Hinkson obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Hinkson, George Augustus    17 Jul 2004    Jul, 2004    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  7/17/2004

HINKSON, GEORGE AUGUSTUS 
A resident of Picayune, Miss., and a native of Loranger, he died Friday,
July 16, 2004, at Shady Oaks Nursing Home, Carriere, Miss. He was 83 and a
U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Visitation at Harry McKneely & Son
Funeral Home, Hammond, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and after 8 a.m.
Monday. Religious service in the funeral home chapel at 10 a.m. Monday,
conducted by the Rev. Dale Clabaugh. Interment in Loranger Community
Cemetery. Survived by his wife, Lucinda Hinman Hinkson, Picayune; three
daughters, Florence Wilkie, Harvey, Carol Spence, Sulphur, and Sonia
Bidwell, Hammond; two sons, Paul Hinkson, Ponchatoula, and David Hinkson,
Greenwell Springs; a sister, Frances Marcotte, Park Falls, Wis.; a brother,
James "Jake" Bollinger, Watson; three stepdaughters, Linda Buras,
Mandeville, Judy Still, Topeka, Kan., and Barbara Laird, Folsom; a stepson,
Tommy Reed, Slidell; 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by his first wife, Myrtle Champlin Hinkson; a brother,
Elmer Hinkson; an infant sister; and parents, George and Myrtle Tycer
Hinkson. He was a retired Hammond postmaster. He was a member of American
Legion Post 73 and a member of Loranger United Methodist Church and Chapel
in the Pines, Picayune. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials
to Chapel in the Pines, 932 Stemwood Drive, Picayune, MS 39466. 

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