Residence: Monticello, Indiana
Died: Thursday, July 17, 2014
Location: 7:47 p.m., at the St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana in Indianapolis, Indiana
 
 
Age: 81
Date of Birth: Wednesday, April 12, 1933
Birth place: White County, Indiana

Branch: Navy

 
Father: Willis Hinshaw
 
Mother: Nellie G. ( Medley ) Hinshaw
 
Marital Status: Married
Resided in: Lived in Monticello, Indiana, for several years.
Funeral Date: Monday, July 21, 2014
Funeral Location: 2:30 p.m. Celebration of Life Service at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana
Clergy: Rev. Chris Dodson of the Monticello Christian Church of Monticello, Indiana.
Burial will take place:
Hughes Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana
Visitation will be:
12:00 (noon) until the time of service at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, July 21, 2014 at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Cotton was a 1951 graduate of the Monticello High School of Monticello, Indiana where he was a basketball player. He attended Butler University and then went to Brevard Community College in Cocoa, Florida, where he received his degree in Law Enforcement. Cotton had worked and retired with the Cocoa, Florida Police Department after 30 years of service. He was the President of the Police Benevolence Association in Cocoa, Florida and a member of the Monticello Christian Church of Monticello, Indiana. He had an annual fish fry for the Cocoa Florida Police Department for many years and hosted a country western event for many years as well. Cotton loved and enjoyed playing euchre. Since his retirement he spent his winters in Florida and summers in Monticello. He was a amazing cook and baker making a mean set of biscuits and gravy and the best chocolate chip cookies. ***"Ecclesiastes 3:1 & 4 (KJV)
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance"***

Special Services: Full Military Rites will be conducted at the cemetery by the Monticello Veterans Honor Guard of Monticello, Indiana.
Memorial Information: Memorials may be given to the Monticello Christian Church or the White County Food Pantry both of Monticello, Indiana. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On June 21, 1953 in the Monticello Christian Chruch parsonage he married Dorothy A. Cahill. She died September 11, 1999. He then married Fay Capper on September 2, 2000 at the Monticello Christian church. She survives.
Survivors include:
Wife, Fay "MiMi" Crowder of Monticello, Indiana; Twin Boys,Roger (wife Patsy) Hinshaw of Columbus, Mississippi andRichard (wife Madel) Hinshaw of Wichita, Kansas;Step-Children,Renee (husband Kevin) Kilbanc of Fort Wayne, Indiana,Jaci (husband Randy) Lane of Ocala, Florida,Jason (wife Tara) Crowder of Goshen, Indiana, andBradley Crowder of Monticello, Indiana;Seventeen (17) Grandchildren, and Fourteen (14) Great Grandchildren; Brothers, William "Dick" (wife Lola) Hinshaw, Robert L. "Bob" Hinshaw, both of Monticello, Indiana;
Preceded in Death:
Parents, Willis and Nellie G. (Medley) Hinshaw;First Wife,Dorothy A Hinshaw.
Arrangements by:
Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana, 47960 ( 574 ) 583-8488.