![]() ![]() Dick continued to personally fly jets until age 85 and was, at one time, the oldest active jet pilot in the U.S. It was this connection that brought him back to East Texas where he also started Stebbins Aviation which still operates at the Gregg County Airport today. His nursing home endeavors eventually expanded to include facilities all over and Texas and Nevada including Highland Pines in Longview. While in this position, he went on to obtain his CPA license, real estate license, and renew his pilot’s license all of which were skills that made him a valuable asset to the company and later afforded him the opportunity to buy majority ownership upon the owner’s retirement. They packed up and moved to Austin, TX, where he went to work in the accounting department of a nursing home corporation. Within a few years, he decided to pursue another venture raising pigs and producing sausage but realized after awhile that farming was not going to pay the bills. Dick began his lifelong dream of having his own dairy farm when he moved his young family to Nacogdoches, TX. They married on December 30, 1955, and soon started a family with the birth of son, Kent, followed by Scott and Brad. ![]() Air Force and while stationed in Lubbock, TX, met Joilue Hale who was a student at Texas Tech. He then went on to Ohio State University where he obtained a degree in agriculture with a minor in accounting. As a teenager, he milked cows and raised tomatoes to sell at the local market. ![]() His early years were spent on the family’s dairy farm which instilled in him a strong work ethic. Dick fought valiantly until the very end to overcome complications from a series of strokes over the past 18 months, never wavering in his strength or faith.ĭick was born on November 15, 1931, in Dayton, Ohio, to Paul and Marjorie Stebbins. For more information, see About the Repository.Paul Richard “Dick” Stebbins, 86, of Longview, Texas, went home to meet his heavenly maker with his family by his side on Thursday, June 7, 2018. Click the name of an author to see a listing of that person's work. Listing of authors who have works in this repository as of October 27, 2022. ![]()
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