2018 Second Extraordinary Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 24
BY SENATORS JOHNS, MORRISH AND JOHN SMITH
A RESOLUTION
To commend Jackson William "J.W." Stine on the historic and memorable occasion of his
one hundredth birthday.
WHEREAS, Jackson William "J.W." Stine was born to Sulphur residents Andrew
Stine and Elma Landry Stine on July 22, 1918, and attended Sulphur High School where he
played quarterback for four years; and
WHEREAS, he attended Normal College (today Northwestern State University) on
a football scholarship and also loved the sport of boxing and being a Golden Gloves
boxer; and
WHEREAS, J.W. married his high school sweetheart, Doris (Dee Dee) Drost on
January 14, 1944, just before he was sent overseas to fight for his country in
World War II; and
WHEREAS, they remained married for sixty-seven happy years until his wife's
passing in 2011; together they raised seven children; six sons and one daughter; Richard,
Gary, Janie, Jay, Dennis, David, and Tim, and J.W. also has thirty-one grandchildren and
seventy-one great-grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, J.W. instilled the core values of faith, family, and community in his
seven children and he is the proud father of an accomplished and nationally known artist, a
colonel in the Air Force, a captain in the National Guard, two former state legislators, a
former commissioner of administration, past president of Greater Beauregard Chamber of
Commerce, past McNeese State University Foundation president, past chairman of the Boy
Scouts of America Calcasieu Area Council, past chairman of the Council for a Better
Louisiana, a current member of the Christus Health System Board, and current chairman of
Louisiana Association of Business and Industry; and
WHEREAS, J.W. joined the United States Army Air Corps (the predecessor to
today's United States Air Force) in 1944, achieved the rank of captain, and flew over fifty
combat missions as a pilot of a B-26 aircraft over Germany, Italy, and France; and
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WHEREAS, J.W. and his best friend J.C. Carlin opened a construction company in
Sulphur after World War II and then a lumber company to supply the construction company
which was called Starlin Lumber; J.W. eventually bought out J.C.'s share and changed the
name in 1973 to Stine Lumber and all of J.W.'s six sons joined the company; and
WHEREAS, Stine Lumber Company has been headquartered in Sulphur for
seventy-two years and now employs over eight hundred associates and has ten locations in
Louisiana and one in Natchez, Mississippi, with annual sales of over two hundred million
dollars; and
WHEREAS, J.W. has been a member of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic
Church, the Knights of Columbus, and the American Legion for many years, and in 1989,
he was awarded Citizen of the Year in the Diocese of Lake Charles; and
WHEREAS, J.W. Stine will celebrate his one hundredth birthday with family and
friends on Sunday, July 22, 2018; and
WHEREAS, for one hundred years, J.W. Stine has distinguished himself as an
exemplary and highly admired citizen of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the success of the state of Louisiana, the strength of our communities,
and the overall vitality of American society depend in great measure upon people like
J.W. Stine, an exceptional man and an inspiration to all; and
WHEREAS, J.W. Stine merits a special measure of commendation for the
tremendous honor that he brings to his family, friends, community, the state of Louisiana,
and all who know and love him.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Jackson William "J.W." Stine on the historic and memorable occasion
of his one hundredth birthday celebration, does hereby recognize and record for posterity the
extraordinary life he has lived in the century since his birth, and does hereby extend to him
every good wish for health and happiness in the future.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
J.W. Stine.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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