The family of Leonard (Butch) Hines, age 80, has invited the Patriot Guard Riders to be present to honor him for his funeral service and interment, we will be honored to do so.
Leonard (Butch) Hines, born in 1940 in Bristow, Oklahoma. His family moved Ridgecrest, California in 1944. He attended Burroughs High School and graduated in 1958.
Butch was drafted into the US Army in 1963 and served in Vietnam. He was honorably discharged in 1965 at the rank of Corporal.
Upon release from duty, he went to work at Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, as a Mason Foreman and retired to South Lake, CA. After retirement, Butch met his good friends Fred and Nancy Norton and Butch and his wife Delores fished and traveled with them. He was well known as an avid fisherman and started the first Bass Club at Lake Isabella where he received many trophies. He also enjoyed hunting and riding horses.
Butch is survived by his devoted wife and companion of 56 years Delores, daughter Penny (John) Talley, grandsons Brock Weisbrich and Brooks Talley, and great grandson Simon Talley, brother Gus Hines and sisters Shirley Windsor and Mildred Knight. He was preceded in death by his son Jimmy Allen, parents Ida and Roscoe Hines, sister Eunice Wardell, brothers Dewey, Jr., and Max Hines.
Surrounded by his family, Butch peacefully was received into the Lords loving arms on November 17, 2020. Family and friends will sorely miss him.
NOTE: This mission posting is to facilitate your voluntary participation in honoring this Military Veteran. For those interested, and all PGR members are welcome, we will be accompanying the hero and his family from the mortuary to his final resting place. Please see the time table if you would like to participate. For those who would rather go directly to the cemetery, we will meet you there.
Time table for Tuesday, 24 NOV 2020:1230 - Stage at Holland & Lyons Mortuary, 216 S. Norma St., Ridgecrest, CA 93555
https://goo.gl/maps/H8HJs4onEWCNmSvdA (please arrive quietly as service will be in progress)
1245 - Mission briefing
1300 - Flag Line as Hero is transferred from building to coach
1305 - KSU to Desert Memorial Park, 801 San Bernardino Blvd., Ridgecrest, CA 93555
https://goo.gl/maps/Y4ej287fwPdRNRje81315 - Est arrival at cemetery
1330 - Flag Line, graveside service and Military Honors
R/C Mike Cash
Patriot Guard Ride Captainmike.b.cash@gmail.com
760-793-0541
You do not have to be a Veteran or a motorcycle rider to attend this mission. All PGR members are welcome. We encourage those who do not ride to attend in your car. If this will be your first mission go to the initial staging area and you will be briefed there by the R/C (Ride Captain). Dress for motorcycle riding or dress casually if you are driving a cage (car). Please feel free to attend any portion of this mission you can. Please ride/drive safely.
