Mrs. Frankie B. Hines was born Frankie Jean Beard on September 15 ^th , 1935 in Camden, AR. She is the third (3 ^rd ) youngest child of nine (9) children born to Elijah and Minnie Beard. She graduated from Lincoln high School (Camden, AR.) in 1953. While attending high school, she was a member of the band, basketball team and participated in a variety of school activities. After finishing high school, Frankie attended Bishop College in Marshall, Texas and received a B.S. degree in elementary education in 1957.

In 1957, her teaching career began in Conway, AR and in 1958 she moved to the West Helena, AR school district. After working there for a couple of years, she met and married Lee Davis Hines (deceased 2006) from Chidester, AR.  They married in 1959 and Frankie moved back to Camden, AR and taught 4 ^th grade at Nelson Elementary.

In 1963, the young couple welcomed their first child, Frank Davis (David) Hines. In 1970, the couple had a second child, Jay Anthony Hines. The years between having both children, Frankie received a Master's degree in elementary Education from Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA. The school district integrated and Frankie moved to Whiteside Elementary to teach 3 ^rd grade and finished her teaching career at Ivory Elementary.  After 40 years as an educator, she decided to retire in 1997. In that same year, Frankie received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Arkansas Baptist College.