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Adrian Bruce Hayden

March 12, 1933 — June 2, 2025

Southport, NC

Adrian Bruce Carrol Hayden, age 92, formerly of Rice, Virginia passed away peacefully at his coastal residence in Southport, North Caroline on the morning of Monday June 2, 2025. Mr. Hayden, a builder at heart, owner of Crewe General Contracting and A.B. Hayden Construction Company and a Korean War era United States Air Force Veteran, was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Anne Price Hayden, formerly of Green Bay, Virginia who passed on December 6, 2014. He is survived by his eldest son, Adrian Spencer Hayden, of Southport, North Carolina, his daughter, Kimberly Gale Hayden, of Southport, North Carolina and his son, Kevin Parker Hayden of Powhatan, Virginia; grandchildren, Adrian Robert Hayden, Kirsten Hayden Irby, Adrianna Meridith Halley, Willian Parker Hayden, Harry Daniel Hayden and Virginia Anne Hayden as well as four great grandchildren: Aylin Wren Halley, Ruxin Thayer Halley, Hayden James Irby and Samuel Silas Irby, sister Agatha Coltrain of Story City, Iowa.

A brief reception will be held in the church hall immediately after the service. Shorter Funeral Home is serving the family locally.

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