GAINES, Hensley Ralph Jr.
1929 - 2011 (81 years)-
Name GAINES, Hensley Ralph Suffix Jr. Birth 19 Aug 1929 Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States [1, 2] Address:
Palestine SanitariumGender Male Residence 7 Apr 1930 Justice Precinct No. 4, Anderson, Texas, United States [3] Death 12 Mar 2011 Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States [4, 5] - H.R. (Ralph) Gaines Jr.
Palestine Herald-Press
PALESTINE — Heaven’s gates opened on March 11, 2011, and Dad was reunited with the love of his life, Jackie, wife of 56 years.
H.R. (Ralph) Gaines Jr. was born August 19, 1929, in Anderson County to Hensley and Mozelle Gaines.
He passed away Friday at Cartmell Home.
He was a combat veteran of the Korean War and achieved the rank of sergeant in the United States Army. He was a longtime cattleman.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; and brother, Bill Gaines.
He is survived by his daughters, Kathy Link (Danny) of Lake Jackson and Debby Henderson (James Taylor) of Lampasas; five grandchildren, Doug Link, Kelly Link Wicke (Corey), Heather Henderson Maples (Thad), Haley Henderson Wheeler (Shawn), and Heath Henderson; three grand-grandchildren, Cole, Aspen and Cale Wheeler.
Pallbearers will be Danny Link, James Taylor Henderson, Heath Henderson, Shawn Wheeler, Thad Maples, Corey Wicke and Doug Link.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at Herrington/Land of Memory Chapel. Burial will follow at Land of Memory Cemetery.
Burial Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States [4, 6] Address:
Land of Memory CemeteryPerson ID I5074 Pickel_Bartlett Last Modified 4 Nov 2018
Father GAINES, Hensley Ralph Sr., b. 8 Mar 1908, Anderson County, Texas, United States d. 4 Oct 1988, Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States (Age 80 years) Mother THOMPSON, Mozelle, b. 10 Feb 1910, Texas d. 12 Apr 1993, Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States (Age 83 years) Marriage 1 Oct 1927 Anderson County, Texas, United States [3, 7] Residence 7 Apr 1930 Justice Precinct No. 4, Anderson, Texas, United States [3] Farmer - Census recorded that they had been married for three years.
Family ID F2553 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BROWN, Jackie Nell, b. 18 Oct 1931, Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States d. 11 Jan 2009, Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States (Age 77 years) Marriage 4 Dec 1953 [8] Children 1. GAINES, Debbie Lynn 2. GAINES, Kathy Nell Family ID F1501 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
- H.R. (Ralph) Gaines Jr.
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Headstones Hensley Ralph Gaines, Jr. and Jackie Nell Brown Gaines
Both Ralph and Jackie are still living on 3/9/2008
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Sources - [S79] Gravestone, Land of Memory Cemetery, Palestine, Anderson County, Texas.
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- [S72] 1930 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 4, Anderson, Texas, United States ED 20 Page 4A Family 75.
- [S114] Miscellaneous, Palestine Herald Press, 13 Mar 2011.
- [S102] Cer, Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.
- [S109] Find-a-Grave website, MEMORIAL ID: 66851792.
- [S99] Family Search (Church of Latter Day Saints), "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8B-MS2Q : 10 December 2017), H R Gaines and Mozelle Thompson, 01 Oct 1927; citing Anderson, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,728,655.
- [S68] History of the William Pickle Family, Part III, Page 153.
- [S79] Gravestone, Land of Memory Cemetery, Palestine, Anderson County, Texas.