REMEMBERING SYLVIA,

SYLVIA ARLENE DUBOISE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 19, 1958, WITH A SPIRIT FULL OF LOVE AND KINDNESS, AND A HEART READY TO UPLIFT OTHERS. HER JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE TOUCHED COUNTLESS SOULS, LEAVING A LEGACY OF FAITH, DEVOTION, AND CARE.  SHE WAS A DEDICATED MEMBER OF HER CHURCH COMMUNITIES. SHE SERVED IN VARIOUS ROLES THAT ALLOWED HER TO SHARE HER GIFTS, PARTICULARLY HER LOVE FOR MUSIC AND TEACHING.

SYLVIA MARRIED HER CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART, MR. PIERCE, IN 1978. TOGETHER, THEY MOVED TO JACKSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA WHERE THEY ATTENDED SHILOH HOLINESS CHURCH. SHE WAS BAPTIZED IN 1981. SHE BECAME A DEVOTED MEMBER, TEACHING THE CHILDREN'S CHOIR AND SINGING IN THE JUNIOR CHOIR. SHE DEVOTED 24 YEARS SHAPING YOUNG MINDS AS A DEDICATED TEACHER AT SHILOH INSTITUTE OF LEARNING, WHERE SHE TAUGHT K5, 1ST, AND 4TH GRADE FROM 1997 TO 2021. SYLVIA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SCHOOL'S ADOPTION OF UNIFORMS AND WAS BELOVED BY HER STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES.

AFTER THE PASSING OF HER FIRST HUSBAND, SHE FOUND LOVE AGAIN WITH LEO M. HINES, MARRYING HIM IN JULY 1991. THEY BUILT A LIFE TOGETHER, RAISING THEIR CHILDREN, ALISHA, LEO, AND DAVID HINES. TRAGICALLY, MR. HINES PASSED UNEXPECTEDLY IN 2006 BUT SYLVIA, THROUGH HER FAITH AND THE SUPPORT OF HER CHURCH FAMILY, CONTINUED TO PERSEVERE.

IN 2004, SYLVIA AND HER FAMILY JOINED JESUS IS LORD APOSTOLIC CHURCH, WHERE SHE FAITHFULLY SERVED AS CHOIR DIRECTOR UNTIL HER PASSING. SHE WAS A CHERISHED MEMBER OF JESUS FIRST ASSEMBLY OF FAITH AND LOVE, INC. SERVING AS THE CHURCH SECRETARY, ADULT CHOIR DIRECTOR, AND CHILDREN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, AND A MISSIONARY IN MAY 2024. SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER STRONG FAITH AND FOR REGULARLY BRINGING HER GRANDCHILDREN TO CHURCH, ENSURING 'THEY GREW UP IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.

SYLVIA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FIRST HUSBAND, BROTHER, PIERCE, HER SECOND HUSBAND, MR. LEO HINES SR. AND HER DEAR BEST FRIEND, MOTHER ARBANA BROWN.

SHE LEAVES BEHIND A LASTING LEGACY THROUGH HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. SYLVIA IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, ALISHA BARNES (ACE), HER SONS, LEO AND DAVID HINES, HER BELOVED PLAY DAUGHTER, MISSY HINES, HER CHERISHED EXTRA DAUGHTER, TONI KAMP, AND EXTRA SON, ANDREW KAMP, HER GRANDCHILDREN, LOGAN AND ELI BARNES AND ATHENA AND ASMERIAH KAMP, WHO WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY HER LIGHT FORWARD. HER DEAR FRIENDS, DEBRA FRIDAY, BARBARA ANDREWS, AND LINDA GIBSON, HER PASTOR, BISHOP JOSEPH FRIDAY, AND HER GODDAUGHTER, TRACIONNA FRIDAY-STACEY, WHO WILL FOREVER HOLD HER MEMORY CLOSE. SHE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHO WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER AS AN INSPIRING TEACHER, WHO LOVED TO SING, AND A DEVOTED SERVANT OF GOD.