Adger G. Haynes, 85, of Mills River, passed away Monday February 22, 2010.

He was a son of the late Arthur and Arizona Haynes. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three brothers, Galveston, Herrold and Boyd Haynes.

He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He retired from Cranston Print Works and was a member of Billís Creek Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife of sixty years, Mildred Haynes; a son, Randy Haynes of Mills River; two daughters, Penny Haynes Fore of Etowah and Jennifer Haynes of Mills River; four brothers, Harlen Haynes, Boyce Haynes and his wife Louise, Robert Haynes and his wife Dee and Graham Haynes and his wife Barbara; two sisters, Marion Horton and Wilma Connor; two sisters-in-law, Clora Haynes and Pantha Jean Robertson; two grandchildren, Brandi McWhorter Sanders and Lindsey Fore and one great-grandchild, Elijah Sanders.

A funeral will be at 12:00 noon Thursday at French Broad Baptist Church. Committal will be at 3:00 pm at Billís Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by Hubert M. Smith American Legion Post 77, Hedrick-Rhodes Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5206 and Disabled American Veterans Chapter 14. The family will receive friends from 11-12:00 noon Thursday at the church.