| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
|
WHEREAS, The Hines Cemetery Association is celebrating the |
|
|
rededication of the historic burial ground in Edna on May 20, 2023, |
|
|
the 150th anniversary of the cemetery's founding; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, In February 1873, Joe and Flora Hines purchased 200 |
|
|
acres of land in Jackson County and set aside 10 acres for use as a |
|
|
family graveyard; they had been born into slavery and transported |
|
|
to Texas by Robert C. Hines from his plantation in Hinesville, |
|
|
Liberty County, Georgia; the couple lived in Henderson, Texas, |
|
|
before moving to Morales around 1864; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Together, Joe and Flora Hines had 12 children, |
|
|
including three from her first marriage to Joe Robinson, Alfred, |
|
|
Joe, and Tira, and the nine children of their own union, Tom, Bill, |
|
|
Reuben, Mary, Jane, Francis, Rosa, Harriet, and Julia; today, they |
|
|
have more than 350 known descendants; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, The Hines Cemetery Association was established in |
|
|
2017 as a nonprofit organization with the sole purpose of |
|
|
preserving the historical integrity of the burial ground; the |
|
|
association's board is composed of descendants of Joe and Flora |
|
|
Hines, and its original members were Sammie E. Brooks, president, |
|
|
Beverly Callis Campbell, secretary-treasurer, Hugh Hines, grounds |
|
|
coordinator, and Leonard Hines, assistant grounds coordinator; |
|
|
today, the board includes Matthew Wesley Plummer Jr., president, |
|
|
Bruce Butler, first vice president, Brian Plummer, second vice |
|
|
president, Robert Hood Jr., secretary, Rolanda Hood Williams, |
|
|
assistant secretary, Farouk O. Plummer, treasurer, and Carl Freddie |
|
|
Hines, grounds coordinator; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, For 150 years, the Hines Cemetery has served as a |
|
|
final resting place for tenacious men and women who braved many |
|
|
hardships while striving to build a better life for their families, |
|
|
and its preservation is a tribute to the constancy and devotion of |
|
|
their descendants; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
|
|
Legislature hereby commemorate the rededication of the Hines |
|
|
Cemetery on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of its founding |
|
|
and commend the members of the Hines Cemetery Association for their |
|
|
efforts; and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for the association as an expression of high regard by the |
|
|
Texas House of Representatives. |