EDWIN GARWOOD COLONEL HAYS, 94, a resident of Irving since 1977, died Saturday, March 26, 2016 at Baylor, Scott and White Medical Center in Irving. Born June 15, 1921 in Lexington, Texas, he was the son of the late Thomas Richard Hays and Julia Gould Hays. He graduated from Lexington High School in 1938 and entered the US Navy serving in the Corpus Christi and Kingsville Naval Air Stations. He attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class. Under the V12 Program, he graduated from Tulane University, New Orleans in 1947. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Tulane. He married Betty Jean Pelley on May 28, 1949 in Altus, Oklahoma. A petroleum engineer, Edwin worked for Humble Oil which later became Exxon and lived in Houston, Beaumont, Farmington, New Mexico, Midland, and Littleton, Colorado, before moving to Irving in 1977. He was with Texas Oil and Gas in Dallas from 1977 until retiring in 1985. He was Presbyterian. Preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 62 years, Betty, daughter Lori Gail; two brothers, Wilson Hays and Ralph Hays; two sisters, Corrine Hays Cox and Marguerite Hays Campbell; and one niece, he is survived by his son Edwin Kenan Hays of Irving; daughter Janet Carol Osborne and husband Mike of Richmond, Texas; a sister, Robbie Price of Sorrento, Florida; two grandsons, Nicholas V. Osborne of San Marcos and Joel T. Osborne of Seattle, WA; seven nephews; and four nieces. Memorial services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the American Heart Association (donatenow.heart.org)