Obituary Record
Hitchins, Ida - May 11, 1998
Mrs. Ida Hitchens, 86, of DeLisle, died Monday, May 11, 1998 in Gulfport.
Mrs. Hitchens was born Jan 28, 1912, in Bay St. Louis. She was a member of St. Steven Catholic Church in DeLisle where she was the musician and a member of the choir. She was a musician for First Missionary Baptist Church in Bay St. Louis and for the senior citizens. She attended Valena C. Jones School in Bay St. Louis and was a graduate of McDonald 35 High School in New Orleans. She was a piano teacher.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Christopher and Ada Robinson; three brothers, Christopher Robinson Jr., Arthur Robinson and David Williams; and six sisters, Beatrice Mott, Annie Davis, Alice Smith, Ida Ruth Lewis, Helen Tucker and Rosalee Eichelberger.
Survivors include a daughter, Diane Moten of Ladson, S.C.; a son, Nathan Birth of Biloxi; two sisters, Lilliam Alexander of Biloxi and Ruth Davis of Bay St. Louis; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren
Services were conducted Saturday at ST. Stevens Catholic Church. Burial followed in Cedar Rest Cemetery in Bay St. Louis
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