Curry & LaVerna ("Bobbie") Haynes
1903 - 2000 1913 - 1998
Curry Haynes was a professor of biology and botany at Oxford College from 1945 until his retirement in 1970 worked as a gardener at Oxford College from 1972 to 1991 and planted many commemorative trees on campus.
In 1978, with funding from the Oxford College Alumni Board and the Hearn family, Haynes spearheaded the Hearn Nature Trail project at Oxford, named in honor of Elizabeth Candler Hearn. The trail winds through the forest around the college. Column Circle, just inside the woods on the trail, is an outdoor classroom utilizing segments of the four limestone columns from the original Haygood Dormitory. Soldier’s Cemetery is also located on the trail, the final resting place for Confederate soldiers who died at Oxford College during the time the college served as a military hospital during the Civil War. Just beyond the cemetery is Serenity Circle, an area for meditation and outdoor learning that was given by the Pierce Program in Religion and Oxford College in 2006 to honor Dr. Hoyt P. Oliver.
Haynes mentored and supported many college science students who went on to become physicians.
His wife, Bobbie, was Emory College nurse and director of the infirmary. She also served as a local community health consultant and frequently gave free health care to residents. Haynes is well known for her early activism in civil and human rights.
Women at Allen Memorial Church named a Women’s Circle in her honor.
In 1978, with funding from the Oxford College Alumni Board and the Hearn family, Haynes spearheaded the Hearn Nature Trail project at Oxford, named in honor of Elizabeth Candler Hearn. The trail winds through the forest around the college. Column Circle, just inside the woods on the trail, is an outdoor classroom utilizing segments of the four limestone columns from the original Haygood Dormitory. Soldier’s Cemetery is also located on the trail, the final resting place for Confederate soldiers who died at Oxford College during the time the college served as a military hospital during the Civil War. Just beyond the cemetery is Serenity Circle, an area for meditation and outdoor learning that was given by the Pierce Program in Religion and Oxford College in 2006 to honor Dr. Hoyt P. Oliver.
Haynes mentored and supported many college science students who went on to become physicians.
His wife, Bobbie, was Emory College nurse and director of the infirmary. She also served as a local community health consultant and frequently gave free health care to residents. Haynes is well known for her early activism in civil and human rights.
Women at Allen Memorial Church named a Women’s Circle in her honor.