Walter Haines Sr.

Walter Haines Sr., 90, a resident of Union City, died March 26, 2022, at his residence.
Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sanders Chapel Cemetery, with military honors. The Rev. David Hagan will be officiating.
Pallbearers will be friends and family.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday at White-Ranson Funeral Home.
Mr. Haines was born on Feb. 6, 1932, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to the late Archie and Veda (Howard) Haines.
Mr. Haines joined the Army in 1953, where he taught skiing and mountain climbing skills for mountain rescue training. Once a plane crashed on a mountain and he had to help with the rescue.
He worked as a foreman for Union City Public Works for 40 years, and was also a volunteer firefighter in Union City. On Jan. 12, 1963, he married Frances Davis. She survives.
He was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Union City.
He is also survived by a daughter, Tammy (David) Morton-Wisnefski of Kenosha, Wis.; two sons, Walter (Pam) Haines Jr. of Kenton and Steve (Kara) Haines of Loudon; four granddaughters, Candice Haines (Jacob) Southerland, Shelley Haines (Brian) Strauser, Emily Morton and Ainsley Haines; a grandson, Josh Haines; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was also preceded in death by two sisters-in-law and spouses, Betty and Leon Hill and Roxie and Talmadge Simmons; four brothers-in-law and spouses of two, Elsie Davis, Cecil and Evelyn Davis, Charles Davis and Elmer and Brenda Davis.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.

Published 3.29.22