The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
The FATHER OF MILLIONAIRE HE|RESS DIES in DALLAS.
MISS HAYNES, LEADING So
CIAL WORKER, DEAD.

New York City. July 1S.-Miss Byr-
die Henrietta Haynes, prominent So
cial worker. for the past ten years, as
ISOLATED with Miss Jane Adams Of
Hull House. Chicago. and with Miss
Lillian Weld of Henry ST. Settlement
New York City, passed away last Fri
day morning in a local hospital fol-
lowing an operation performed three
weeks ago.
The funeral services were held on
Sunday at the Williams Memorial c..
M. 70. Church. Rev. w. Y. Bell, pastor.
As the funeral procession moved into
played; this was followed by singing
of "Harlt. Hark. My Soul" sung by the
Grace congregational Church choir.
DR.. ]. ID. Bushell. pastor Walker Me-
mortal Church. read Scripture lesson
from the fourteenth chapter St John
Quarter, composed of Messrs. Fred
Work, Charles Mcdowell. Drs. T.. Il.
Alexander and M. v. Boutte, sang the
jubilee song. eve Shall Walk
Through the Valley in Peace" Com
munications from the various organi-
cations with which the deceased was
connected were received. Miss Belle
Davis Executive Secretary Circle for
Negro Relief, and member of the
Fisk University Club of Greater New
was the Treasurer of the Club, had
been her CLASSMATES; that all the alum
nj had known her through years as a
model young woman and cherished
her as a warm friend. Miss Lillian
Wald, Head Resident Henry st. Set
Element and it's branches, spoke Of
her personal affection for Miss Haynes
and the official appreciation Of her
work not only at Lincoln House, one
of the branches Of Henry st. Settle
ment, of which Miss Haynes was
Head for six and one-half years. but
particularly her culture and person.
ality which impressed white people
with the highest ant best type Of
Negro womanhood. Miss Valid said:
t'Miss Haynes was a revelation to
atty of Negro people" Mr.. Cecil
Bourne of Columbus Hill and Lincoln
House, spoke of how much the people
in that district loved the deceased.
and how they responded to her beau
tiful leadership and influence In the
district
DR.. A. Clayton Powell, pastor Abys-
sinian Baptist Church, stated that his
church and himself personally APP
preciated her: that they had consider
ed calling her in their institutional
work when the new building is erect
! ed in Harlem. He read resolution
from Union Baptist church, DR.. George
II Sims, pastor. which church adjoins
! Lincoln House on 63rd street.
Resolutions from Grace Congrega-
tionaI Church were also read:
| Mrs. c. c. Saunders. Executive Sec
rotary Y. W. c. A. read the obituary
as follows:
/ Byrdie Henrietta Haynes was born
Nov 81 1866 at Pine Bluff, Ark
! she attended a Mission Day School
at this place and later the grammar
school at Hot Springs. Ark. When
the family moved she entered a lit
: tie girls home at Nashville. Tenn.
and took the last two years of heI
grammar school work In the prepar-
atory course at Fisk University, Nash
Vile, Tenn. She completed the academ-
ic course at Fisk University in three
years and took the full college course
with degree of B. A. in 1909.
She taught two years in the High
School at Corsicana, Texas, and
while there began her interest in
work among the girls and women OF
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