Glenn Walter Hinton, 84, son of Walter and Lula Price Hinton, was born March 2, 1923, at Licking. He died Sept. 9, 2007, at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston.
He grew up in the Licking area and was always around sawmills. He was a gifted millwright and could visualize a machine or drawing, draw the plans and construct it. He found satisfaction in creating a new machine or piece of equpment for the mill, farmers or a neighbor.
Mr. Hinton was inducted into the Army Feb. 24, 1943. He served during World War II in Normandy, North France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe. He was awarded five Bronze Stars and the Good Conduct Medal before his discharge Nov. 5, 1945.
He married Norma Barton Aug. 20, 1954, at Pacific. They had one daughter.
The Hintons lived in Dolen, Texas, for 10 years, while he was building and operating a sawmill.
While living in Texas, he attended the First Baptist Church of Cleveland.
The Hintons returned to Raymondville in 1989, when he retired.
They attended the Northside Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Kenneth Hinton; and a sister, Fern Miller.
Surviving are his wife of 53 years; one daughter, Mary Louise Golding of Houston, Texas; one brother, Leroy Hinton of Houston; two sisters, Alene Kirkman of Fenton and Jean Brown of Eureka; and one granddaughter.
Services were Sept. 13 at the Northside Baptist Church with the Rev. Wesley Wallace officiating. Burial was in the Boone Creek Cemetery under the direction of Evans Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Northside Baptist Church building fund.
