Alabama, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Nina was born in Tennessee on November 2nd,
1940 and grew up in Haleyville, Alabama where she graduated from Haleyville High School in
1959. Nina married her high school sweetheart, Bernard Lexie Hilton, on July 5th, 1959. Over
the next few years, Nina and Lexie raised two children and started a business, Hilton
Communications. On the day that Nina enrolled her youngest child in kindergarten, she also
enrolled in college. She successfully juggled motherhood, the demands of a family owned
business and the rigors of college work, eventually graduating with honors from the University
of North Alabama with degrees in Accounting and Finance and becoming a Certified Public
Accountant. Nina’s later years were filled with volunteer work for her church, several
organizations in the Jasper area and lots of time with her much adored grandchildren. Nina was
preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Bernard Lexie Hilton in 2023, and her son,
Timothy Mark Hilton in 2022. She is survived by her daughter, Naomi Hilton Archer (James),
her daughter in law, Tracy Franklin Hilton and her grandchildren Elisabeth Archer, Jay Archer,
Josh Hilton and Kaeden Duke. She is also survived by her sister, Barbara Harbin, her sister in
law, Kellon Phillips (Manus) and a bevy of much loved nieces and nephews. Nina was cremated
and her ashes will be sprinkled at a later date. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 on
Sunday, October 13, at Highlands United Methodist Church, 1045 20th Street, South,
Birmingham, Alabama 35209 and the family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be set to
the Tim Hilton Foundation at Bradford Heath Services or to the Alabama Honduran Medical
and Educational Network.
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