LESTER M. HINTON


ZEBULON - Lester Marvin Hinton, 76, died Sunday morning, April 8, 2007. Funeral services were conducted Monday, April 9, at Strickland Funeral Home in Wendell. Burial was Tuesday morning at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens in Zebulon.

He was born in Johnston County, a son of the late Marvin and Christine Whitley Hinton. Mr. Hinton was a retired plumber and a U.S. Army veteran.

Surviving: his wife, Beulah W. Hinton; son, Dennis M. Hinton (Beth) of Zebulon; brothers, Doug Hinton of Zebulon and Bobby Hinton of Middlesex; sisters, Carol Creech of Middlesex and Jean Hawley of Pikeville; and three grandchildren.