
He was born on June 24, 1987 in Jacksonville, Florida, to Kenneth and Brenda (Wilford) Haynes.
Monty was a 2005 Otsego High School graduate. After high school he served in the U.S. Marine Corps, including two tours in Iraq.
He was a freight conductor with the CSX Railroad for the last three years. Monty was also a volunteer fireman serving in the Washington Twp. and Milton Twp. fire departments.
Monty is survived by his parents; his sister, Emily Haynes of Tontogany; his grandparents David and Muriel Haynes of Fremont, and Ken and Carol Wilford of Huron, OH; his uncles and aunts, Steven (Mary Jo) Haynes, Matthew Haynes, Ken A. (James) Wilford, Jodi (Craig) Lewis, and Sandy Lowery and numerous cousins.