Family
On April 29, 1937, Hinckley married Marjorie Pay (November 23, 1911 – April 6, 2004) in the Salt Lake Temple. They had been married for nearly 67 years at the time of her death. They had five children, including Richard G. Hinckley, a general authority of the LDS Church since 2005, and Virginia Hinckley Pearce, a former member of the general presidency of the church's Young Women organization.
Another of their daughters, Kathleen Hinckley Barnes Walker, co-authored several books with Virginia, and ran an events company. Her first husband, Alan Barnes, died in 2001 and in 2004 she married Milton Richard Walker. The Walkers served for a time as president and matron of the Salt Lake Temple and as of 2010 began presiding over the Missionary Training Center in Preston, England.
The Hinckleys' second son, Clark, has served in several church leadership positions. Starting in 2009 he served as president of the Spain Barcelona Mission of the LDS Church.
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