Annie Jennie Hinton

Annie Lucinda Meacham Hinton, daughter of the late George and Eliza Meacham, was born on August 7,1917, in Mecklenburg County, Palmer Spring, Virginia. She was affectionately known and called “ Jennie” by her many friends and relatives. Jennie departed this life on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, as a seven-year resident of the Envoy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.She received her early education in the public schools of Palmer Spring, Virginia. After the death of her father, she moved to Baltimore with her mother and attended Public Schools #113 and #130.Jennie was employed as a domestic worker making bullets at Curtis Bay. She was also one of the first African-American waitresses at Hylers and Stewarts Restaurant. She worked at Stewarts Restaurant until her retirement upon the store’s closing.She was united in holy matrimony to the late Wiley Bunn and from this union one daughter was born. She later married the late Elvin Hinton.Jennie accepted Christ as her personal Savior at an early age and was baptized at the Roanoke Chapel Christian Church in Palmer Spring, Virginia. She joined Fulton Baptist Church in 1960 where she served as a devoted member of the Sunday school, Church Aide Auxiliary and the Nurses Ministry serving as the Pastor’s nurse. She enjoyed baking, traveling with the church on trips, and attending concerts with her daughter. She was known for baking pound cakes and frying chicken for any occasion. She was very serious about her church, its work, but mostly serving as a nurse.The life and memory of our loved one shall long be remembered by: her loving and devoted daughter, Mary Jones; son-in-law, Lionel Jones Sr.; sister, Georgia Stokes; five grandchildren, Melinee (Emery) Cody of Newport News, Virginia, Lionel (Laguanda) Jones Jr. of Fayetteville, Georgia, Raleigh (Mary) Jones of Servern, Maryland, Wiley (Kim) Jones of Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Monique Cephas of Batimore, Maryland; eight great-grandchildren, Jasmine Cody Matthew Cody, Nathaniel Cody, Lionel Jones III, Charles Hawkins, William Jones, Aaron Jones, and Chikiera Cephas; one great-great grandson, Jeremiah Cody; four stepchildren, Elvin Hinton, Evelyn Hinton, Cynthia McCowan and Arnetta Campbell; a loving nephew, Lee M. Stokes; a devoted cousin, Otelia Williams; her adopted children, Walter and Barbara Laws; her godson, Philuster Kearney III; and a host of cousins, other relatives and friends.Her brother, John Scott Meacham, and sister, Sarah Ann Alexander, preceded her in death.

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Annie Jennie Hinton

August 7, 1917 - April 22, 2009