I.T. Hector age 98, transitioned on September 23, 2014. Owner of Hector's Printing and Hector Realty. He is survived by daughters, Cora Hector, Brenda Hector Slaughter, and Gwendolyn Hector, all of Cincinnati; 10 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; several great-great grandchildren. Visit with the family on Saturday, September 27 from 10:00 am until service time at 11:00 am at First Baptist Church of Walnut Hills, Park and Lincoln. Condolences to www.HerbWalker.com. I.T. Hector, 98, transitioned on September 23, 2014 with his family by his side at The Barrington of West Chester in West Chester, OH. He was born October 28, 1915 in Athens, Georgia, to Tee and Cora Hector. He was the last surviving sibling of eight children. He attended Morehouse University briefly majoring in Mathematics until his marriage in 1933 in Atlanta,GA to the late Mary Stearn (deceased 1938). Two children were born to this Union, Franklin Delano Hector-Moody (deceased) and Cora (Sue) Hector. In 1935 the family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. He later met and married Beatrice Hayden (deceased) in 1939, two children were born to this union, Brenda M. Slaughter and Gwendolyn R. Hector. He later married Ethel Cotton in 1955 this union last 43 years until her death in 1998. He remained a widower for 16 years until her passing. Soon after coming to Cincinnati, he joined Union Baptist Church. In 1950 he transferred his membership to First Baptist Church of Walnut Hills, where he remained a member for 64 years until his death. He served as Teacher of the Men's Sunday School class for many years. I.T. Hector was employed as a Pullman Porter from January 1943 to 1958 with his home station at the Cincinnati Union Terminal. In May 2009, he was honored for his service as a Pullman Porter in Philadelphia, PA. The Pullman Porters were being honored for their participation in the forming of the first all-black union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. This organization was largely black and widely credited with the development of the black middle class in America and also instrumental in the advancement of the Civil Rights Movement in 1925. In 1957, he started Hector's Printing on Lincoln Avenue in Walnut Hills and obtaining his license as a Real Estate Broker/Agent in the State of Ohio. He remained active until 2013 when he closed both businesses. He was honored with an exhibit in the Wilberforce Museum in Wilberforce, Ohio as he was the the first black typeset printer in the State of Ohio. I.T. Hector leaves to mourn in his passing, his daughters, Cora L. Hector, Brenda M. Slaughter and Gwendolyn R. Hector. He also leaves behind 10 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, 11+ great-great-grandchildren, special friends of the family Ms. Brenda Hall and Ms. Sylvia Hill of Cincinnati, and a host of other relatives and friends.

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