United Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Southeastern Jurisdiction

Abstract Hinton Rural Life Center is named in memory of Georgia Businessman, Harold Hopkins Hinton. Mr. Hinton and his wife Alice had started building a hunting lodge on the hill above their summer home in the North Carolina mountains in 1956 but his unexpected death brought the project to a standstill. The land was sold to Walter and Velma Moore, who donated the partially finished lodge and four acres of land to the Clay County Methodist Church in 1957.  With the help of Alice Hinton and others, the...