Jeanne Ophelia Chesser Hinton, "Mimi," 84, left this earthly world on September 29, 2010. She was born in Seale, Alabama, on September 14, 1926, grew up in Red Level, Alabama, and was a Daytona Beach resident since 1949. Throughout her life, Jeanne enhanced the lives of so many, including her family, friends and neighbors. Mimi was a member of Highlands Presbyterian Church, Port Orange First United Methodist Church and the Love Circle, a High Priestess of The Ladies Oriental Shrine, member of Eastern Star, president of Palmetto Juniors, Lady Commodore at Halifax River Yacht Club, member of Alpha Phi Sorority and numerous other community-service organizations. Jeanne began her formal education at the University of Alabama and completed it with a master's degree in home-economics education at Florida State University. As a home-economics teacher, Mimi enriched the lives of thousands of students throughout Volusia County for 28 years before she retired; she then volunteered for 20 years in her daughter's primary classrooms. With a twinkle in her eye Jeanne would claim she was from "L.A." (short for Lower Alabama). She represented her heritage by always conducting herself as the epitome of a genteel Southern lady: a REAL Steel Magnolia.
Jeanne was married to the late John Truitt Hinton 49 years and preceded in death by her parents, Lewis V. Chesser and Bessie Cordelia Hicks Chesser and her sister, Miranda Gayle Nicholson.
She is survived by her brother, Reverend Lewis V. Chesser, wife, Maizie Chesser of Fort Smith, A.K.; children, Dr. Jeanne "Penny" Wetzler, husband, Tom Wetzler, John Truitt Hinton Jr., wife, Darlene Hinton, Kelly McWilliams, husband, Scott McWilliams of Sarasota, Fla.; grandchildren, K.C. Bellin, husband, Matthew Bellin of Pensacola, Fla., Miranda Wetzler, John Lewis McEver, Kelsey Hinton, Ashley Beck, James Ian McWilliams, Andrew McWilliams; great-granddaughter, Emerson "Emmi" Bellin; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews. Spending time with grandchildren, reading, sewing, knitting, playing the organ, collecting music boxes and porcelain dolls and traveling were favorites among Mimi's hobbies.
Visitation will be held Friday, October 8, 2010 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Baggett and Summers Funeral Home in Daytona Beach.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the Port Orange First United Methodist Church, 305 Dunlawton Ave, Port Orange, Fla.
Jeanne was married to the late John Truitt Hinton 49 years and preceded in death by her parents, Lewis V. Chesser and Bessie Cordelia Hicks Chesser and her sister, Miranda Gayle Nicholson.
She is survived by her brother, Reverend Lewis V. Chesser, wife, Maizie Chesser of Fort Smith, A.K.; children, Dr. Jeanne "Penny" Wetzler, husband, Tom Wetzler, John Truitt Hinton Jr., wife, Darlene Hinton, Kelly McWilliams, husband, Scott McWilliams of Sarasota, Fla.; grandchildren, K.C. Bellin, husband, Matthew Bellin of Pensacola, Fla., Miranda Wetzler, John Lewis McEver, Kelsey Hinton, Ashley Beck, James Ian McWilliams, Andrew McWilliams; great-granddaughter, Emerson "Emmi" Bellin; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews. Spending time with grandchildren, reading, sewing, knitting, playing the organ, collecting music boxes and porcelain dolls and traveling were favorites among Mimi's hobbies.
Visitation will be held Friday, October 8, 2010 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Baggett and Summers Funeral Home in Daytona Beach.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the Port Orange First United Methodist Church, 305 Dunlawton Ave, Port Orange, Fla.
Jeanne Ophelia Chesser Hinton, "Mimi," 84, left this earthly world on September 29, 2010. She was born in Seale, Alabama, on September 14, 1926, grew up in Red Level, Alabama, and was a Daytona Beach resident since 1949. Throughout her life, Jeanne enhanced the lives of so many, including her family, friends and neighbors. Mimi was a member of Highlands Presbyterian Church, Port Orange First United Methodist Church and the Love Circle, a High Priestess of The Ladies Oriental Shrine, member of Eastern Star, president of Palmetto Juniors, Lady Commodore at Halifax River Yacht Club, member of Alpha Phi Sorority and numerous other community-service organizations. Jeanne began her formal education at the University of Alabama and completed it with a master's degree in home-economics education at Florida State University. As a home-economics teacher, Mimi enriched the lives of thousands of students throughout Volusia County for 28 years before she retired; she then volunteered for 20 years in her daughter's primary classrooms. With a twinkle in her eye Jeanne would claim she was from "L.A." (short for Lower Alabama). She represented her heritage by always conducting herself as the epitome of a genteel Southern lady: a REAL Steel Magnolia.
Jeanne was married to the late John Truitt Hinton 49 years and preceded in death by her parents, Lewis V. Chesser and Bessie Cordelia Hicks Chesser and her sister, Miranda Gayle Nicholson.
She is survived by her brother, Reverend Lewis V. Chesser, wife, Maizie Chesser of Fort Smith, A.K.; children, Dr. Jeanne "Penny" Wetzler, husband, Tom Wetzler, John Truitt Hinton Jr., wife, Darlene Hinton, Kelly McWilliams, husband, Scott McWilliams of Sarasota, Fla.; grandchildren, K.C. Bellin, husband, Matthew Bellin of Pensacola, Fla., Miranda Wetzler, John Lewis McEver, Kelsey Hinton, Ashley Beck, James Ian McWilliams, Andrew McWilliams; great-granddaughter, Emerson "Emmi" Bellin; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews. Spending time with grandchildren, reading, sewing, knitting, playing the organ, collecting music boxes and porcelain dolls and traveling were favorites among Mimi's hobbies.
Visitation will be held Friday, October 8, 2010 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Baggett and Summers Funeral Home in Daytona Beach.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the Port Orange First United Methodist Church, 305 Dunlawton Ave, Port Orange, Fla.
Jeanne was married to the late John Truitt Hinton 49 years and preceded in death by her parents, Lewis V. Chesser and Bessie Cordelia Hicks Chesser and her sister, Miranda Gayle Nicholson.
She is survived by her brother, Reverend Lewis V. Chesser, wife, Maizie Chesser of Fort Smith, A.K.; children, Dr. Jeanne "Penny" Wetzler, husband, Tom Wetzler, John Truitt Hinton Jr., wife, Darlene Hinton, Kelly McWilliams, husband, Scott McWilliams of Sarasota, Fla.; grandchildren, K.C. Bellin, husband, Matthew Bellin of Pensacola, Fla., Miranda Wetzler, John Lewis McEver, Kelsey Hinton, Ashley Beck, James Ian McWilliams, Andrew McWilliams; great-granddaughter, Emerson "Emmi" Bellin; and numerous beloved nieces and nephews. Spending time with grandchildren, reading, sewing, knitting, playing the organ, collecting music boxes and porcelain dolls and traveling were favorites among Mimi's hobbies.
Visitation will be held Friday, October 8, 2010 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Baggett and Summers Funeral Home in Daytona Beach.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the Port Orange First United Methodist Church, 305 Dunlawton Ave, Port Orange, Fla.
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