Bradley Haynes achieves Eagle

Bradley Wayne Haynes Jr., a member of Troop 63 at Canterbury United Methodist Church, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in a formal Court of Honor ceremony on Feb. 15 in the Canterbury chapel. 

He earned 23 merit badges; attended three Boy Scout camps including Camp Comer, Camp Sequoyah and Camp Rainey Mountain; and was inducted into the Order of the Arrow.

Haynes also earned the Triple Crown of Scouting by going on all three high adventure trips with Troop 63. He attended the Florida Sea Base in 2010 accompanied by his father; backpacked at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, which was his favorite, in 2011; and canoed the Boundary Waters between the U.S. and Canada at the Northern Tier in 2012, again accompanied by his father. 

Haynes spent 57 nights camping as a Boy Scout, including his favorite trips to Walls of Jericho, Grimes Canoe Base, Nantahala and Ocoee, Raccoon Mountain, Oak Mountain and Chief Ladiga Trail on a cycling trip. His most memorable trip was when he earned his Polar Bear Badge after camping overnight in 18-degree weather at the Standing Indian on the Appalachian Trail, also an event he shared with his father. 

He attended the leadership weekend, Preparing for Life’s Journey: Living the Scout Oath at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, with the troop in 2010.

For Haynes’ Eagle service project, he built two cabinets for the Exceptional Foundation in Homewood: one wall cabinet for the art room to house art supplies and one tall floor cabinet for the rec room to house games. He also made 64 large picture frames for the organization to use to frame the participants’ artwork to be sold at its largest annual fundraiser, the art show and auction. 

He is currently a freshman at Texas Christian University with a Faculty Scholarship in the Neeley School of Business and is a member of Financial Management Association and Phi Delta Theta social fraternity. 

Haynes is the son of Brad and Lucie Haynes and is the grandson of Sandra Haynes and the late Dr. Russ Haynes and Ann and Jimmy Cox and the late Lonnie Lee.