Obit: Lawrence P. "Lefty" Hinton, 1977, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana 
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor, 111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291 




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	The Ruston Daily Leader - March, 1977
	LAWRENCE P. "LEFTY" HINTON

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI - Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 4, 1977 
at Capital Street United Methodist Church here with the Rev. J. K. Stuart officiating 
for Lawrence P. "Lefty" Hinton, 59, of Jackson, Mississippi. 

Burial will be in Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson, Mississippi under the direction 
of Wright-Ferguson Funeral Home here.

Mr. Hinton died Tuesday, March 2, 1977, at his residence in Jackson, Miss., after 
a brief illness. 

He was a member of the Capital Street United Methodist Church, a graduate of Louisiana 
Tech University, a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and American Institute 
of Mechanical Engineers, a veteran of World War II and an oil equipment company employee 
for the last 31 years.

Survivors include his widow: Mrs. Linda Stallone Hinton of Jackson, Miss.; his mother: 
Mrs. Frank Hinton of Ruston; three daughters: Mrs. Ray Lynn Scales, Jr., Miss Mary Pat 
Hinton, and Miss Debra Hinton, all of Jackson, Miss.; three brothers: Don Hinton of 
Minden, LA., Berry Hinton of Ruston, LA., and Billy Hinton of Ruston, LA.; one sister: 
Mrs. Mattye LaGrone of Austin, Texas; one granddaughter and several nieces and nephews.