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Submitted: 2/9/21 • Approved: 2/10/21 • Last Updated: 2/13/21 • R387787-G387786-S3
February 14, 1921-March 5, 2006
Beloved Wife and Mother
Photo, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
BORGER - Thelma Hinton, 85, of Amarillo died Sunday, March 5, 2006.
A celebration of life service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in First Christian Church of Borger with the Rev. Michael Arndt of First Christian Church, Reverend John Waggner, chaplain of Craig Retirement Center, and the Rev. Steve Hinton, a grandson of Mrs. Hinton and minister of Horizon Christian Church in Rancho, Cordova, Calif. Eulogy will be delivered by Mary Hinton Barlow. Cremation arrangements are by Brown Funeral Directors of Borger.
Thelma Estella Holland was born Feb. 14, 1921, in Childress. She married L.E. Hinton, Sr. in Quanah, Tx on July 16, 1938.
Hinton began her nursing career in 1950 at Quanah Memorial Hospital in Quanah. From 1952 to 1982, she worked at North Plains Hospital in Borger. In 1991, at the age of 70, she retired from Baptist Saint Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo.
Always active, she was a volunteer at the Hutchinson County Museum where she was chosen Volunteer of the Year in 1998, the Golden Plains Hospital Auxiliary, and Retired Senior's Volunteer Program. She belonged to Rebekah Lodge 286, the Red Hat Society, Magic Plains Toastmaster's Club 6343, and the VFW Auxiliary. She was a member of the First Christian Church where she served as an elder, a deacon and a member of the Christian Women's Fellowship. Last but not least, she enjoyed the competition of her weekly scrabble group.
She was preceded in death by her husband and two sons, Jimmy D. Hinton and L.E. "Smokey" Hinton Jr.
Survivors include three daughters, Rhoda Stelchek and husband Charles of Carrollton, Mary Barlow and husband Larry of Amarillo and Susan Janow and husband Jack of Lubbock; 14 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson; two sisters, Helen Lollar of Borger and Louise James of Mineola; and one brother, Fred Holland of Bryan.
Loved and adored by her family, she will greatly missed.
The family suggests donations be to First Christian Church, 200 Bryan St., Borger, Tx 79007.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 7, 2006
Contributed on 2/9/21 by neldapat
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