Obituaries:  James R. Pynes, Sabine, Vernon Parish       P-520
Source:  Western Wood Products Assoc., Portland, Ore., Jan 9, 1976
Submitted by: Sue Woodford/Carl Beals
              swoodbea@open.org




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James R. Pynes (Photo)

  James R. Pynes, 57, died December 31, in Portland, ending a
career spanning 35 years in the western lumber industry. Pynes
was Chief Quality Supervisor for WWPA since 1965, after holding a
similar position with the Association's predecessor, Western Pine
Association.

  Born in Peason, Louisiana, Pynes joined the Edward Hines Lumber
Co., Hines, Oregon in 1936. He earned a lumber grading
certificate, awarded for exceptional proficiency in 1940. He
entered the Army Air Corps in 1943, trained at Washington State
University, and emerged as a Second Lieutenant, and navigation
instructor. After rejoining Hines as a lumber grader, he was
hired in 1948 by the Western Pine Association, and was stationed
in Klamath Falls for a number of years. He was named Assistant
Chief Inspector in 1958, and Chief Inspector in 1961. He
supervised 35 WWPA Quality Supervisors in the West.

  He leaves his wife, Edna, Portland; two married daughters, Nancy
Warner, Las Vegas, Nev., and Susan Nelson, Portland; three
brothers, Sam, Ed, and Roy, Eugene; one sister, Mrs. Odessa
Presley, Salem; and four grandchildren. The funeral and burial
were in Portland. The family suggests memorials to the American
Cancer Society, Oregon Division, 1530 S.W. Taylor, Portland,
Oregon.