ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. HINES
Wife of Judge Henry B. Hines Succumbs Sunday Afternoon Following Stroke of Apoplexy Suffered Three Weeks Ago.
Mrs. Mattie Burnam Hines, wife of Judge Henry B. Hines, died at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at her home, 553 East Main street, following a stroke of apoplexy suffered three weeks ago. The end came peacefully with members of the family at the bedside.
Mrs. Hines was born in this city July 31, 1865, and was a daughter of the late Thomas L. and Sarah Hampton Burnam. Besides her husband, Judge Henry Hines, to whom she was married January 30, 1888, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Marion Hines Koken, of Carthage, Mo., and one granddaughter, Martha Koken. She was a sister of Mrs. Carrie Taylor, of this city, who died several years ago.
Mrs. Hines was a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of the city and was one of Bowling Green's best known and most beloved women. She was a dutiful wife and mother and possessed in a remarkable degree all those admirable traits of character which go to make a truly good woman. She had been for years a consistent and active member of the State Street Methodist church and was a leader in all religious effort. Mrs. Hines was a consecrated christian and maintained an unswerving loyalty to her church and to the cause of christianity. She was never happier than when doing something for others and was blind to the faults of her friends and personally was genial and kindly in her bearing and made friends of all with whom she was thrown. She was prominent in the club life of the city and worked assiduously for every project that had for its purpose the betterment of civic, social, moral and religious conditions.
Mrs. Hines will be sadly missed and her death will be sincerely and deeply mourned.
Funeral services were conducted from the residence this afternoon at 3 o'clock, in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing friends. The services were led by Dr. James A. Chandler, pastor of the State Street Methodist church, assisted by Dr. J.L. Caldwell, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and the interment followed in Fairview cemetery.
The pall-bearers were: George H. Moseley, A. Scott Hines, Judge S.D. Hines, J.M. Robinson, Henry B. Hagerman, S.M. Matlock, W.J. Taylor, W.H. Phillips, E.P. Harris and Sterett Cuthbertson.
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The Owensboro Messenger, May 13, 1924:
Judge Henry Hines' Wife Passes Away
Mrs. Mattie Burnam Hines, wife of Judge Henry B. Hines, of Bowling Green, died Sunday in that city. Mrs. Hines was stricken with apoplexy about ten days ago, and never rallied. The burial took place yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. L. Rhea Taylor, manager of the Owensboro branch of the Park City Finance company, of which Judge Hines was president, received a telegram announcing the death, and left yesterday morning to attend the funeral.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Hines was survived by one daughter, Mrs. Louis Koken, of Carthage, Mo., who was at her bedside when the end came.
ILLNESS FATAL TO MRS. HINES
Wife of Judge Henry B. Hines Succumbs Sunday Afternoon Following Stroke of Apoplexy Suffered Three Weeks Ago.
Mrs. Mattie Burnam Hines, wife of Judge Henry B. Hines, died at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at her home, 553 East Main street, following a stroke of apoplexy suffered three weeks ago. The end came peacefully with members of the family at the bedside.
Mrs. Hines was born in this city July 31, 1865, and was a daughter of the late Thomas L. and Sarah Hampton Burnam. Besides her husband, Judge Henry Hines, to whom she was married January 30, 1888, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Marion Hines Koken, of Carthage, Mo., and one granddaughter, Martha Koken. She was a sister of Mrs. Carrie Taylor, of this city, who died several years ago.
Mrs. Hines was a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of the city and was one of Bowling Green's best known and most beloved women. She was a dutiful wife and mother and possessed in a remarkable degree all those admirable traits of character which go to make a truly good woman. She had been for years a consistent and active member of the State Street Methodist church and was a leader in all religious effort. Mrs. Hines was a consecrated christian and maintained an unswerving loyalty to her church and to the cause of christianity. She was never happier than when doing something for others and was blind to the faults of her friends and personally was genial and kindly in her bearing and made friends of all with whom she was thrown. She was prominent in the club life of the city and worked assiduously for every project that had for its purpose the betterment of civic, social, moral and religious conditions.
Mrs. Hines will be sadly missed and her death will be sincerely and deeply mourned.
Funeral services were conducted from the residence this afternoon at 3 o'clock, in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing friends. The services were led by Dr. James A. Chandler, pastor of the State Street Methodist church, assisted by Dr. J.L. Caldwell, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and the interment followed in Fairview cemetery.
The pall-bearers were: George H. Moseley, A. Scott Hines, Judge S.D. Hines, J.M. Robinson, Henry B. Hagerman, S.M. Matlock, W.J. Taylor, W.H. Phillips, E.P. Harris and Sterett Cuthbertson.
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The Owensboro Messenger, May 13, 1924:
Judge Henry Hines' Wife Passes Away
Mrs. Mattie Burnam Hines, wife of Judge Henry B. Hines, of Bowling Green, died Sunday in that city. Mrs. Hines was stricken with apoplexy about ten days ago, and never rallied. The burial took place yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. L. Rhea Taylor, manager of the Owensboro branch of the Park City Finance company, of which Judge Hines was president, received a telegram announcing the death, and left yesterday morning to attend the funeral.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Hines was survived by one daughter, Mrs. Louis Koken, of Carthage, Mo., who was at her bedside when the end came.
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