Haywood Blount Hyman Sr.

HYMAN, Haywood Blount Sr., 93, of Richmond, died peacefully surrounded by his family on March 4, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Frances Clarke Hyman; daughter, Mary Carter Hyman, and her children, Kate Mishra, Haywood "Huddy" and Henry Skiba; son, Haywood "Huddy" Blount Hyman Jr., his wife, Claudette, and their children, Haywood, Thomas and Virginia; son, William Clarke Hyman, and his children, Andrew, Kenan and William; daughter, Ann Parker Hyman Gottwald, her husband, Teddy, and their sons, Thomas, Daniel, Clarke, Ted and Mark; daughter, Barbara Little Alexander, her husband, Burt, and their children, Pam Varnier, Mary Pair and Burt Alexander Jr.; daughter, Bunny Little Addison, her husband, Ned, and their daughters, Anne Clarke Lagarde, Martha Meade Weaver and Lucy Page Williams; 19 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and his sister-in-law, Mary Jane Hyman, and her children, Wheatie Gibb and Todd, R.C. and Chris Hyman. He was preceded in death by his beloved brother, Edward Wheatley Hyman, who was his best friend and business partner. He was born on February 13, 1918 in Scotland Neck, N.C. to Henry Haywood and Stella Blount Hyman. He attended Fork Union Military Academy as a postgraduate in 1935-36 where he played on the varsity football team. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he and his brother moved to Richmond and started their automobile business. For 40 years he was the much loved and respected vice president of Hyman Brothers Pontiac. He was a member of the Optimist Club and St. Bridget Catholic Church and was a longtime supporter of the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls, Fork Union Military Academy (where he served on the Board of Trustees) and Benedictine High School. The family will receive friends 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, March 7 at Bliley's - Central, 3801 Augusta Ave. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul's Catholic Church at Chamberlayne and Rennie avenues. Interment will follow at Westhampton Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to your favorite charity. The family would like to express deep appreciation to his loving caregivers, Robin Mason and Nora James, and to the medical staff at St. Mary's Hospital and the Bon Secours Hospice team who cared for him during his last days.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.