Coushatta, LA
Celebration of life and going home service for Bro. Hines, 90, will be held Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the First Baptist Church of Coushatta at 1:00 PM with Rev. Lee Dickson and Rev. Billy Burkett officiating. Interment will follow at Springville Cemetery in Coushatta, LA. Visitation will be at the church beginning at 10:00 AM. Services are under the direction of Kilpatrick's Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Coushatta, LA.
Bro. Bill was born February 22, 1926, in Moberly, MO, to Eugene and Mary Cobb Hines and went home to be with his Lord and Savior on March 3, 2016, in Shreveport, LA. He was a graduate of William Jewel University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Reared in a Christian home, he began his ministry in youth-led revivals at the age of 19 and actively served the Lord for over 70 years until his passing 9 days after his 90th birthday.
Preceding him in death were his parents and one brother, Bobby Hines.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Jeanette; five children, Ginny Hines; Gene Hines and wife, Diane; Gerry Camp and husband, Richard; Joy Dowden and husband, Chris; Jennifer Moore and husband, Mark; and 10 grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers will be Paul Moseley, Scott Page, Joey McFadden, Lance Webb, Steve Stroud, Tommy G. Jones, C. H. Smith, and H. D. Pickett.