Michael Lee Hylton, age 62, passed away Saturday, April 15th after a sudden debilitating illness.
Mike was predeceased by his mother, Nancy “Faye” Hylton; sister, Vanessa “DeeDee” Hylton; and father, Louis E. Hylton, the milkman.
He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Terri Hylton; his fur baby, Chloe; sister, Regena “Suzie” Gibson (Rick); brothers: Louis “Manny” Hylton and Simon Hylton (Beverly); in-laws, George and Ruth Williams, Tammy Hart; and many nieces, including a special niece Trisha Statler (Ben), nephews, great nieces, and cousins.
After 12 years of education and perfect attendance, never missing a day of school, Mike graduated from Floyd County High School in 1979. He had worked at his family’s sawmill before joining the Navy as a Nuclear Weapons Technician and served his duty stations aboard NAS Norfolk Weapons Station, USS John F. Kennedy, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, USS America (during Desert Storm, 1st Gulf War), Naval Supply Center, Norfolk-SMSD and USS Enterprise, retiring in 1999. He then worked construction for Tradesmen International, and installer for WWL Ship line (Wallenius Wilhelmsen). Most recently Mike enjoyed his poker nights, Low Chicago one eyes wild, and “piddling” on his 1988 Monte Carlo SS.
He will be missed by his family, shipmates, poker buddies, the various young’uns in his life and close friends.
Thank you goes out to everyone who has ever reached out with thoughts and prayers and for the friends and family around him in his last hours.
Interment and services to be determined at a later date.
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Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and fur baby .The last time I talked to him he was going to Floyd at Christmas.I had the pleasure of getting to know Mike at Wwl
Such a great guy. So many wonderful memories. Rest in peace my dear friend. You are loved and will be missed by many.
Prayers to the family, friends and shipmates during this time 🙏
Mike was one of my earliest memories of being stationed at NOB though I wouldn’t meet him formally for another 3 years. My new duty station barracks was full so they sent me to stay at the E6 barracks as a E2. (Much nicer!) When I got up the next day I spied this beautiful black Monte Carlo SS in the parking lot. Over the next few weeks I saw Mike come and go with that car sporting his jean jacket and Marlboro reds heading out to the nightclub for the evening and thought “that’s guys got it made” Fast forward, I got introduced to him through a mutual friend a few years later and he offered me a room in his nice home to stay. (Way better than the ship berthing area!) As I got to know him better, I found him to be funny, kind and generous to anyone who asked for help. He was an excellent mechanic and could tinker on anything…and make it work! Knowing he is gone now makes me sad to know that the world has lost a a really good soul. It’s been a few years since I had seen him and I regret not doing better at keeping in touch. Mike I miss you and will always cherish the memories I have of you.