Mary Elizabeth Hiner

HINER, Mary Elizabeth, age 89, of Richmond, died after a short illness on October 26, 2010. Mary Elizabeth, born on March 18, 1921, in Meadows of Dan, Virginia, was the oldest daughter of William Isaac Jones and Estelle Hodges Jones; and sister of the late Kathryn Ann Williams of Roanoke. She was a graduate of Jefferson High School and Roanoke College, where she met her husband, Lucian Whitaker Hiner, who passed away in 2006 after 64 years of marriage. She is survived by her five children, Lucian Whitaker Hiner Jr. of Richmond, William David Hiner of Newport News, Laura Hiner Allen of New York City, Susan Elizabeth Hiner of Croton-on-Hudson, New York, and Thomas Youell Hiner of New York City; her eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; and her nephew, Mark Williams of Roanoke. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, October 29, 2010 at Evergreen Burial Park, with the Rev. Richard Fife officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to the ASPCA or the American Red Cross. Arrangements by Oakey's Roanoke Chapel, 540-982-2100.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.