Mr. Gaines died Sunday in a Tyler, TX hospital.
He was born in Houston County on Jan. 31, 1922, to James Hiram and Ola Wells Gaines. He was a farmer and a rancher.
Mr. Gaines seved on the Grapeland School Board, the A.S.C. and P.C.A boards, the Grapeland and Elkhart Co-Op boards, and the Guiceland Cemetery Association Board. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Gaines was preceded in death by a son, Michael Steve Gaines, on Sept. 9, 1976; and a sister, Addie Leona Gaines, on Sept. 1, 1936.
He is survived by his wife, Mildred Kennedy Gaines of Grapeland; daughter, Annette McElyea of Lovelady; son, Jimmy Gaines of Portland; sisters, Opal Denman of Grapeland, and Billie Sue Owens of Palestine; and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be George Bartee, Clyde Beford, John Roberson, Bobby Cunningham, W.D. Smith, and Mitchell Huff.
(Palestine Herald-Press)
Mr. Gaines died Sunday in a Tyler, TX hospital.
He was born in Houston County on Jan. 31, 1922, to James Hiram and Ola Wells Gaines. He was a farmer and a rancher.
Mr. Gaines seved on the Grapeland School Board, the A.S.C. and P.C.A boards, the Grapeland and Elkhart Co-Op boards, and the Guiceland Cemetery Association Board. He was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Gaines was preceded in death by a son, Michael Steve Gaines, on Sept. 9, 1976; and a sister, Addie Leona Gaines, on Sept. 1, 1936.
He is survived by his wife, Mildred Kennedy Gaines of Grapeland; daughter, Annette McElyea of Lovelady; son, Jimmy Gaines of Portland; sisters, Opal Denman of Grapeland, and Billie Sue Owens of Palestine; and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be George Bartee, Clyde Beford, John Roberson, Bobby Cunningham, W.D. Smith, and Mitchell Huff.
(Palestine Herald-Press)
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