A house RESOLUTION

 

TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR HINES FUNERAL HOME Inc., A LEADER IN THE FUNERAL SERVICE INDUSTRY, FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY OF COMBINED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN CARING FOR THE FUNERAL NEEDS OF THE HARTSVILLE COMMUNITY.

 

Whereas, founded in 1946, Hines Funeral Home Inc. began when brothers Gilbert and William Hines had a simple idea of providing unparalleled personal funeral service to families in Hartsville; and

 

Whereas, the original name of the business was Hines Brothers Mortuary, and the brothers operated as partners from 1946 until 1965, the year the partnership was dissolved. At that time, Gilbert Hines became the sole proprietor, and the name was changed to Hines Funeral Home; and

 

Whereas, after Gilbert Hines' death in 1972, Rheubell Hines, the widow of Gilbert Hines, and their son, Franklin Hines, assumed the operation of the business; and

 

Whereas, in 1975, the entire funeral home was remodeled with the addition of a completely new state of-the-art preparation room. In 1977, the business opened a new facility in Lamar; and

 

Whereas, in 1986, the Gilbert Hines Memorial Chapel was built at the Hartsville facility in honor of one of the original founders. A similar chapel was built in 1991 at the Lamar facility to honor the memory of Barbra J. Hines, wife of Franklin Hines, called the Barbra J. Hines Memorial Chapel; and

 

Whereas, in 1995, the Hines family purchased Darlington Memory Gardens, an eighteen-acre perpetual care cemetery. The cemetery includes a mausoleum, a veteran's section, a pet cemetery, and a private estate section. The cemetery provides cemetery property, headstones and markers, and other memorial merchandise to all citizens of Darlington, Lee, and Florence counties, regardless of race, creed, color, or ethnic background; and

 

Whereas, in February 1996, Hines Funeral Home Inc. was one of the first funeral homes in the State of South Carolina to offer pre-need burial products. This allows the funeral home to serve an additional segment of the community who would want to prepare for burial in ways that would be economical and less cumbersome than at the time of death; and

 

Whereas, in 2000, Hines Funeral Home Inc. was invited to join the prestigious funeral service organization, The International Order of the Golden Rule, which admonishes its members to operate using the Golden Rule as its credo, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"; and

 

Whereas, the current staff of Hines Funeral Home Inc. includes two licensed funeral directors, embalmers, and pre-need specialists. Always considered a leader in the funeral service industry, Hines Funeral Home Inc. has the use of advanced technology, adding dignity and personalization to funeral services. In 2008, Hines Funeral Home Inc. added a timeless hearse to its fleet of vehicles in an effort to provide a unique experience to the elegance of the funeral ceremony; and

 

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives appreciates how Hines Funeral Home Inc. has served the community with the utmost professionalism through its dedicated personnel who have held to the ideals that have sustained the establishment since its inception and have carried its mission of compassion and dignity into the twenty-first century. Now, therefore,

 

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

 

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Hines Funeral Home Inc., a leader in the funeral service industry, for more than a century of combined professional experience in caring for the funeral needs of the Hartsville community.

 

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Hines Funeral Home Inc.

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