Dr. Hayling was a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and then opened up an integrated dentistry practice in St. Augustine in 1960.

He was head of the St. Augustine chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for almost a year and advised the local NAACP youth council.

On the eve of the city's 400th anniversary celebrations, Dr. Hayling and Dr. Martin Luther King were among those who fought for civil rights in St.

[4] Past recipients of the Order of La Florida also include Henry W. McMillan, Herbert E. Wolfe, John D. Bailey, Albert C. Manucy, Lawrence Lewis Jr., Eleanor Philips Barnes, Xavier Lopez Pellicer, Clarissa Anderson Gibbs, Luis Rafael Arana, Eugene Lyon, Edward G. Mussallem, Jerome George Kass, Kenneth Beeson, William L. Proctor, Kathleen Deagan, Michael Gannon, Frank and Betty Usina, and Herbert L. Wiles.

These figures were renowned in their field and often took part in restoration and preservation work in the city of St.