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Paul Alva Haynie

September 30, 1930 — May 25, 2015

Paul grew up in Greenville and St. Louis Missouri. He sold concessions at the St. Louis Browns baseball games so he could watch his favorite team play. He loved and played sports of all kinds, especially Baseball. After High School he went to Missouri Teachers College and played on their baseball team for one season. He enlisted in the Navy during the Korean War and was able to play baseball with the Navy Team on Guam. He accepted an Athletic Scholarship to BYU where he was a star baseball player. Their team made it to the College World Series.He was also an assistant basketball coach with Stan Watts. He met Mary Lee Winkler in a Zoology class and they started dating. He graduated with a Physical Education degree and married Mary Lee, Jun 10, 1958. Their honeymoon was driving up to Canada to play for a Minor League Team for the summer. He then accepted a job at Union High School in Roosevelt, Utah coaching and teaching. The next year he got his Masters Degree from BYU and they moved to Tooele to teach and coach at the High School. The next year he taught at Cyprus High and they moved to their new home in Granger. Kearns High was being built and he started with the new year. He coached Baseball, taught Drivers Ed, Golf, type, Health, and refereed football and basketball on the side. During the summers he coached Little League for his two boys. His hobbies included fishing, hunting, camping, golfing, and traveling. His favorite fishing hole was on the Green River. He retired after 33 years of teaching. They had 3 children, Millicent, Michael and Marty. Mary Lee passed away in 1988 and he then married Roxey Davis Stokes. In 2005 they moved to West Jordan. They enjoyed going to St. George and visiting their family. He was active in the LDS church, serving with Roxey in the Jordan River Temple, and loved being a home teacher most of all. His homemade peanut brittle was famous. He was everyone's friend, everywhere he went he would meet people who knew him, it became a family joke. He is survived by his wife Roxey, his daughter Millicent Carrasco (Charles), son Michael Haynie (Krishna), and Cindy Haynie; step children, Daphne Adams (Mark), John Stokes (Vicki) and Jason Stokes (Amie);18 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents Walter and Lucille Haynie, his sister Elizabeth Wilde, and his son Marty. We wish to thank the aides and nurses from the Quality Hospice Care and Visiting Angels, and his doctors, who took such special care of him. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 30, 2015, 11:00 a.m. at Prairie 10th Ward, 7337 South Grizzly Way (5100 West). Viewings will be held Friday, May 29, 2015 6-8:00 p.m. at McDougal Funeral Home, 4330 South Redwood Road and Saturday at the church, 10-10:45 a.m. Graveside services will follow at Provo City Cemetery, 2:30 p.m. Nickname:"Whitey"Place of Birth:St. Louis, MissouriPlace of Death:West Jordan, Utah
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