Cleveland Hinton, younger days
Cleveland Hinton was born to the late Ed and Minne Malone Hinton on February 5, 1919 in Pintops, North Carolina. He had three siblings; Laurasha, Clarence, and James Hinton. Cleveland was raised on the Davis Town Farm in Pinetops, North Carolina where his parents sharecropped.
He attended Carver High School in Pinetops, NC until the eleventh grade. Cleveland was twenty years old when he was drafted in the US ARMY in 1943, during World War II. He was in the army for 3 years.
When Cleveland returned home from the military, he continued his education at Carver School, and at the Vocational Agriculture School in Pinetops for 2 years.
Cleveland met his wife, Catherine Harris, in Edgecombe County, at church. He would see her at Bethel Church, New Hope Church in Elm City and the Living Hope Church in Macklesfield. NC. Cleveland and Catherine were married November 24, 1947 in Wilson, North Carolina. They have two children, Carnell and Marceline Hinton.
Cleveland Hinton at 83
Cleveland worked in a dry cleaner thirty years before he retired.
Catherine was born on November 7, 1928. She was a dietitian at a nursing home for many years before she retired. Cleveland and Catherine were active members of their church, Few In Number Primitive Baptist Church for many years. Cleveland and Catherine were married for forty-nine years when she died from an aneurysm. Catherine died August 21, 1997.
Cleveland recalls how they enjoyed working together in the garden. He treasures those precious memories. Cleveland was the president of the Hinton Family reunion in 1986.