Memorial services will be conducted Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. from the First Presbyterian Church in Dickson, TN with Rev. Bill Barger officiating. There will be no visitation prior to service
John left IBM in 1969 and entered the booming food and restaurant business in Nashville. He took a position as the Director of Franchising for Tex Ritter’s Fast Food Restaurant Chain and simultaneously opened the Stockmarket Restaurant at 325 Union St, Nashville. He became one of the owners of TGI Fridays and several other restaurants in Nashville.
in 1971 at the cusp of the word processing and personal computer surge, John started a word processing equipment company, CPT of Tennessee, where he sold to banks, law firms, and government offices. In 1983, John took a position as the National Sales Manager for a movie theatre advertising company and purchased the company, Theatre Advertising Services, in 1987. He continued in the Video Brochure and Marketing Business until Disney and Warner Brothers prohibited independent advertisers to screen trailers prior to their movies.
John retired to Dickson, TN and attended the First Presbyterian Church, 212 Main Street, Dickson, TN 37055. John enjoyed his old friends and never met a stranger as he always had a handshake, engaging smile, and a story to tell about Nashville and his travels. John loved his family, which includes his wife, Betty “Betsie” Barger-Hines; his daughter, Suzanne Berens, and her husband, Anthony; his son, John Bery Hines, Jr. and his wife, Marianne; his grandson, Nicholas Berens, and his wife Lauren; his granddaughters, Katherine Cecelia Hines and Margaret Anne Hines; and his Great-Grandsons, Mason and Andrew Berens. John’s outgoing personality and love of life affected everyone he met in a positive way, and he will be greatly missed. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church Scholarship Fund in his name.