REHOBOTH HAYDEN FAMILY

HELEN LOIS HAYDEN CAMPBELL

OF

REHOBOTH'S HAYDEN FAMILY

This obituary, Wilmington New Journal, Wednesday , March 10, 1993, for Helen Lois Hayden Campbell of Rehoboth Beach who died Tuesday March 9^th 1993 of heart failure in the Beebe Medical Center at Lewes.

Mrs. Campbell retired in 1990 as desk clerk at Admiral Motel in Rehoboth Beach where

she worked many years She was a member of the Epworth United Methodist Church.

Her favorite pastime was meeting friends for lunch at Rehoboth Mall.

Surviving her are two brothers, Edward of Annapolis and Ray of Hamburg, New York.

Graveside services were Thursday March 11^th at the Epworth United Methodist Cemetery

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Helen Lois Hayden was born 1925 in Danville, Virginia to Edward Luther Hayden and

Emma Love Grant Hayden. Her father died 23 May 1986 at Milford at age 85. Emma Love

had died in 1944. The family had moved to Rehoboth by April 1 1940. Her father was also

better known as 'Scoop' as he drove the dry cleaners pickup and delivery truck for his brother

Eugene's dry cleaning business all over town and gathered local news items for the Delaware Coast News, which the Hayden's also published before Milt Fried came to town.

Helen had two brothers, Edward who was several years older and Ray, several year younger.

Ray served in the service, probably the Navy, during World War 2. He and Franky Small

were schoolmates and joined up together. Ray Lee Hayden died in 2010.

I do not know the Campbell she was married to, nor when they were married , how long

they were married as he is not listed in the obituary nor do I find any record of him.

Uncle Eugene Tardy Hayden, Sr., also born in Virginia, 24 September 1894 at Buena Vista

served in World War 1, 1918 to 1919 in France and Germany. Eugene married Mabel Irene

Lucas, born 1900 and died at age 84 in Milford after an auto accident. She is buried in the

Epworth Cemetery, Rehoboth. Mabel was into real estate and built Hayden development at

Dewey Beach. She was active in local politics, a die hard Republican, and the America Legion.

Eugene owned a laundry and dry cleaners business, also was publisher of the Coast News , both on Rehoboth Avenue, third block, north of where city hall is today.

She and her husband had seven children, five lived to adulthood. Eugene. Jr., better known as

 'Henie' the sign painter, who did 1974,, James, a WWII vet of Combat Engineers, and was a local contractor for many years, Robert, also WWII decorated veteran, Rehoboth postman, daughet Lorraine, died at age 2, son Vaughn, died at birth, Charles, born 1934, became a well known waterman and pleasure boat captain, then involved in deep sea diving. Died 2012 in Florida. The last daughter, Anna Louise born 1935, I thought she was named Eugenia, was married to Robert A. Edgerton, Jr., of Milton. She died 1985. She had two sons, James V. and Michael W., two daughters, Maria L. and Lorraine. Some reason I have the basketball coach of early Cape Henlopen, Ralph Bayard involved in this family, but can not place him.