Chief Check Out Pilot for the State of Florida Civil Air Patrol. Over the years, he became a Flight Instructor with Instrument and Seaplane Certifications.
After retiring in 1998 and moving to Canyon, Jack received a Master’s Degree in Counseling, and Helene having received two Masters Degrees in Fine Arts from WTAMU, loved the campus and donated the Hayward Spirit Tower on the campus of West Texas A&M University in 2008.
Besides playing football and running track in high school and as an adult running 10 K’s and a few marathons, going to football, basketball and baseball games was something he always enjoyed. When that was no longer an option, Jack would sit by the hour and watch games on TV. He also loved to travel, both internationally and in the States. He enjoyed backpacking and climbed Mt. Rainier with his son Stephen in 1980. His favorite hobby was working his stock portfolio.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents, George and Inez Hayward, his brother, Gerald Layne (Jiggs) Hayward and his sister, Jeanne Francis (Hayward) Daniels.
Survivors include his three children, Kenneth Mark and Sandra (Tate) Hayward of Lyndon, Washington and their children, Heidi (Hayward) and Justin Berkey, Heather Hayward, and Helyce (Hayward) and John Struiksma; Roxane and John Thomas (Tom) Thweatt of Lyndon, Washington and their children, Nicholas Hayward Thweatt, of Lincoln, NE, and Jacqueline Helene Thweatt, formerly Sheng Chen Fang of Desheng, Guangxi Province, China; and Stephen and Martha (Barkman) Hayward of Amarillo, Texas and their daughter, Mary Grace Yanzhen Hayward, formerly Yuan Yan Zhen, of Nanning, Guangxi Province, China and numerous nephews and nieces.
The family suggests memorials be to Hope Choice Pregnancy Centers, https://hopechoice.com or to Samaritan's Purse Ministry, including Ukraine Relief Efforts samaritanspurse.org .