Cecil M. Hinton (1917-2008)
Cecil M. Hinton passed away Monday, May 26 in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, Ky.
Mr. Hinton was born Jan. 21, 1917, in Lewis County, Ky., a son of the late Charles and Elsie Himes Hinton. He was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, Dianne Hinton, a brother, Douglas Hinton, and a sister, Alice Gardner.
He was a member for 60 years of First Baptist Church of Ashland, where he served as a deacon and trustee. He was a director of the former Third National Bank.
Mr. Hinton was a 1939 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and the recipient of that schools Distinguished Alumni Award in 1976. Throughout his life, he served on many advisory committees for UKs College of Agriculture in the animal and poultry science departments.
Mr. Hinton came to Ashland in 1948 and established Hinton Hatcheries Inc., which he operated until his retirement in 1984. Other businesses he operated in the Ashland area included Valley Poultry Farms and Hyland Co.
Mr. Hinton was one of the founding members of the American Egg Board. He served as president of the Kentucky Poultry Improvement Federation. He served for 30 years as a member of the Boyd County Extension Council, with three consecutive terms as president.
He served on the FIVCO Area Development Council Advisory Board. He was also involved in work with the Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce. He was instrumental in the expansion of 4-H projects locally and across the state of Kentucky.
Mr. Hinton is survived by his wife of 67 years, Mary Agnes Russell Hinton; three daughters, Barbara Jean Hinton, Patty Hinton Kidd and her husband, Terry, and Janet Hinton Chatfield and her husband, Charlie, all of Ashland; four grandchildren, Matthew Hinton and his wife, Sarah, of Louisville, Ky., Courtney Chatfield of Huntington, W.Va., Amanda Holbrook of Lexington, Ky., and April Gillespie and her husband, Brian, of Ashland; and a great-granddaughter, Holly Jane Hinton. He is also survived by four nieces and two nephews.
The funeral service for Mr. Hinton will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Steen Funeral Home-Marshall Steen Chapel in Ashland by Dr. Scott Kilgore and the Rev. Harold Moore. Burial will be in Ashland Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. today, May 28.
Expressions of sympathy may be given in Mr. Hintons memory to First Baptist Church, 1701 Winchester Ave., Ashland, KY 41101 or Community Hospice Care Center, 2330 Pollard Road, Ashland, KY 41101.
Condolences may be sent to www.steenfuneralhomes.com.
