FOR THE BIRDS: In retirement, Justice Hays made hundreds of bluebird boxes. (See comments.)

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  • FOR THE BIRDS: In retirement, Justice Hays made hundreds of bluebird boxes. (See comments.)

Retired Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Steele Hays died yesterday in Conway. He was 86. He sat on the state Court of Appeals and served as a circuit court judge as well.

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Funeral service is 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Conway. An obituary is on the jump. As I was talking this morning about him with Ernie Dumas, Ernie commented of his service: “He was motivated by justice as well as the law.”

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