On October 25, 2024, Pauline Beatrice Gaines passed away peacefully and transitioned to be with our Lord and Savior. She was born on June 24, 1933, in Charlotte Court House, Virginia. She was one of eight children born to the late Albert Gaines and Della Faye Morton Gaines.

She was preceded in death by her sons, Ronnie Crawley and Larry Gaines; siblings, Albert, Sterling, Henry, Samuel and Mary Gaines, Jannie Banks and Betty Henry.

Pauline leaves to cherish her memory, her sons, George P. Gaines, James Lee Hicks, Sam T. Gaines and Edward Gaines; and a host of other relatives and friends.