Age 65, Lawton - Funeral services will be at 2:00pm Wednesday in the First Christian Church with Rev. Kim Hames, Pastor officiating. Mrs. Hinman died Sunday in a Lawton hospital. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Becker Funeral Home. She was born March 28, 1944 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Ray and Osie (Rogers) Thompson. She graduated from Lawton High School in 1962, and was a contestant in the Miss Lawton Pageant in 1963. During the time of the pageant, Lois Jean was attending Cameron University, minoring in music. She won numerous awards with her ability to sing. She married Robert Edward Hinman on January 17, 1964 in Lawton. Prior to her teaching career, she got her cosmetology license at beauty school, worked for Oklahoma Drug Sales and as a civilian employee at Fort Sill. In 1975 she received her Bachelor of Science degree from Cameron University, and received her Master's from the University of Oklahoma. She began teaching for Lawton Public Schools in January of 1976, and was also an Adjunct Faculty Member at Cameron University serving student teachers. She spent 32 years teaching at Brockland Elementary School in Lawton. She was awarded Lawton Public Schools "Champion for Children" award in 1999. She was a member of First Christian Church and had worked with youth groups and children's choirs. She was a member of the Oklahoma Education Association, National Education Association, PEAL, OU Alumni Association and Kappa Kappa Gamma. She leaves behind her husband of the home, Robert Hinman, daughter and son-in-law Lana and Troy Welch of Elgin, two grandsons, Bret and Mitchell Welch of Elgin, daughter-in-law Jennifer Martin-Hinman of Tulsa, granddaughter Emily Alyssa Hinman of Tulsa, sister-in-law Louise Terry and her husband Ed of New Orleans, LA, special cousin Joy Driggers of Lawton, numerous other relatives and loved ones, and three special friends, Oskar, Bella and Scooter. She was preceded in death by her son Craig Hinman, her parents, sister Carmen Hamilton, and a very special aunt and uncle Roy and Lois Easton. Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation at 825 NE 13th Street, OKC, OK 73104 or to the American Lung Association at 3160 W. Britton Road, Suite E, OKC, OK 73120.