Notes:

Wanda L. Gines has marriage license for John W. Gines and Ida M. Burget.


Born Sumner, Illinois, Lawrence County.
Moved to Tunnel Hill, English, Crawford County, Indiana.
Moved to Davies County approximately 1914.

PRESS NOTES

John W. Gines passes away on New Year's Day.
Funeral Services to be held Sunday Morning at 11 o'clock.

John W. Gines, 73, living on Washington route one, died at his ome at 5:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. He had been ill since November 1939 and in a serious condition since last September 1.

A native of Sumner, Illinois, Mr. Gines was born June 25, 1867. He was the son of Henry and Hannah E. (Herrin) Gines, and was educated in the Sumner schools. Mr. Gines followed the occupation of farming. He came to this county 26 years ago last March.

He is survived by his wife, Ida M. Gines, whom he married November 24, 1887, and the following children: Rolla H. and Oral N. Gines, both of Washington; Herald M. Gines, of Washington rural route; Ray I. Gines and Mrs. Dorothy B. Riggs, both of Bloomington; and Mrs. Isis M. Hoss, Washington rural route.

Another daughter, Nora E. Gines, is deceased.

Mr. Gines was a member of the Free Methodist Church and one of its most enthusiastic supporters. He was a highly esteemed citizen.

Friends may call at the family residence.

Funeral services will be held Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the Free Methodist Church with the Rev. Mr. Fletcher and the Rev. Leroy McDowell in charge, and burial at Sumner, Illinois.


WILL OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gines, who live north of the Longfellow school at the north edge of Washington, will have open house Thursday from 2 to 4 o'clock, at which time they will welcome friends in observance of their Golden Wedding Anniversary.

John W. Gines was born on June 25, 1867, and Ida M. Burget was born February 13, 1867, both near Sumner, Illinois. They grew up within two miles of each other, attended day school together at old Center, and also Sunday school at old Wesley Chapel.

They were married at the age of 20 years and have spent 50 years of happily married life together. Seven children blessed their union, four being residents of this city and two of Bloomington, whle the seventh died at Sumner, Illinois at the age of nine years.

Mr. and Mrs. Gines have been in business in Sumner, for five years, and then came to Daviess county 23 years ago, being at Hyatt Station for 13 years before buying the home where they now reside.

For over 30 years the couple have been Bible Christians, keeping up the family altar in the home, and tithing their income and attending and supporting the Free Methodist Church of Washington and other worthy institutions.

The aged couple have revealed their motto as "Ready to Live or Ready to Die". They are reported ready and willing to go day or night to pray for or help in any way the sick or dying.

Names of children and grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Gines are as follows:

Oral N. Gines, and two children, Donald Ray and Carolyn Sue.

Rolla H. Gines, and three children, Nelline, Edwin and Forrest.

Ray Gines, of Bloomington, and three children, Junior, Joyce and John Thomas.

Herald Gines and children, Ronald and David.

Mrs. John Riggs, of Bloomington, and children, Archer and Joan.

Isis Hoss, of Hyatt Station and children, Ruth, Dorothy, Helen, Geneva, Virginia, Eleanor, Darlene, John and Paul.

Nora Gines, a daughter, died at the age of nine years.

Wanda L. Gines has in her files the handwritten list of guests attending their golden wedding celebration.

PRESS NOTES

J. W. Gines dies following long illness.

Funeral Sunday Morning for Well Known Local Farmer.

John W. Gines, 73, well known farmer of Washington twp., died at 5:30 o'clock Wed. morning at the family home, about half a mile north of the Longfellow school on the Edwardsport Road.

Death of the well known man was attributed to a complication of ailments, and came after a lingering illness which began in November a year ago. He had been serviously ill since last September.

Native of Sumner, Ill., the deceased was born June 25, 1867. He was a son of Henry and Hannah E. (Herrin) Gines and spent his early life in the Sumner community. He came to Daviess county 26 years ago last March and had resided here since that time.

Married on November 24, 1887, Mr. Gines is survived by the wife, Ida M. (Burget) Gines. Six of seven children born to the union also survive. They are Rolla H. Gines of Washington, Ray I. Gines of Bloomington, Oral N. Gines of Washington, Isis M. Hoss of Washington, R. R. Dorothy B. Riggs of Bloomington, and Herald M. Gines of Washington R. R. A daughter, Nora E. Gines, is deceased. There also are 25 grand children and 3 great-grandchildren surviving.

Mr. Gines was a devoted member of the Free Methodist Church of this city, and had been quite active in past years in developing young men for the ministry. Several of these will participate in the final rites for Mr. Gines.

Funeral services have been arranged for 11 o'clock Sunday morning, and will be held at the Free Methodist church. Rev. Fletcher and Rev. McDowell will have charge, with burial following in Sumner, Illinois.

The body of Mr. Gines has been returned to the family home, after burial preparation at the Gill Funeral Chapel. Friends may call at the home to pay respects.


OBITUARY OF J. W. GINES

We are taught in the work of God that man was created a little lower than the angels. Whatever this may mean to us, we are sure that the Marvelous Cabinet consisting of reason, Will, and Conscience, are God-given powers and by these man is distinguished from the beasts sof the field with capacity for higher rational life and Spiritual insight.

To this truth John Wesley Gines was awakened years ago by the birth of a moral personality.

In Bible terms we wold say he was "born again" or truly converted to Jesus, and later saw the consistency of the teaching of God's word relation to the doctrine of heart holiness, and our ransom powers being fully dedicated to God.

This was the experience that gave this good man a never dying zeal and fervor for the salvation of men and the prosperity of the cause of Christ.

It was the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that pressed the matter of a place of worship upon the heart of Bro. Gines while living near Taswell Crawford County Indiana.

There was no finance and not many people interested but despite the prevailing indifference and unfavorable surroundings - his faith touoched the God of Miracles and the church was erected. Grand revivals followed and many who were converted to Christunder the labors of John Gines have long since gone to their heavenly reward.

It was almost 26 years ago since Bro. Gines located in Daviess County North of Washington. Again the revival fire was kindled in his heart and plans were set in operation for an ingathering of Souls.

As a result of this inspiration more than one hundred and fifty people were converted to Christ in the old theater building on West VanTrees St. and a Free Methodist Church organized with forty-four Charter members.

Later followed the erection of the building, we worship in today. Bro. Gines has served the Church through all the reverses and problems that are common to those who carry responsibility in religious activities. Many times has he been elected as delegate to the Annual Conference of his Church. Also served as Local Preacher, Class Leader and Chairman of various committees. Yet with an humble attitude and congenial Spirit he won the hearts and love of many people in and outside of Church circles.

We would not forget while we mention the many virtues of this good man that a consecrated devoted mother in Israel shared her life in all the efforts which were crowned with success. Ida M. Burget to whom he was married November 24, 1887. Never failed to play the part of a faithful wife and an affectionate mother. For 53 years they have journeyed together and reared a family of six children. One having died at an early age.

Living are Rolla H. Gines, Washington, Indiana; Ray I. Gines, Bloomington, Indiana; Oral N. Gines, Washington, Indiana; Isis M. Hoss, Washington, Indiana; Dorothy B.Riggs, Bloomington, Indiana; and Herald M.Gines, Washington, Indiana beside 23 grand children and 3 great grand children.

Well done thou good and faithful servant, are the words of our dear Lord. Your toils have won for you a crown, up here is your reward.

What glorious things you shall behold. Eye hath not seen nor hath ear heard. But mansions fair so we are told, are for the saints so says the Lord.



Wanda L. Gines has funeral book with the following information:

In Memory of
John Wesley Gines
Born Sumner, Illinois, June 25, 1867

Entered into rest
Washington, Indiana, January 1, 1941
73 yrs. 6 mo. 6 days

Interment
Sumner, Illinois, January 5, 1941; 2:30 p.m.

Father's Father Henry Geines
Father's Mother Easter (Ester) Geines
Father Henry S. Geines
Mother Hannah E. Herrin Gines
Deceased John Wesley Gines
Wedded to Ida Mary Burget

Other Members of Family: Rolla Harrison Gines
Raymond Irl Gines
Nora Ethel Gines (deceased)
Oral Norval Gines
Isis Matilda Gines Hoss
Dorothy Burget Gines Riggs
Herald Marshall Gines

Services: Washington, Indiana
Free Methodist Church
January 5, 1941; 11:00 a.m.

Officiating: Rev. Leroy McDowell
Rev. Noah Fletcher

Other Speakers: James Bright Ralph Bright
Cleo Denbo Elmer Riggs
Clayton Cassidy Rex Fortner

Music: Jesus Lover of My Soul
He Hideth My Soul
Asleep in Jesus
Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Selections Rendered by: Ina Horton Rena Green
Dorothy Horton Hazel Horton
Noah Fletcher Guy Horton
William Horton Elmer Riggs

Bearers: A. M Perkins Walter Hand
Ray Tharpe Rodney Delphia
Alvin McCracken Clifford Chattin



Note on back of sales slip carried in his billfold.
Just one year ago today the dearest flower on earth to me was taken away to be with God who gave her to me for awhile and in our ups and downs and our trials we shared such (maybe it's each) other love we had our heart aches and so on but through God there is some day we may join hands again around God's white throng.

Wanda L. Gines has what remains of the Local Preacher's License for J. W. Gines for Wabash Conference. The bottom was eaten away so we do not know the date or the superintendent.


There was a page in the family bible entitled: "Family temperance Pledge"
Believing it to be better for all we, the undersigned solemnly promise, by the help fo God, to abstain from the use of all intoxicating drinks as a beverage.
The following signatures appear below this: J. W. Gines, Rolla H. Gines, Raymond I. Gines, and Oral N. Gines.


A document was found dated Mt. Carmel, Ill., Nove. 3rd, 1904. In consideration of Two Hundred received of J. W. Geines, I hereby sell and transfer to J. W. Geines a 1/32 interest in the lease of 80 acres more or less on the farms of H. L. Herrod, M. E. Eggleston G'd'n and J. M. Baker in Allen County Ohio, and I agree to drill one test well into the Trenton Rock sand without further cost to said parties. These leases provide for one sixth (1/6) of the oil to go to the land owner and a money consideration for the gas if used off the premises.
H. J. Rodgers (difficult to read/may not be correct)

WARRANTY DEED, City of Sumner, Ill. to John W. Gines, Sumner, Ill.
This Indenture Witnesseth, that the grantors H. A. Murphy Mayor and wife Christy, city clerk of the City of Sumner in the county of Lawrence and State of Illinois for and in consideration of the sum of Five dollars, in hand paid. conveys and warrants to John W. Gines of the City of Sumner County of Lawrence and State of Illinois the following described Real Estate, to-wit: Lot #124 in Second addition to City Cemetery situated in the City of Sumner in the County of Lawrence in the State of Illinois hereby releasing and waiving all rights under and by virture of the Homesteach Exemption Laws of this State. Dated, this 8th day of October, A. D.: 189
signed by: H. A. Murphy, Mayor
Wife Christy City Clerk

JOHN married BURGET IDA MAE (MARY) on 24 Nov 1887 in M. at res by W. H. Wagy; witnessed by Emma Wagy, minister's wife, & Isis Kilgore. IDA (daughter of BURGET DANIEL D. and WAGNER MATILDA ALMEDA (ALEMEDA)) was born on 13 Feb 1867 in Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois; died on 20 Dec 1946 in Indpls., IN. Nursing Home; dod may be 12/16/46; was buried in City Cemetery, Sumner, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Store at 11th and Walnut Streets, Washington, Indiana.

Obituaries:
Rolla Harrison Gines, 90, formerly of 1015 W. Walnut, died at the Washington Nursing Ceneter today at 8:00 a.m. (3/12/79). Born in Sumner, Illinois January 19, 1889, he was the son of John W. and Mary (Burgett) Gines.
For more than 60 years, he operated a grocery at 1015 W. Walnut, retiring in 1965. He was educated in the Sumner schools. He was a member of the Free Methodist Church and was a charter member of the Washington Kiwanis Club.
Surviving are two sons, Forrest and Edwin Gines, Washington; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Riggs, Los Angeles; and a brother, Herald Gines, Washington. A daughter, Mrs. Nelline Godwin, two sisters and two brothers preceded him in death.
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Gill Chapel.

Services for Rolla H. Gines will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Gill Chapel with the Rev. Ralph Bright as minister. Burial wil be in Bethany Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 2 - 5 and 7 - 9 p.m. (3/16/79).

Service for Rolla H. Gines were Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Gill Chapel with burial in Bethany cemetery. The Rev. Ralph Bright officiated adn casket bearers were Roland Harris, Howard Blevins, Delmon Shake, Bruce Rogers, Fritz Garland and Rollie Gress.


Newspaper article from Valley Advance, Vol. 2, No. 26, Vincennes, IN, March 3, 1966.

WASHINGTON MAN NOTES 50TH YEAR AS GROCER by Larry Rodimel and David Snow

Mr. Rolla H. Gines, Washington, IN grocer, this year observes his 50th year in the neighborhood grocery business.
Mr. Gines is 77 years old and a native of Illinois. He was first introduced to the grocery business at a store established by his father in Vincennes at Second and Lyndale streets.
He told The Valley Advance that his basic knowledge of the grocery business came from those 10 years with his father.
In 1916, Mr. Gines and his brother, Oral, ventured forth in the business world with an establishment of their own at 400 West Main Street in Washington. They had only 500 dollars in cash and a 40-acre farm, given to them by their father, with which to begin their business.
After three successful years, they moved to a larger store at 1415 McCormick Avenue. It wasn't until 1926 that Mr. Gines began business for himself at 1015 West Walnut Street. Gines' Grocery has remained at this location for the past 40 years. (Oral returned to the farm at that time. He died in 1962.)
Changes have crept gradually into the grocery business over the years, Mr. Gines said. Once, a man's word was all that was needed for credit purchasing; today, however, the businessman has to check with a clearinghouse (credit bureau) for each new person's credit rating, he noted. Also, at one time, sugar and beans were stored in large barrels from which the grocer would dip the desired amount for each customer. "Now, these and other items are packaged in small individual containers for convenience," Gines mused. "Coffee was once ground fresh by the grocer; it is pre-ground or 'instant' today," he added.
Mr. Gines also remembers the days of horse and wagon delivery and fears, likewise, that the time of the small neighborhood grocery is limited due to what he called the "overwhelming success of super markets."
The major local change Mr. Gines witnessed, however, was the loss of his neighborhood customers because of the move...section by section over the years...of the B. & O. Railroad shops, the major employer of the area...Washington's West End. Diesels meant the erosion of the shops' usefulness. And that usefulness was once of major significance what with the shops equidistant from Cincinnati, Ohio and St. Louis, MO.
When asked what he would do if he had a chance to repeat his career, Mr. Gines replied that "it was by chance that I became involved in the grocery business, but I am thankful that I did have such an opportunity,."
He also said that he has considered retirement many times since he reached the age of 65, 12 years ago. "In fact," he said "I might retire any day."
The impression gained by The Valley Advance is that he loves the business too much to leave it.

There are two pictures along with the article.
(1) Taken inside the store: Mr. Gines gazes pensively out his store front as he recalls highlights of his 50 years as a grocer. He was interviewed and photographed by VU Journalism students on assignment with theValley Advance last week.
(2) This is the Gines' grocery located on the corner of West Walnut and 11th streets in Washington. A striking building in its day it still reflects a friendly atmosphere of the neighborhood grocery store of days gone by. (Valley Advance Photo)

ROLLA married FITZGERALD CORA on 27 Dec 1910 in Divorced.. CORA was born on 19 Jan 1890; died in Mar 1943 in Francisco, IN; was buried in Cemetery at Francisco, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Tombstone says "Dying is but Going Home".

Notes:

Tombstone says "Dying is but going home".

RAYMOND married ALLBRIGHT ELSIE MAE (ALBRIGHT) on 27 Jul 1918 in Date of marriage may be July 19, 1918.. ELSIE was born on 9 Aug 1898 in Martin County, Indiana; died on 16 Feb 1980 in Monroe County, Indiana; Buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Oral had a grocery store at 1415 McCormick Ave., Washington, Indiana. Date of death may be June 1962.

OPERATION FAILS TO SAVE LIFE OF CHARLES BURRIS, 10
Boy whose leg was fractured in auto acciident dies at the hospital.

Suffering an irreducible fracture of the groin line of the femur the night of January 8 when he was struck by an automobile while on the way to a motion picture show, Charles Burris, the ten-year-old son of Dave Burris, 400 northwest 10th street, died at the county hospital at 6 o'clock this morning.
The fracture not being susceptible to the ordinary methods of reduction, an operation was performed at the hospital Sunday morning to provide relief. The patient never rallied, his condition growing steadily worse. Attending physicians said the complications which caused the lad's death were general blood poisoning and emboli of the lungs.
The car which struck the youth was a Willys-Knight belonging to Rol Gines but it was being driven by his brother, Oral, at the time of the accident. The motor car was traveling west in Walnut and the accident happened between the intersection of Ogdon and Front Streets.
Witnesses said the Burris boy with a companion, stepped from the curb line into the street directly in the path of the machine which is said to have been traveling at a slow rate of speed. The bumper struck Burris, knocking him to the pavement, but his companion escaped injury, the car failing to hit him. The burris boy is said to have been lying on a line with the rear door of the automobile when it was brought to a stop.
Dr. R. S. Wood, county coroner, viewed the body at the Keller and Williams undertaking parlors but said he would hold no inquest unless an investigation was requested by either Gines or the dead boy's father, he being satisfied death resulted from surgical shock. The coroner added that what he had learned of the circumstances surrounding the infliction of the injury in an unofficial way he also is convinced that the accident was wholly unavoidable.
The dead boy was, a student at the West End School building. His mother has been dead some years, but he is survived by his father and a sister, Loretta. The sister is making her home with an aunt, Mrs. Carl Williams, at Sikeston, Missouri.
The body was removed to the home of Mrs. Frank Crabb, Jefferson Street today. While not definitely arranged, the funeral services probably will be Thursday morning with burial in Oak Grove cemetery.

ORAL married NICHOLSON LURLINE on 21 Apr 1929 in Evansville, Indiana or Taswell, Indiana (Divorced 1950). LURLINE was born on 10 May 1903 in Wheatland, Indiana; died on 18 Nov 1981 in Bedford, In. in her home; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

PLAINVILLE CEMETARY
On out 57N past Sugarland Memorial Gardens before Plainville. Hwy 57 splits cemetary.

1st entrance to right, 1st road to left, then walk down hill to 1st row by hwy.

ISIS married HOSS CHARLES 0. (DAMON) on 20 Aug 1916 in Plainville, Daviess County, Indiana; by Rev. Pierre Keys with witness Mrs. Pierre Keys. CHARLES (son of HOSS AMOS H. and APPLE ROSA BELL) was born on 15 Jan 1894 in Lyons, Green County, Indiana; died in 1973 in Buried Plainville, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Index to Birth Records: Knox County, IN. 1882-1920, Vol. I A-G, W.P.A. Ch. 20, P. 97, City Health Office, Vincennes, Indiana.

Church of the Hills, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills

A Service of Memory for Dorothy B. Riggs
BornFebruary 19, 1906 Vincennes, Indiana
Passed AwayJune 18, 1982 Highland Park, California
Service HeldJune 26, 1982 11:30 a.m. at the Church of the Hills
Service conducted byDr. Donald Riggs, Free Methodist Church, Oregon
Eulogy byThe Reverend James Dennison
Dolos byRich Hoover
James Alexander
Cathy Musulli
OrganistVirginia King
Funeral DirectorForest Loawn Mortuary, Hollywood Hills
IntermentSummerland, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California

DOROTHY married RIGGS JOHN ERNEST on 25 Jun 1933 in Vincennes, Indiana. JOHN was born on 20 Jun 1907; died on 2 Aug 1979 in White Memorial HospitaL, Los Angeles, CA.; Bd. Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, CA.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Directions to SUGARLAND MEMORIAL GARDENS

Hwy 57 N out of Washington. Go around circle. On left across from statue of children and lambs.


Have been told there is a Gines buried in The Dunkird Church Cemetary south of Olney around east of Parkersburg.

HERALD married OWENS LORENE VIOLA on 8 Dec 1932 in Washington, Daviess County, Indiana. LORENE (daughter of OWENS CHARLES WILEY and TAYLOR VEDA ELVIRA) was born on 14 Apr 1913 in Monett, Barry County, Missouri.; died on 4 May 1990 in Daviess County Hospital. Washington, Daviess County, Indiana.; was buried in Sugarland Memorial Gardens, Washington, Daviess County, Indiana.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Index to Birth Records: Knox County, In. 1882-1920, Vol. 1, A-G, W.P.A. Ch.21 P. 112.

EDITH married GODWIN HAROLD BERT on 22 Oct 1932. HAROLD (son of GODWIN GEORGE A. and PURCELL ETTA MAE) was born on 24 Aug 1910 in Washington, Davies County, Indiana; died in in Sunday prior to May 8, 1988; bd. Oak Grove Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Newspaper article probably in a Washington, Indiana newspaper or perhaps a San Diego, California paper.

LOCAL MAN EXPERIENCES 'LIFE AFTER DEATH' by Ron Arvin

"There is a great sense of peace, no fear, no confusion...I never felt so good.."

Thus have many persons described what happens during the near-death experience. They tell of a sense of floating, a feeling of release of all pain, a great white light, and some even extend their experiences into five stages.
Edwin Gines of Washington knows first hand of earlier phases of the experiences which researchers have found common in hundreds of individuals who have approached a "clinical" death.
Dr. Kenneth Ring, a professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut, from interviews with 102 men and women, has concluded that the near-death phenomenon is, indeed, a new stage of growth, a spiritual rebirth that permits an individual a new zest and appreciation of life. Gines and his wife Fern will attest to that theory.
Gines' experience began Dec. 19, 1978 and in succeeding weeks he was to undergo not only the near-death moments but other traumatic conditions which were partially concealed from him by his family until after he was recovering from open heart surgery.
On a visit in San Diego, the Gines' daughter, Gaetana Kratzer, convinced her father he did not appear well and insisted he enter Mercy Hospital and Medical Center for tests. These tests determined that while he had experienced no pain, he had in fact suffered a serious heart attack.
On December 29 Ed was feeling great, preparing to leave the hospital, when suddenly severe pain hit his chest and arm. He reached for the call button and remembered hearing the nurse answer immediately.
It later developed the instant response by the nurse and the fortuitous proximity fo two doctors (who were planning to visit Gines before his dismissal) saved his life. Within a short time he had electric shock...back to life.
"I had a feeling of floating higher and higher," Gines recalls. "It was beautiful and the most peaceful situation you could imagine. I was so happy and peaceful.
When the electric shock treatment took effect, I kept asing the doctors...why?...why? They wanted to know what I meant. My answer was: Why did you bring me back? I was feeling so good, so peaceful, and now I'm back and feeling all this pain."
If one is to follow documented cases (i.e. Kubler-Ross On Dearh and Dying) Gines was through the first stages - a feeling of incredible peacefulness, something which has no equal; then the feeling of detachment, of floating out-of-the-body.
Some accounts have told of being like a spectator, watching nurses and doctors working over their bodies, as if from a balcony looking down,
Gines' experience was abruptly terminated by the electric shock treatment.

Other stages, described by some persons but not by Gines, include the peaceful movement into a tunnel-like opening; then a brilliant gold-yellow light, very warm but never hurtful to the eyes; and finally a distinct calling, not necessarily a voice, in which one is told "Your life is not finished...go back."
Linked with the distinct impressions of the rising higher and higher was the appearance when he regained consciousness of the the hospital chaplain, Sister Mary La Salellette, of the Sisters of Mercy, whose kindly face, enshrouded in white, became Ed's"guardian angel" from there on.
Two more heart attacks the same day kept Ed in the hospital's intensive care for 26 days, then he was released to be prepared for open heart surgery.
The family kept from him many of the details of a shooting at a school where his daughter Gaetana, a speech therapist, was teaching. A teen-ager killed the school principal and custodian, and wounded eight children. Ed did not know for weeks Gaetana had gone from her room to drag inside an injured child, and then huddled over the child in life-saving efforts. Later the door through which she had exited was found riddled with bullets.
Finally, after he was recovering from surgery, he had to return home early because of the death of his father.
The religious aspects of near-death experiences are also being examined by scholars who say one's own religious beliefs affect their interpretation of the near-death moments.
"It is a faith-strengthening thing. Certainly we do not want to die, but we do not fear death," Ed and Fern say.
This is the conclusion of many whom scholars have interviewed: They say what they have experienced will come again and their time has simply been postponed.
Researchers are looking into all facets, such as could these stories have been induced by anesthesia, but as in Gines case, anesthesia sometimes has not been used at the time of the experience. Ed and Fern have recalled their own experiences with anesthesia and Ed says the sensation is not the same as the experience in San Diego.


There is a picture of Ed and Fern Gines sitting on a couch sharing a newspaper. The caption reads: Ed and Fern Gines read a newspaper account of a shooting in a San Diego school where their daughter was teaching. Ed was in a San Diego hospital at the time and almost died of a heart attach, experiencing the first stage of "life after death."

EDWIN married FITZGERALD FERN ELEANOR RUDOLPH on 13 Apr 1941. FERN was born on 18 Oct 1916 in Montgomery, Indiana; died in in Buried Bethany Christian Church Cemetery - Hwy 50 East out of Washington, IN.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth Records: Daviess County, IN. 1882-1920 Vol. 1 - A-K, Ft. Wayne, IN. Public Library.

FORREST married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth Records - Daviess County, IN., 1882-1920, Vol. ! - A-K Book H-10, P. 132; Ft. Wayne, IN. Public Livrary.

RAY married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Funeral Services at Greene and Harrell Mortuary, Inc. at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1982. Rev. Charles Hill, Officiating. Organist, Mrs. Barbara Duncan. Interment Valhalla Memory Gardens.

JOYCE married THRASHER BERNARD LOUIS on 6 Oct 1946 in Bloomington, Indiana. BERNARD was born on 20 Oct 1920 in Monroe County, Indiana; died on 13 May 1986 in Bloomington, Indiana; Buried Valhalla Mausoleum, Bloomington, Indiana.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Article from recently published (prior to 2/10/88) MONROE CO. INDIANA FAMILY HERITAGE. Marie Gines said it had been written two years prior to the above date.

GINES-HAYS

The Oldest daughter of Roy Hays, Loretta Jean Hays, married John Thomas Gines on June 6, 1954. He was born in Monroe County, but his family was from Washington, Indiana, and before that, Illinois and Ohio.

Jean and Tom were high school sweethearts at Bloomington High School. After they were married, Tom was drafted into the service and was stationed in the state of Washington. Their first child, a boy named Mark David after two of Tom's friends, Mark Engledow and John David Greyson, was born five years after their marriage. By this time Jean and Tom had returned to Bloomington. Tom worked at R & S Boot Shop and Jean earned her professional hairdressers license. After trying for a second child for mnay years, they adopted a little girl, named Sherri Lynne by Mark, and within a few months found that Jean was pregnant. Alicia was born nine months after Sherri.

Tom developed a heart disease and died in April, 1976. Since his death Jean has earned her instructor of cosmetology license. She is currently a secretary at Center for Real Estate. She has raised her three children to adulthood quite successfully, and now enjoys the company of her two grandsons. Mark David married Carol Ann Kurtenbach on February 2, 1980. She is a local girl whose family is a German descent and had settled in Illinois. They have two boys, Matthew Thomas born October 6, 1983, and Christopher Raymond born April 27, 1985. Mark was a manager at Wagner's Shoe Box until it closed. He is now a salesman at Wylie's Furniture Company. Carol attended I.U. where she earned her teaching degree. She currently is working at the Inn of the Four Winds as a hostess while she works on her master's degree.

Sherri Lynne has started her freshman year at I.U. She is currently working as a dental assistant for a doctor in Ellettsville.

Alica Ann is in her final year of high school. She is active in volleyball, basketball, and softball. She plans to attend a junior college where she can play one or more of these sports.

JOHN married HAYS LORETTA JEAN on 6 Jun 1954 in Bloomington, Indiana; date of marriage may be 1952.. LORETTA was born on 6 Oct 1935 in Monroe County, Indiana; died on 18 Jan 2004 in Bloomington, Indiana; was buried on 22 Jan 2004 in Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living [Group Sheet]

Living married GARDNER N. [Group Sheet]

CAROLYN married UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet]

CAROLYN married MCLEMORE RICHARD DALE on 6 Jan 1954 in Indianapolis, Indiana ?; divorced. RICHARD was born in in Washington, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

CAROLYN married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1994
THE WASHINGTON TIMES-HERALD

Dorothy Frances Hoss, 77, Washington, Rt. 3, died at the Daviess County Hospital at 3:07 p.m. Monday.

The funeral will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Free Methodist Church with the Rev. Paul Erny officiating. Interment will be in Plainville Cemetary.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Gill Chapel and after 9a.m. Thursday at the church.

She was born August 13, 1917 at Lyons to Charles and Isis Gines Hoss. She was a member of the Free Methodist Church.

Surviving are seven sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Ruth Fell, Terre Haute;
Mrs. Mary Zackmeire, Lake Alford, Fla.; Mrs. Genevieve Hudson, Gravette, Arkansas; Mrs. Eleanor Blackmer, Cherry Valley, Illinois; Mrs. Charlene Brazeal, St. Bernice; Mrs. Marilyn Weaver, Belvidere, Illinois; Mrs. Sharon Maldnado, Rosewell, New Mexico; John Hoss, Washington; Paul Hoss, Waverly; and David Hoss, Bedford. Two sisters, June Rose and Virginia Fell, have died.

Vocalists: Gary and Jodie Cooper
Organist: Mrs. Marva Coulter

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GENEVIEVE married LYNN SAMUEL JASPER on 19 Jul 1952. SAMUEL was born on 15 Nov 1906 in Texas; died on 20 Aug 1982 in Bu. Ar.. [Group Sheet]

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Sister Ruth married Ted and raised their children.

ANNA married FELL THEODORE ROOSEVELT on 28 Sep 1947 in Washington, Indiana; date may be September 27, 1947. THEODORE was born on 8 Mar 1920 in DOB may be March 12, 1920; died on 8 Apr 1980 in Buried Terre Haute, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

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HERALD married BRINK WANDA LEE on 18 Nov 1956 in Nashville, Washington County, Illinois. WANDA (daughter of BRINK RAYMOND LEROY and SCHAFER MILDRED HELEN) was born on 14 Feb 1935 in Nashville, Washington County, Illinois; died on 23 Feb 2006 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri; was buried in Feb 2006 in Lindenwood Cemetery, Ft. Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

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DANIEL married GRANNON CHERYL. [Group Sheet]

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ANGELA married GWORDSKE CHAD STANLY. (son of GWORDSKE CHESTER S.) [Group Sheet]

TAMARA married JEWETT SCOTT. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

Tombstone says Proverbs 3:5-6 and Romans 8:28.

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