Services for Joe Hines of Akron, Ohio, are 11 a.m. Saturday,Dec. 11 at New Fork United Methodist Church in Meadville withburial in the church cemetery. Marshall Funeral Home is in chargeof arrangements.

Visitation is Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at the church.

Mr. Hines, 72, died Dec. 1, 2004, in Akron. He was born inMeadville on June 20, 1932, to Bruce Hines and Lula BrownJohnson.

He was a construction worker.

Survivors are his wife, Verdell Hines; two sons, Elijah Hinesand Joe Watkins; two sisters, Margaret Burks and ErnestineAnderson; and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives andfriends.