LEONARD HINES JR.

January 9, 1931 - May 22, 2013

Leonard Hines Jr., 82, of Kankakee, IL died Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Riverside Medical Center. Visitation will be Friday, May 31, 2013 from 6:00 until 8:00 p. m. at Lax Mortuary and again on Saturday, June 1, 2013 from 10:00 a. m. until time of Funeral Services at 11:00 a. m. at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor Ernest Rucker will officiate and Pastor Emeritus Robert Rucker Sr. will deliver the eulogy. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory. Leonard Hines Jr. was born on January 9, 1931 in Jacksonville, Alabama to Leonard Sr. and Daisy Sharp Hines. He was a faithful member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church where he served on The Finance Committee. Mr. Hines served in the United States Marine Corps. He was united in Holy Matrimony to the former Jessie Crowell on March 19, 1958 and he worked for the Elwood Line Grain Elevator for 29 years. He will be remembered as a jovial, sociable, caring and understanding person. He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Jessie Hines of Kankakee, IL; four sons and two daughters-in-law, Leonard Hines of Indianapolis, IN, Anthony and Christine Hines of Cumming, GA, Darrell and Gregoria Hines of Vista, CA and Eddie Charles Crowell of Indio, CA; six daughters and two sons-in-law, Linda Simington of Mesquite, TX, Lorraine Shelton of Isanti, MN, Faye Kimmons of Smithsburg, MD, Susan Renee Hines of Vista, CA, Cynthia and David Nelson of Matteson, IL and Melanie and Vladimir Ramos of Kankakee, IL; one sister, Verinda Martin of Kankakee, IL; 33 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren; a special friend, Reverend Robert Rucker Sr., and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by a stepson, Larry Crowell.