Early Life
Haynes was born in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, to Oscar Henry Haynes, Jr. (1920–1996), and the former Freddie Louise Walker (born 1924) of Ashland in northern Natchitoches Parish. Both his father and grandfather, Oscar Henry Haynes, Sr. (1888–1969), served as sheriff of Webster Parish. O.H., Sr., was in office from 1933–1952; O. H. Haynes, Jr., from 1964-1980. Haynes was named "Freddie" for his mother and "Lynn" for his maternal grandmother, Lynn Burns Walker (1889–1971). Haynes' father was also the Esso (later Exxon) distributor in Webster Parish.
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