Estee (Ralph) Hinton was born on June 16, 1912 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina to Harry and Maggie Hinton. He had six siblings. They were Issiah, Rosabell, Pete, Spence, Joe and Queen Hinton.Ralph attended the public schools in Edgecombe County.
Ralph met and married Elizabeth Jones and to this union the following children were conceived. They were Queen, Maggie Ray, Annie Mae, Estee Hinton and Jesse Ray Mayo. Estee (Ralph) and Elizabeth sharecropped on a farm in Cornelinus, North Carolina. They moved to Farmerville, North Carolina when he was sixty-two years old. Ralph got a job at the tobacco factory there at sixty years old.
Ralph’s hobbies included cooking. He used to make many delicious dishes and was considered an excellent cook. Ralph smoked for many years, and died from lung cancer at 3:32 a.m. Monday morning on November 2, 1987 in Pinetops, North Carolina. He was seventy-five years old.
Ralph’s wife, Elizabeth was born on November 2, 1912 to Cary C. Jones and Rebecca Redmond in Edgecombe County. She was a member of the Little Sannavah Primitive Baptist Church in Cornelius, North Carolina for many years. She died on December 8, 1990 at 8:30 p.m. in the Heritage Hospital in Tarboro, North Carolina. She was 78 years old. Estee (Ralph) and Elizabeth Jones Hinton were interred in the Carver Park Cemetery in Pinetops, North Carolina.