GAINES, Hensley Ralph Jr.

GAINES, Hensley Ralph Jr.

Male 1929 - 2011  (81 years)

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  • Name GAINES, Hensley Ralph 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 19 Aug 1929  Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Address:
    Palestine Sanitarium 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 7 Apr 1930  Justice Precinct No. 4, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death 12 Mar 2011  Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Address:
    Land of Memory Cemetery 
    Person ID I5074  Pickel_Bartlett
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2018 

    Father GAINES, Hensley Ralph Sr.,   b. 8 Mar 1908, Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1988, Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother THOMPSON, Mozelle,   b. 10 Feb 1910, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1993, Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1927  Anderson County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7
    Residence 7 Apr 1930  Justice Precinct No. 4, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 2009, Palestine, Anderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (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 

  • Headstones
    Hensley Ralph Gaines, Jr. and Jackie Nell Brown Gaines
    Hensley Ralph Gaines, Jr. and Jackie Nell Brown Gaines
    Both Ralph and Jackie are still living on 3/9/2008

  • Sources 
    1. [S79] Gravestone, Land of Memory Cemetery, Palestine, Anderson County, Texas.

    2. [S102] Cer, Texas Birth Certificates Reg. No. 137, File No 63311.

    3. [S72] 1930 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 4, Anderson, Texas, United States ED 20 Page 4A Family 75.

    4. [S114] Miscellaneous, Palestine Herald Press, 13 Mar 2011.

    5. [S102] Cer, Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.

    6. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, MEMORIAL ID: 66851792.

    7. [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.

    8. [S68] History of the William Pickle Family, Part III, Page 153.