Obituary: Charles Hines

Mr. Charles David Hines Sr., 70, of Hillsborough, N.C., died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010.

Mr. Hines was the son of the late Edgar Miller and Sarah Borland Hines. He was a member of Mars Hill Baptist Church and a graduate of Hillsborough (N.C.) High School.

He was past master of Eagle Lodge #19, a member of Durham Your Rite Masonic Bodies, past member of Sudan Shrine Temple and a member of the Amran Temple.

Mr. Hines served four years in the United States Navy and was retired from UNC and Bio Meiceux.

Surviving are his wife, Norkie E. Hines; a daughter, Andrea H. Hughes, and her husband, Dave, of Hillsborough; a son, Charles David Hines Jr., and his wife, Amy, of Hillsborough; three grandchildren, Macy Hughes, Sawyer Hughes and Darah Hines; sisters Nellie Tunstall of Hillsborough, Mary Catherine Roberson and her husband, Jack, of Pittsboro, N.C., Shirley Brown and her husband, Eddie, of Richmond, Va., Sarah Jane Norton of Durham, N.C. and Irene Laube and her husband, Elzie, of Hillsborough; and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. Hines was preceded in death by his brothers, Harold Hines and Edgar Hines, and his stepmother, Hazel Hines.