Rev. Adolphus Hinton, LTC, US Army Reserve, (retired), 81, of Texarkana, Texas, passed on March 25, 2022, while convalescing in San Antonio, Texas. He was born on June 08, 1940, and named "Adolph" by his parents, the late Adell Hinton (Grimes) and Halbert Hinton of Jacksonville, Texas. He is survived by his sister Lula V. Hinton of Jacksonville, TX, sons, Kenneth A. Hinton, and Mark A. Hinton, M.D., daughter in-law, Veta I. Hinton, stepdaughter, Erica McQueen, Texarkana, Texas, seven grandchildren, one great grandson and other relatives. He was preceded in death by Berry McQueen-Hinton, Yolanda Hinton (Hopwood), Sylvia Faye Hinton (Traylor), his son, James Matthew Hinton, and his brothers, Joe, Charles, Odell, and Ardis Hinton. He attended Fred Douglas High School where he graduated as the salutatorian in 1958. In 1962, he graduated from Prairie View A&M College while serving in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and majored in Music. In 1962, he entered the regular army as second lieutenant, and became a parachutist and combat infantry officer at Fort Benning, Georgia. He deployed to Củ Chi Base Camp in South Vietnam with the 25th Infantry Division from 1966-67 as an adjutant. He was awarded The Purple Heart medal after being wounded-in-action by an enemy land mine explosion. In 1968, Adolphus (Al) moved to Texarkana, Texas after the City of Texarkana handpicked him to be the Assistant Director, then later, Director, Texarkana Model Cities Program from 1968-71. The Model Cities program (experiment) was an element of U.S. President Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. He lived the next 50 years of his life holding and performing various positions and duties, simultaneously, to serve his God, country, and family.

Adolphus Hinton will receive a military burial ceremony with full military honors at 9:30 AM, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas.