John C. Hinkle

John Christian Hinkle, 90, of Wayland, died Monday, April 3, 2017, in the Parkview Home in Wayland.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, April 7, at the Independent Bible Church in Wayland. Burial will follow at the Green Mound Cemetery near Trenton. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday at the church. Memorials may be designated to Hospice Compassus, the Independent Bible Church, or the Parkview Home. Beatty Funeral Home in Washington is assisting with arrangements.

Mr. Hinkle was born June 15, 1926, the son of Clarence and Nina (Egli) Hinkle. He married Helen Leola Hulme on April 3, 1945. To them were born two sons. He married Dorothy Davison Wagner on June 19, 1981.

He attended White Oak and Elm Country schools in Henry County. He was a farmer who worked second jobs at the Mount Pleasant Co-op, Peterson Implement Company and the Henry County Road Department. He was a member of the Independent Bible Church of Wayland.

Surviving are two sons, Gary, and Steven Hinkle and wife Jo Ann; two stepsons, Leslie and wife Sandy, and Larry Wagner and wife Marsha; one stepdaughter, Linda Wagner Boulton; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Harold and wife Ellen, and Lloyd Hinkle and wife Imogene; one sister, Mary Hinkle Reighard and husband Eugene; and his wives, Helen (Hulme) Hinkle, and Dorothy (Davison Wagner) Hinkle.