RIP World's Oldest African American, Louisiana Hines dies at 113 Years Old

	RIP World's Oldest African American, Louisiana Hines dies at 113 Years Old In honor of Black History Month, we would like to dedicate this time to honor Detroit resident, Louisiana Hines for being one of the oldest African Americans in the world. Ms. Hines was born in 1900 and died Friday, February 1, 2013 of natural causes. She was 113 years old, a delay in birth certificates being issued concludes that she may have been 114 years old. Whether Hines was 113 or 114, she was the sixth oldest living person in the world and the oldest living African American. Hines was born in Luverne, Ala., and was one of seven children with both of her parents being born into slavery. In 1918, she married Arthur Hines and had a daughter and two sons. She and her family relocated to Florida from Alabama, where she helped to run a restaurant. In 1948, she also owned and operated her own beauty shop, L. Hines Beauty Shop in Detroit, until the closing of the shop years ago. Until her death, she maintained memberships in the Amvets Auxiliary, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Order of the Eastern Star Prince Hall Affiliation, and the Red Hat Society. "(She believed) that she was living in God's hands, in God's time," Hines' granddaughter Darlene House told the Detroit Free Press, revealing her grandmother's "secret" to a long, prosperous life. "She would talk about being an obedient child, and her mother telling her an obedient child would live a long life. She always tried to be an obedient child to her mother and God," she <b>...</b>	From: thesupercelebs10 Views: 1 0 ratings
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