Mother Estella H. Hines

Mother Estella Harper-Hines was born February 16, 1932 on a small farm in Kingsland, Arkansas to Forney Harper and Elva Westbrook-Harper. She was the sixth child of eight children. Estella attended Carthage High School and in 1950 received her diploma. Mother Hines and her family migrated to Las Vegas, Nevada in March 1959. She was married to the late Maurice Hines, and to this union three children were born. Mother Hines worked at Valley Hospital in the Housekeeping department and retired in 1994. She opened a daycare center in her home and was able to serve underprivileged children for several years. Mother Hines has been a foster parent to five boys and cared for their needs until they were adopted. She also served in numerous civic capacities. She was the first Black women in Nevada to open a transitional home for homeless men and displaced women. She named the home after her close friend, Mrs. Clara N. Jefferson. Mother Hines was a mother, friend and counselor to many families and neighbors in the community and was a personal banker to many. In 1997, she successfully completed a professional education course administered by the Nevada Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Agency. Mother Hines was a member of the Methodist Church before uniting with the Church of God in Christ in 1972, where she was saved and filled with the Holy Ghost at St. John Church of God in Christ where Superintendent O. L. Jefferson was pastor. In later years St. John Church of God in Christ was changed to Portals to Glory where the late Pastor Robert L. Jefferson served as pastor. Pastor Cleo Jamerson, Jr. was appointed pastor after the death of Elder Robert Jefferson. Mother Hines received her spiritual training from the late Superintendent O. L. Jefferson and Church Mother Willa Mae Ottey. She attended the C. H. Mason Bible College, studying under the guidance of the late Mother Stella Parson and was licensed as a missionary upon completing the curriculum,. She served as Church Mother at Portals to Glory and has worked tirelessly in the jurisdiction and district, as well as in her local church. She served as Purity Class President, on the Usher Board, Sunday School Teacher, worked with the Sunshine Band, Pastor's Aid, Home and Foreign Mission, Senior Choir, Sewing Circle, Young People's Willing Workers and subsequently was appointed District Missionary of the Southern-Holiness District under the leadership of Superintendent Melvin L Sanders Sr. In 1984, she was appointed Assistant Church Mother to St. John Church of God in Christ by Superintendent Jefferson, and was also appointed as president of the Young Women's Christian Council. In 1985, after receiving her certification from Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Chaplain Studies, she was appointed chaplain of the North Las Vegas Care Center and the Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, by Chaplain Board President Missionary Cleather Manning, In 1982, Mother Hines received a commendation for her services at the North Las Vegas Care Center. Mother Hines was appointed Assistant District Missionary of the Las Vegas District by Mother Sweetie A. Porter and she worked diligently with the District Superintendent Carruth Hall and District Missionary Ruth Turner. She served as a personal worker to the late Mother Verna Ware. In 2009, Bishop Carruth Hall selected Mother Hines as Superintendent of the Department of Women, Nevada First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, and on November 6, 2009, during the Holy Convocation in Memphis, Tennessee, she was consecrated and appointed by General Supervisor of Women Mother Willie Mae Rivers. The late Bishop Leon Smith wrote a message in an official program from an appreciation service honoring Mother Hines "She demonstrated remarkable strength and wisdom in the execution of her position. Her name will go down in history as an executive who had a touch of genius. Mother Hines is deeply revered and will always be remembered as a beautiful saint who represented the Church of God in Christ with grace and love for the brotherhood." Mother hines remained a member of Portals to Glory Church of God in Christ under the leadership of its current pastor, Administrative Assistant Rodger Gardner, until her death. Mother was truly loved and respected by those who knew her. It can be said of her as the Apostle Paul said in II Timothy 4:7, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:" Left to share memories of Mother Hines are three daughters, Cynthia Marshall, Valerie Marshall, Doretha Marshall (MacArthur) Scott; two bonus daughters Linda (Robert) England and Gloria (Danny) Williams; a special sister-cousin Velma Grubbs; grandchildren, shonna Marshall, Lumundo Scott, Reena (Christopher) Thomas, Erica (Kevin) Walker, Elante Hines and Marcia Hawkins; great grandchildren, Prince Newman, Peryoun Newman, Daveon Scott, Sr., Dijon Scott and Sahlon Thomas; great-great grandchildren, Princess Newman, Queen Newman, Madison Thomas, Yarelis Thomas, Christopher Thomas, Jr., Ny'Yurri Foreman, Imani Scott, Daveon Scott, Jr., Jermaine Drummond, Lekiesha Hall, Marquell McAlister and Joshua Victor. Mother Hines was preceded in death by her parents, Forney and Elva Harper; husband Maurice Hines, sisters Jessie Mae Collins and Cleo Brown, brothers Emmitt Harper, Clemmie Harper, Troy Harper, J. T. Harpers, and Jewel Harper; three sons Eric Hines, Rory Hines and Trevino Hines and grandson Roice Hines.

Mother Estella H. Hines

February 16, 1932 - September 20, 2023