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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
HINES, Walter Gordon - 77, Lower MacKarracher Nursing Home, Sherbrooke, formerly of Country Harbour, Guysborough County, died Sunday in St. Mary's Memorial Hospital, Sherbrooke.
Born in Fishermans Harbour, Guysborough County, he was a son of the late Robert and Minnie (Jack) Hines.
He was a retired automobile salesman. He served in the Royal Canadian Navy overseas during the Second World War and was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion.
He is survived by five sons, Clancy, Walter, Delbert, Bruce, all of Brantford, Ont.; Gordon, Country Harbour; five daughters, Verna (Mrs. John Styger); Maisie (Mrs. Clinton Phinney) both of Country Harbour; Cecilia (Mrs. Graham Kirk) Glenelg, Guysborough County; Lorraine (Mrs. Robert Cunningham); Ethel (Mrs. Scott MacDonald) both of East River, Guysborough County; Three brothers, Benjamin, Orville, New Glasgow; Gerald, Prince Edward Island; five step-sisters; 34 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by a grandson, Stanley Hines; and a granddaughter, Lisa Cunningham.
The body is in Giffins' Funeral Home, Country Harbour, visiting 2-4, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, and from where funeral will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, Rev. Stanley Worth officiating. Burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery.
Donations may be made to Canadian War Amputees Society, the Nova Scotia Heart and Stroke Foundation or charity of choice. (Halifax Chronicle Herald, Tuesday, 11 Jun 1991) (Researched by / Courtesy of George Newbury)
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