The Arvada enterprise., 1919-12-25

when word came to Arv0ua that MIR,
George W.hines had been stricken
down at 2:30 p. m. with heart fail
ure, while ut ms work IN the t'riae Oh
the Rockies mill in Denver.
A relative, who was employed ut
the same place with HIM came GU.
and brought the sad news. Fowler,
Hines, who was helping kaiph Smltn
dig well, when told, was incilnea TO
think someone was playing prank
on him, but jumped IN the car ana
and soon discovered that it was the
truth.
MIR. Hines left home Saturday
morning in apparently his usual
good health, al,ho he did complain
Of severe pain IN his stomach
altho he did complain of u severe
pain in his abdomen several times the
past week, and particularly on Fri
day evening, he was putting coal in
the stove at home and was attacked
and had to sit down for time. His
wife asked him to have u doctor, but
in his usual optimistic manner, he re-
fused, saying it would soon leave him
which it did.
He is reported also, to have made
the jocular remark while eating his
lunch just couple of hours before
he died, that il this pain did not stop
he believed he'd "croke."
About two thirty he complained
to his employer-that he did not feel
well and was told to 20 lie down. He
went down the stairs to the room be-
low and as he started to cross the
floor, dropped dead near fellow
employ.
An autopsy was held Sunday aft
crnoon and the Coroner pronounced
death due to hcartfailura.
Mr.. Hines was / most beloved man
in this community. . friend to all the
children, and his CHEEKY voice was al
ways welcomed everywhere. He was
q very active worker in tho M. L
church and his last act In that capac-
ity was to make plea for the child.
rem to have Christmas tree, and he
also selected the tree which It was
not his privilege Ia enjoy rs he had
anticipated.
He was n member in good fellow
ship and standing IN the local w. O.
W. Camp. which will also sadly miss
him.
The funeral took place Tuesday af-
tcrnoon at 9 o'clock from the M. +.
church, which was filled to capacit.
with the Borrowing and sympathetic
friends. The three pastors. Cater
all, Re1d, and Pipkin. also Rev. J.
F.. White and Rev. Sanderson took
pnrt in the ceremonies which were
very impressive md expressed the
deep fellowship in which the dcccas-
cd was held in the community ana
church, and also spoke words of com
fort and sympathy to the sorrowing
family.
Mr.. Walter =. Smith and Mrs.
Grace Of Denver. furnished the music
by singing solos The pail bearers
were Mcssrs. North Evans, u. J.. kcl-
so, A. j. Miller. G. c. Townslcy, J. J
Weber. and II. X. Brown.
The floral offerings were most
profusc and beautiful. The remains
were laid ut rest beside his father
and daughter in the Arvada GENE
terry.
George w. Hines was born ut
Bloomington, H.. Sept. n, 1896 and
died in Denver, Colorado, Dec. goth
while in the employ of the pride Of
the Rockies" mill. lie WINS therefore
81 ycnru, three months and three
days old.
Mr.. Hines was converted In 1885
while living inLnwrcnee, Kansas. by
the Salvation Army. lie WAS mar
ricd here on November "a. 1888 and
to this marriage eight children were
born, four boys and four girls. lie
moved from Lawrence to Poplar
Bluff, NO.. and there he joined the
Methodist Episcopal Church South.