Lincoln County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....HINTON, BOBBY BROWN  November 20, 2014
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Ruston Daily Leader - November 26, 2014
BOBBY BROWN HINTON

Bobby Brown Hinton, 76, of Palatka, Fla., and formerly of Ruston, died Nov. 20, 
2014, in Orange Park, Fla. Bobby was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia on 
Oct. 31, 2014. He died from complications following treatment at Orange Park 
Medical Center.
Bobby was born Sept. 12, 1938, in Camden, Ark., to Mary Agnes Hammond and Frank 
Berry Hinton, who coached the Louisiana Tech baseball team for 24 years.
His father, also a former athlete at Louisiana Tech, was dean of men and coach 
while Bobby was young. During that time, Bobby, brother Dickie and sister Bette 
grew up in Hale Hall on the Tech campus. Bobby attended the dedication of the 
reconstructed Hale Hall in 2004. Bobby graduated from Ruston High School in 
1956. Bobby lettered in four sports at Ruston High and was voted "most 
athletic." He played offense and defense for coach L.J. "Hoss" Garrett at 
Ruston High School.
As a youngster, he enjoyed spending time with friends Wiley Hilburn, Pat 
Garrett, John Holstead and Tommy Richardson. He saw friends when he attended 
reunions at Ruston High and Louisiana Tech over the years. He got a thrill from 
watching Ruston High games from his era on DVD.
He played football and was a track athlete starting in 1957 at Louisiana Tech. 
He had a scholarship, playing under football coach Joe Aillet, and was a member 
of Gulf Coast Conference championship teams from 1957 to 1959. He was named to 
the all-conference team as a tackle in 1959. He played with his cousin Joe 
Hinton at both Ruston High and Louisiana Tech. He graduated from Tech in 1961. 
He attended multiple anniversary events in Ruston where he reunited with his 
championship teammates.
Bobby had engineering jobs in Louisiana and Texas after graduation. He moved to 
Palatka, Fla., in 1965 to work for Hudson Pulp and Paper until 1977. He met his 
future wife Renn Stancil, a teacher at Mosley Elementary, in Palatka, Fla., in 
1969. They married on Aug. 22, 1971, at the annual Stancil Family Reunion in 
Johnston County, N.C. Bobby was a volunteer fireman in East Palatka, Fla., for 
four years. After relocating to Burlington, Ky., he worked for Equitable Bag 
and Crescent Paper Tube. He worked as a plant manager and engineer for Stone 
Container for 12 years in Louisville, Ky.; Wellsburg, W.Va.; Hialeah, Fla.; 
Tolleson, Ariz.; Hodge, La.; and Cantonment, Fla. He retired in 2001. He and 
his wife returned to Palatka, Fla., in 2002. Bobby was interested in home 
design, woodworking, grilling, watching “The Woodwright’s Shop,” listening to 
NPR programs such as “Car Talk,” playing guitar, painting, drawing, 
photography, reading and blacksmithing. He grew up listening to the St. Louis 
Cardinals broadcasts on KMOX as a child. His favorite baseball player was Stan 
Musial. He loved visiting with cousins, friends and other relatives, talking 
about religion, philosophy, science and other topics.
He grew up in Trinity United Methodist Church in Ruston and became a member of 
Disciples of Christ churches in Florida, Kentucky and West Virginia. He was 
preceded in death by his parents, both residents of Ruston; his son Jay 
Benjamin Hinton; and sister-in-law Georgeanne Stancil Schore. He is survived by 
wife of 43 years, Renn Stancil Hinton; children, Darcee Hinton Sams (Jimmy) of 
Pensacola, Fla.; Kip Austin Hinton (Amalia Ortiz) of the Rio Grande Valley, 
Texas; Ty Alexander Hinton of Palatka, Fla.; Brent Ashley Hinton of Pensacola, 
Fla.; and Coree Anne Hinton of St. Thomas, USVI; brother Richard "Dickie" 
Hinton (Alice Marie) of Frisco, Texas; sister Bette Hinton Martensen of 
Arlington, Texas; brothers-in-law Glenn Schore of Ocala, Fla.; Hale Ralph 
Stancil (Becky) of Ocala, Fla.; and William Harold Stancil (Kim Brown) of 
Ocala, Fla.; and nieces and nephews in Louisiana, Texas and other states in the 
South.
A memorial honoring his life was held Nov. 24, 2014, at First Christian Church 
in Ocala, Fla. Donations in his honor may be sent to First Christian Church at 
1908 SE Fort King St., Ocala, FL 34471-2529

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