Updated: 18 Apr 2007
Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, OK
April 5, 2002
Boisey M. Haynes, age 96, educator, died Saturday, March 30, 2002 in her
Oklahoma City home at 12:50 P.M. surrounded by her immediate family.
Mrs. Haynes was born September 29, 1905 in Oakland, Mississippi. At an early age
she moved with her family to the Clearview Community in Okfuskee County. She was
reared and attended elementary school in Clearview. Boisey was valedictorian of
her Boley High School class. She graduated from Langston University and did
graduate studies at Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia and Fisk University
in Nashville, Tennessee. She earned a Masters degree from Oklahoma State
University and did post graduate work at the University of Tulsa. Boisey joined
Tyree Chapel A.M.E. Church in Clearview as a child and remained a faithful
lifelong member of the A.M.E. Church. Other church memberships include Wilkes
Chapel in Tulsa and Allen Chapel in Oklahoma City at the time of her demise.
Some of the offices Mrs. Haynes held in the A.M.E. Church are: Young People's
Department Leader, Layman, and Parliamentarian; Sunday School Superintendent and
Secretary.
Mrs. Haynes began her professional career as a seventeen-year-old teacher. The
schools include: Spring Hill, Little Hill, North Fork and Oak Ridge Elementary;
and Clearview High. She was a longtime principal at Shiloh Elementary School. In
1956 Mrs. Haynes retired from education and began a new career. Her
eighteen-year tenure with the United States Government as a communication
specialist started in Tulsa and ended in Oklahoma City. During her final
retirement she freely gave her time, knowledge, expertise and GUIDANCE to anyone
in need. Boisey (or Mrs. 'B') as she was sometimes affectionately called) was
multi-talented and thoroughly enjoyed producing the annual brochure for the
Clearview Open Rodeo. She produced this souvenir book until 2001. Boisey Haynes
will be dearly missed by all that knew her.
She is preceded in death by her parents. L. H. and Susie Haynes; sister, Rosie
H. Swain; brother, R. H. Haynes; nieces, Etta Wease Swain, Florence Swain
Watson, and Geraldine Swain Bennett; and great-nephews, Gerald Tyrone Bennett
and Maurice Watson.
She is survived by her son, John Farris, San Jose, California; daughter, Emma
Jean Farris Berryman, Oklahoma City; 8 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren;
nieces; nephews; other loving relatives and friends.
Services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, April 6, 2002 at Allen Chapel A.M.E
Church, 1400 Northeast 13th Street, in Oklahoma City. Following the funeral
there will be a graveside service at the Clearview Cemetery in Clearview,
Oklahoma. Temple & Sons Mortuary 2801 N. Kelley Ave., OKC.
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