John Hayden
Services for John Hayden, 71 of Ada are 10:30 a.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church in Ada, Rev. David L. Daniel will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery.
Mr. Hayden passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at his home. He was born June 23, 1944 at Okemah to Donald and Audrey Maud Strain Hayden. He graduated from Okemah High School in 1962, and the University of Central Oklahoma in 1972. He and his family moved to Ada from Oklahoma City in 1976.
He married Carol Ann Scates September 27, 1963 in Ada. Johnny was a Civil Engineer and a long-time Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) employee. He started his career with ODOT in 1965 in Traffic Data. He later became the Traffic Engineer and retired as Maintenance Engineer at Division 3. He served faithfully until he retired in 1996. Johnny was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Ada.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Ann Hayden of Ada; two daughters, Shelly L. Williams of Ada and Michana Jackson and her husband Mark of Blanchard; two granddaughters, Jennifer Bolin of Ada and Taylor Adams of Kentucky; a grandson, Tyler Jackson of Ponca City; his mother-in-law, Dorothy Scates of Ada; and an aunt, Joan Phelan of Okemah.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father; two sisters, Sue Ann Reynolds and Emma Lou Hayden; and a grandson, Cody Bolin.
Bearers will be Bruce Taylor, Scott Hurt, David Smith, John Fuller, Joe Kyle and Tom Wadley. Honorary bearers will be Stuart Ronald and Jessie Fullingim.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to the First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 566, Ada, OK 74821.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada