Inez Linece Hinton

“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Psalm 27:1

Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. with visitation one hour prior to service time at First Cornerstone Baptist Church, 917 Cayten Street, Picayune, MS 39466. Bishop Vernon Robinson is Pastor. Interment will be in the New Palestine Cemetery. Rev. Otis Jones will be the officiant.

 Inez Linece Hinton was born January 12, 1966 in Picayune, MS to the late Otis and Cora Hinton. 

Inez graduated from Picayune Memorial High, where she was a successful basketball and track athlete. She also attended Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA, on a four-year basketball scholarship.

Inez was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Louis Thomas. 

Inez worked several jobs as a self-employed domestic and construction worker. She loved her fur babies (cats) and enjoyed riding her bicycle around town. Her favorite song was “Every Praise Is To Our God.”

Inez departed her earthly life on February 8, 2025 at Highland Community Hospital, Picayune, MS. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Otis and Cora Hinton; sister, Arline Hinton; brothers, James Hinton and Andre Hinton.

Inez leaves to cherish her precious memory, daughter, Lachandra Hinton (Otha Jones); a very special friend, Donald Wayne Ruffin; sisters, Willie Mae Bender, Ruth Hinton and Cora Keisha Hinton; brothers, Otis Ray Hinton, Sr., Ronald Hinton (Lynn), Gerald Hinton (Orelle) and Corrie Hinton, and a host of uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends.