Obituaries:  Whitfield "Jack" Pine, Sabine Parish       P-500
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 12, 1987
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Whitfield "Jack" Pine (Photo)

  Mr. Whitfield "Jack" Pine, 64, of Many, died in the Sabine
Medical Center, on February 3, 1987, at 8:58 a.m., after a short
illness.

  Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church of Many,
on February 5, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Joe Ratcliff, and the
Rev. C. J. Walea officiating. Interment was in the Many Cemetery,
under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mr. Pine was buried with full military honors, 21 gun salute,
and a bugler playing taps.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Juanita Johnson Pine of Many;
five sisters, Vera Fleek, and Joanna Jones of Longbeach, Calif.,
Aubie L Kreusel of Beverly, Ma., Martha Raye Kelley of West
Monroe, and Mary Antilley of Natchitoches; two brothers, Glen T.
Pine of Dallas, Tex., and Archie L. Pine of Natchitoches; a
beloved and loving pet, Nipsy; and numerous nieces and nephews.

  Pallbearers were John Henry Brown, Jimmy Johnson, Jay Johnson,
Quentin Dew, Clint Pine, and Don Pine.

  Mr. Pine was a First Lieutenant in World War II, 1942-1949, and
flew B-26's during the war, flew in the Berlin Airlift 1948-1949,
and was called back to active duty, and flew B-29's 1951-1955. He
was stationed at Randolph Air Force Base, at San Antonio, Tex.,
and El Paso, Tex. He also flew with Tow-Target Squadron.

  He was retired from Ling-Temco-Vought Corporation Aeronautics in
Dallas, Tex.