Obit: John Lonnie Hinton, 1916, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by:  Lisa Cotten

Source:  February, 1916 ( copied from clipping that my grandmother had, 
"Winnfield, LA" is on top of clipping)
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OBITUARY OF JOHN LONNIE HINTON
(Paper from Winnfield, LA, unknown name and date, copied from original 
newspaper clipping that is in possession of Dezzie Estelle Hinton Cotten)

BRO. J. L. HINTON PASSES AWAY

     Monday, February, 21st, 1916, the grim monster of death visited the 
Sanitarium at Monroe and claimed for his own, Bro. J. L. Hinton of Hinton, La,
a member and deacon of Beech Creek church.  Bro. Hinton was born in the state
of Georgia on the 22nd of September, 1880.  When a small child he moved with
his father to Texas. They lived there only a short time and his father moved
in 1887 to Louisiana and settled down in Winn parish, where he grew up to
manhood.  At the age of 16 years he joined the Missionary Baptist Church on a
profession of faith and was buried with his Lord in baptism by Rev. W. E.
Chaptman at Lone Hill.
     In 1900 he was married to Miss Ada Kinnison and to this union six 
children were born, two of whom had preceded him to the other world and four
left to suffer the loss of their father.  In 1905 he moved his membership from
Lone Hill to Beech Creek, where he remained a faithful member til his death
came Feb. 21, 1916.  In May, 1913, the church saw in his life a marked degree
of piety and faithfulness, so by order of the church in conference he was set
apart for ordination to the deaconship to the church.  A council was called
consisting of Brethren J. L. Wills of Beech Creek, N. C. Sowers of Shady
Grove, J. M. Mays of Zion Hill and J. N. Sowers of Winnfield churches to
assist the writer (his pastor) in the ordination.  Bro. Hinton served in this
capacity only about three years and so faithfully discharged his duties that
he was honored and loved by all who knew him.  It was my pleasure to be his
pastor for seven years and I found in him a close friend and worker for the
Master.
   Before he was carried to the Sanitarium he called his wife and children
to him and told them, as one that was only leaving for a while, what he wanted
them to do; also his father, mother, brothers, and sisters and told them he
was safe and ready to go to meet his Lord.  After this he called Bro. J. L.
Willis, his brother deacon, to him and spoke of the joy he had in the service
with him as a deacon and advised with him as his custom was as to what for the
church to do in the selection of some one to take his place.
      Just before he died he sang "Jesus, Lover of My Soul", and fell
asleep in the arms of Jesus to await the awakening trumpet of God to sound.
     In his death his wife has lost a kind and affectionate husband, the 
children a devoted father and the church one of its best members, the country
a loyal citizen.
     He leaves a wife, four children, father, mother, five brothers and
two sisters and a host of friends to mourn his death.

"Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
>From which none ever wake to weep.
A long and undisturbed repose
Unbroken by the last of fores."
His pastor, C. B. Gates
Winnfield, LA