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August 5, 2010

Former Cat will speak at service

By Marty Kirkland martykirkland@daltoncitizen.com

The past five years of Bobby Hinton’s life took him to the brink of complete despair.

The past month has been a whole lot better.

Hinton, a 1972 Dalton High graduate and former Catamounts running back, spent five years on dialysis before receiving a kidney transplant in early July.

He will talk about many of the highs and lows he’s gone through during a special service at 9 a.m. Sunday at Christ Community Church in Dalton.

“I’ll mostly be talking about what God has done for me,” Hinton said.

The service will last approximately an hour and will be followed by a reception with refreshments. The church is located at 808 West Walnut Ave.

Hinton said the days just before he received his transplant were especially tough. Worn out from the four-hour dialysis sessions, which he underwent three days a week, he didn’t have much hope left on the Monday he was called to receive his new kidney.

“I was just getting tired of going,” Hinton said. “I told God I was tired. I wasn’t even going to go to the next Tuesday dialysis, because I was just tired and I almost just gave up. Then a lady called and told me, ‘They’ve got a match.’ That was just a blessing from God.”

Doug Jensen, who is helping organize the service, has gotten to know Hinton while attending church together and has seen the change in his friend as well.

“He’s just the happiest guy in the world now,” Jensen said.

Another of Hinton’s fellow churchgoers is former Cats teammate Chuck Harris.

“I think he’s really got a great story,” Harris said.

Hinton was a member of some of the earliest teams of Dalton’s run of consecutive winning seasons, a streak now at 50 years. During his four years with the Cats, they made two trips to the state semifinals.

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