Milton Hines

MILTON HINES was born July 15, 1930, to the union of Theodis Clifton Hines and Noble Knox, in Batesville in Panola County, Mississippi. He departed this earth to join his Heavenly Father, on February 20, 2019, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in La Jolla, California.

He started following Jesus at an early age, while attending Mt. Gilliam Baptist Church in Batesville, Mississippi.

At the age of 14, Milton and the rest of his immediate family moved from Batesville, Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee, where he attended schools in Shelby County. At the age of 17, he joined the Navy, scoring high on his recruitment exam and ascending to the rank of CWO-4 over his career of 30 years. A veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars, he raised his children with a refined sense of honor for our country.

In August 1952, he was united in holy matrimony to Maxine Cudjo, who had been his loving wife for 33 years before she went to be with Jesus on November 25, 1985. On January 11, 2002, he united in holy matrimony to Glennie Graham Brassell. They met while he was pursuing his passion for family history; he was one of the original founders of the San Diego African American Genealogy Research Group, and eventually became one of its presidents. He was a very supportive member of the group, even designed the group's logo that is still in use.

When Milton stepped across the threshold to Heaven, he joined his parents, Theodis Hines and Noble Knox, his brothers, Calvin, Charles, Elliott, and Moses Hines; his first wife, Maxine Cudjo, and his daughters Denise Renee Hines and Sheila Lynette Cudjo.

He left behind to celebrate his homegoing his wife, fondly called by her first two names "Glennie Marie", his daughters, Donna Merle Britton and Cathy Lynn Trout; sons Milton Quinn Hines, Richard Anthony Hines, and Gerald Clifton Hines; stepdaughters Moya Marie Battle Harris, Adria Nicole Snyder and Lori Danielle Brassell; sister Willie Laura Francis and brother Thynoise Hines, 17 grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and a host of loving family and dear friends.

His granddaughter, Caitlin, speaks for the influence he has over all of us, “My Grandfather always ended his email with the quote,‘When an old person dies a library burns down’ and that stuck with me always, so I made a point to stay curious, to ask questions and collect the wisdom my elders shared with me. In hard times I have thought of their stories, those life lessons, and felt inspired, and carried on knowing their blood flows through my veins. For this gift I will always be grateful, and I am proud to be his Granddaughter. Rest in peace, Grandpa.”