1938
Ruth
2007
Ruth Hines
October 8, 1938 — December 4, 2007
Ruth Virginia Griffith Hines, age 69, of 11 S. Walnut St., Hagerstown, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, at Washington County Hospital.
Born Oct. 8, 1938 in Middletown, MD, she was a daughter of Ralph and Beulah Haupt Griffith Swope and the late William Luther Griffith.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Leon Hines, Dec. 6, 2001.
She had retired with 20 years service from Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro.
She was vice president of Walnut Towers Resident's Association.
She is survived by four sisters, Temmie Myers of Williamsport, MD, Helen Crampton of Baltimore, Betty Dagenhart of Centre, Ala. and Pauline Zepp of Keedysville, MD; one brother, Roger Griffith of Hagerstown; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by one son, Michael L. Hines; one sister, Eva Hines; one grandson, Matthew Hines; and one great-granddaughter, Karen Baer.
Funeral services will be held 11 A.M. Saturday at Bast Funeral Home in Boonsboro. Rev. R. Thomas Fralin, Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in the Manor Church of the Brethren Cemetery in Tilghmanton.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. Friday at the funeral home.
Born Oct. 8, 1938 in Middletown, MD, she was a daughter of Ralph and Beulah Haupt Griffith Swope and the late William Luther Griffith.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Leon Hines, Dec. 6, 2001.
She had retired with 20 years service from Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro.
She was vice president of Walnut Towers Resident's Association.
She is survived by four sisters, Temmie Myers of Williamsport, MD, Helen Crampton of Baltimore, Betty Dagenhart of Centre, Ala. and Pauline Zepp of Keedysville, MD; one brother, Roger Griffith of Hagerstown; two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by one son, Michael L. Hines; one sister, Eva Hines; one grandson, Matthew Hines; and one great-granddaughter, Karen Baer.
Funeral services will be held 11 A.M. Saturday at Bast Funeral Home in Boonsboro. Rev. R. Thomas Fralin, Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in the Manor Church of the Brethren Cemetery in Tilghmanton.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. Friday at the funeral home.
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