Alma Smith Hinson

Mrs. Alma Irene Smith Hinson, 98, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2018, in the Langdale Hospice House, Valdosta, GA, following a lengthy illness.   Mrs. Hinson was born November 12, 1920, in Homerville, GA to the late Warren L. Smith and Mollie Bennett Smith. She had worked for the Clinch County Board of Education as a Para Pro. She was the oldest charter member of the Homerville Congregational Methodist Church, the Women’s Missionary Society, and the Adult Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death by her husband, Warren Reavis Hinson; one son: Allen “Teddy Bear” Hinson; four brothers and nine sisters: Dewey Smiht, Verdie Smith, Lillie Mae Kight, Mary Johnson, Lou Creasy Smith, Hampton Smith, Leonard Smith, Sarah Mobilia Smith, Iona Dean, John Smith, Doris Dean, Juanita Smith Lydia Smith, and one baby.     Survivors are one daughter and son-in-law: Amy & Will Williams; two sons and daughter-in-law: David & Kay Hinson and Wayne Hinson, all of Homerville, GA; six grandchildren: Maurie Hinson Tarpley, Lily Hinson, Shiloh Hinson, Chandler Williams, Jackson Williams and Hamp Williams, three step grandchildren: Jason Bell, Jeremy Thornton and Brandon Thornton; thirteen great grandchildren; a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.   Funeral services for Mrs. Hinson will be held Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at two o’clock at the Homerville Congregational Methodist Church.   Interment will be in the Shiloh Church Cemetery.   The family will receive friends Tuesday, January 1, 2019, from 5 till 7 p.m. at the funeral home.   Sympathy maybe expressed by signing the online registry at www.roundtreefuneralhome.net.   Roundtree Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.