Death Notes

Longtime Brookville resident, Barnard L. “Barney” Hines died on Saturday, December 26, 2009. Barney was born September 19, 1908 in Salina County, Kansas to William and Mary (Niemann) Hines. Barney lived in Brookville most of his life, attended High school in the 20’s. He worked in a grocery store for about 10 years. In 1935, he married Mary Emma Bealby in Osborne County. They lived in Brookville until Barney was drafted into the service for World War II, in 1942. He served in the Navy in the South Pacific and was attached to the 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions as a Corpsman. Later he transferred to a hospital ship. On October 1945, he was released from the Navy in Okinawa and survived a typhoon before arriving back in the United States to be discharged in Norman, Oklahoma. Barney and Emma moved to Osborne in 1952 and owned the Lazy L Motel. While in Osborne, Barney served as City Superintendent and Mayor. They moved to McPherson in 1968 where he was employed for Certainteed Plastics until 1973. When his wife, of 56 years, died in 1991 in McPherson, he returned to his boyhood home of Brookville. In October 2003, he moved to Drury Place in Salina, Kansas. In August 2006, he moved in with his son and daughter-in-law in Salina. March of 2007, he moved to Holiday Resort in Salina.
Survivors include a son, Paul and his wife Carolyn; three grandsons, Curtis Hines and LaNae of Salina, Richard and Stacy Hines of Salina, Jeffrey Hines of Salina, and three great-grandchildren, Emma, Christian, and Sebastian. Also surviving are numerous relatives and friends.
Barney is preceded in death by his sister Alberta, and brother Kenneth, and his wife Emma.
There will be no visitation as cremation has already taken place. A Military Service will be held at Brookville Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 31, 2009. A Memorial Service will follow at Brookville Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Great Grandchildren in care of the funeral home.