Billy Roy (BR) Haynes, a second-generation president of Little Beaver Inc., passed away on March 13. He was 94.
Little Beaver is a long-time NGWA member and manufacturer of drills, augers, and hole-digging equipment based in in Livingston, Texas.
After serving in World War II, Haynes joined the family business, Haynes Mfg. Co. (now Little Beaver Inc.) working for his father. After his father’s retirement, he took the reins of the business and grew its product line. He passed the business to his sons, Joe and John, upon his retirement in 1987.