Pamela Snow Hinton, wife of ESPN.com senior writer Ed Hinton and a notable figure in the motor racing community in her own right, has died of cancer, according to family members. She was 59. A public memorial service will be scheduled at a later date at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. Known as “Snow” on both sides of the Atlantic, “she touched the lives of, and was loved by, hundreds of people,” said her close friend Alexis Leras, former NASCAR public relations director. A native of Ilion, N.Y., she worked in public relations efforts for drivers such as Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt and Benny Parsons. She later worked in the securities industry and as a human resources specialist until 1988, when she decided to become stay-at-home mom to her only child, Tyler. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. She is survived by husband Ed ; son Tyler of Birmingham, Ala.; two brothers, Dr. Steven C. White of Rockville, Md., and Jerome S. White of Utica, N.Y.; a stepbrother, Foster “Bud” Simmons of Arvada, Colo., and two uncles, Dr. David White and the Rev. Wiley White, both of Tempe, Ariz.(ESPN.com)(6-16-2011)
