Old Virginia still alive in the present … Norfleets and Hines … large intermarried Tidewater farm families.

>>> Eleanor Ann Ruffin Hines died on June 1, 2021, at her home in Hound Ears, Blowing Rock, NC. Wife of Dr. Richard Norfleet Hines. Her parents were Eleanor Tyson  and Alger Coleman “Bits” Ruffin.

Dr. Richard Norfleet Hines, II, was son of Richard Norfleet Hines (1859-1915) and grandson of Elias Carr Hines (1827–1862) and Margaret Andrews Norfleet (1828–1905).

——– Hines: This line leads back to William Hines (1687-1760), my 7th great-grandfather and your ___.

——– Norfleet: This line leads back to Thomas Norfleet (c1640-1700), my 7th great-grandfather and your ___.

——– My great-grandparents were Alvah E. Norfleet Sr and Nannie Hines, from the same Hines and Norfleet lines as above.

Obituary of Eleanor Ann Ruffin Hines https://www.wataugademocrat.com/blowingrocket/obituaries/ann-ruffin-hines/article_20257452-119b-5187-9047-2eca35ddf5c2.html