Dale was born July 13, 1969 in Tampa, Florida to Henzie and Wilma Haywood. Dale enjoyed cooking, basketball, baseball and football. He was preceded in death by his brother Derrick Haywood, sister, Cherra Haywood and aunt, Nancy Slater. He leaves to cherish his memory: wife, Erica Haywood; children, Brandon M. Haywood, Brandi M. Figueroa, Bradley M. Figueroa, Brianna M. Figueroa, Maurice Haywood, Jada Scranton and Wyndale Scranton; grandchild, Samiayah Marie Grigsby; parents, Henzie and Wilma Haywood; brothers, Randolph (Bobby) Hopkins; sisters, Debra S. Rolak, Chander Haywood (George) and Veronica Faison (Theodore); great great aunt, Nora Williams; great aunt, Katherine Gainous ; aunts, Idell Mills (Namon), Linda McCardy, Willie Mae Williams, Marjorie Goffery and; uncles, Elder Harry Cloud, Sr. (Sharlean), Jerry Cloud, Kenneth Haywood and Benjamin Haywood (Ella); nieces, Cherra, Erica, Morgan, Vernice, Ashley, Yasmin, Kiarra, Amanda and Amori; nephews, Andre, Jr., Jaylen, Andre and Sadarian; cousins, Joseph "Joe" McCardy, Edward Holmes, Keith Gainous, Kyle E. Gainous and Alphonso Holmes; family and friends, Frances Figueroa, Barnes, West, Caldwell, Gainous and Slater families; and a host of other sorrowing relatives and friends.