Deceased wife of Sam Hayes. Michelle Hayes (née Thurman) was killed in the early days of the Fall by her neighbour, and is survived by her daughter Sarah Hayes. Born in 1967 in Pine Bluff as the third child of wealthy cotton farmer and landowner, George Thurman, Michelle was expected to first go to college for her education and then to marry a son of one of the wealthy men her father knew. Though she did neither – Michelle eloped with Sam, who she met at a dance in 1987, then worked as a waitress to support them and then Sarah. Sam and her father never saw eye-to-eye, and her father never quite forgave her for marrying a working class man like Sam.
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George Thurman
Father of Michelle Hayes and father-in-law to Sam Hayes, George Thurman was born as the second son to a wealthy...
Sam Hayes
Born in 1965 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Sam is the primary protagonist of The Thaw along with his daughter Sarah...
Sarah Hayes
Daughter of Sam Hayes and Michelle Hayes, Sarah was born in Pine Bluff in 1989, and is another protagonist of...