Bernie Harold Hague, son  of Rev. Frederick "Fred" Daniel (1878-1964) and Ada Luella (Grimes) (1881-1969) Hague, was born 13 September 1906 Stockbridge, Ingham County, Michigan..  Bernie was a 1925 graduate of Okemos High school where he participated in track and field events.  Bernie was also active at the 1st Baptist Church of Okemos.  In January 1923 he was elected secretary of BYPU (Baptist Young People's Union) at 1st Baptist.

Bernie married Esther Anna Lapham 10 August 1935, Onsted, Lenawee County, Michigan.  He was, at the time of marriage, employed as a bus driver.  He later worked for and retired from Uniloy in Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan.  Always very active in church, he was a deacon at Onsted Baptist Church.  Bernie died 21 October 1992 Lansing, Ingham County.  Esther, born 24 November 1915 Michigan, died 20 January 1999.  Bernie and Esther were interred Roseland Memorial Gardens, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan.

Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) Friday 23 October 1992

BERNIE HAGUE, BIBLICAL SCRIBE

Bernie Harold Hague, who copied the Bible 19 times by hand, died Wednesday.  He was 86.

Hague, who retired in 1989 from Uniloy in Saline, went beyond the challenge his minister made in 1960 to read the entire Bible that year.  He copied it, word for word, in a little more than a year.

Writing the words was such a good way to study the Bible, Hague continued his hobby and used up 503 pens and nearly 17,000 pieces of paper over the course of 24 years.

"He challenged me back in 1965 and I got to the 23rd chapter of Genesis," said his daughter, Pamela Sims.  "He did it year after year and it was a form of study."

Several of his copies are displayed in churches in Michigan and Florida and the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

"He's the only one in the world who's ever done it." Sims said.

Hague was born Sept. 13, 1906 in Stockbridge and graduated from Adrian College.  He lived in Onsted for many years before moving to Bradenton, Fla. in 1978.  He returned to Michigan in 1990.

He is survived by his wife, Esther, two daughters, Nancie, of Onsted and Pamela Sims of Lansing; three grandchildren; six great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Robert Ostrander of Lady Lake, Fla.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Onsted Baptist Church.  Interment will follow at Roseland Cemetery in Jackson.