Mike Hinton: b. 1943, d. 2025
Samuel Michael “Mike” Hinton (1943–2025) was a grandson of Sacred Harp singer, teacher, and composer Thomas Jackson Denson.
Mike became very active in the Sacred Harp Community after his retirement. Mike traveled widely and became a great and much-loved ambassador of good will in the Sacred Harp Community.
Among other things, Mike served as Chair of the Texas State Convention (1996, 2015), the Southwest Texas Convention (2008), and Coker Singing Convention (2008-2011). ... In 2002 he was elected President of the Board of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company, and served until his passing in July 2025. In 2018, during Mike's tenure as president, the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Board of Directors unanimously approved to proceed with a revision of their 1991 Edition of The Sacred Harp.
(from a tribute by Robert Vaughn, edited for length)
Special mentions at singings
- 2026: East Midlands; John Newton Merritt Memorial Singing
- 2025: Rusk County; B. F. White Memorial; Harrods Creek/Bob Meek Memorial
- 2024: Rusk County
Roles undertaken (and minuted)
- 2016: Rusk County: chair
- 2009: Rusk County: prayer
- 2007: Holt Collier/Mississippi Bear Hunt Memorial Singing: shut-ins