Mr. John Hinton, commonly known at Johnnie, passed August 24, 2020 in Gulfport. He was a member of Morning Star Baptist Church and was retired from Colonial Bakery where he worked many years as a Distribution Foreman. Johnnie was a very sociable person who had countless friends. He was a graduate of Thirty-Third Avenue High School where classmates still reminisce with excitement, of him being one of the stars on the basketball team. He attended Alcorn State University and Mississippi Industrial College in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Quillie Hinton and Laura Parish McLeod as well as one sister, Mattie Williams.

Mr. Hinton's memory will be most cherished by his beloved family and friends. He leaves behind his wife, Bunny Lee Hinton; one son, Ernie Lee; five daughters, Angela (Mitchell) Quince, Tracy Hinton, Elena (John) Fairley, Sunny (Ramon) Martin, Sharle Johnson; 8 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and many relatives and friends.

A private memorial will take place at a later date.