Howard Lee Hinkle

Howard Lee Hinkle, 68, passed away Friday, Nov. 8.

Visitation will be held from 6:30 until 8 p.m. Thursday, at the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church in Burkburnett.  

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, at First Baptist Church in Burkburnett with Dr. Ted Spear and Rev. Joe Coombes officiating.  

Interment will follow at Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Owens & Brumley Funeral Home in Burkburnett.

Howard was born on June 16, 1951, in Wichita Falls to Joseph Charles and Marie (Hewell) Hinkle. He and Pamela McEntire were married on May 12, 1973, in Sterling City.  He was a 1969 graduate of Burkburnett High School and a 1973 graduate of Texas Tech University with a BA in Accounting. He worked as a tax accountant, as well as farming and trucking.  He was a member of First Baptist Church in Wichita Falls.  Over the years, he was actively involved in numerous charitable organizations, benefiting the youth of the greater Wichita Falls area.  He spent his free time with the “Wild Bunch” smoking briskets and cooking beans, and was quick to instruct you on the best way to prepare both.  He enjoyed seeing the expressions on the faces of the people he served and enjoyed spending time with his children, grandchildren, friends, and his wife.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother Richard Hinkle.

Survivors include his wife, Pamela Hinkle; children Kurt Hinkle of Idalou, LeeAnn Hinkle and Kami Burgin, both of Irving; a sister, Janelle Coyle; and seven grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Faith Refuge at the Wichita Falls Faith Mission in memory of Howard Hinkle, P.O. Box 965, Wichita Falls, Texas 76307 (faithmissionwf.org/donate).