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<p><em>Jerry Lee Hines</em> was born in San Antonio, TX on September 30, 1944 to Warner and Lucy Gorman Hines and was raised in the same home on Lovera Street until he left for the Army. As a child, he was very athletic and played baseball, tennis, and golf. He continued to play the latter two sports for much of his adult life. Jerry began to play guitar while in junior high—a love he also carried into adulthood. When Jerry entered high school, he joined the Junior ROTC Program at Jefferson High School. He rose through the ranks and was promoted to colonel in his senior year. Jerry enjoyed dancing and competed in ballroom dancing competitions. He also excelled in academics, and his excellent record resulted in a first alternate appointment to West Point by Senator John Tower. While he did not make it that year, Jerry was encouraged to join the Army and apply for the USMA Prep School. He was successful, and, after a year at the Prep School, Jerry entered West Point in the Class of 1967.</p>
<p>During Christmas Eve of his Prep School year, Jerry noticed a young woman he had known but had not been interested in before. She had grown up, and when he heard her sing “O Holy Night” at the midnight service he nearly fell off the pew. They started dating and sending letters back and forth, becoming best friends and soulmates. During Plebe Christmas (the last one held at West Point), Jerry asked her to wait for him through their college years as he wanted to marry her. She did, and on June 8, 1967 in the Cadet Chapel, the same week that they both had graduated, Second Lieutenant Jerry L. Hines and Joyce Ann Chiles became man and wife.</p>
<p>Numerous classmates remember Jerry playing his guitar during Beast Barracks and later in the band Rasputin and the Chains. Loving music, Jerry joined the Cadet Glee Club. Twice the Glee Club sang on The Ed Sullivan Show. Jerry was one of the “Texas Boys” who took up snow skiing at the Point, a skill he enjoyed for years to come.</p>
<p>After graduation, Jerry was assigned to the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, OK. He then attended Ranger School before he and Joyce headed for Munich, Germany and then to Augsburg, Germany. While in Germany, Jerry became a paratrooper. As much as he liked Field Artillery, Jerry decided that he would like to fly helicopters. He applied to fight school and was accepted. With Joyce and their three-month-old baby girl, Jerry headed back to the States en route to Vietnam.</p>
<p>Jerry was number one in his flight class. The next stop was Vietnam and 120th Aviation Company (“The Deans”). While in Vietnam, a second daughter was born back in San Antonio, where Joyce awaited.</p>
<p>Back in the U.S., Jerry was assigned to Fort Carson, CO in Field Artillery and then back to Fort Sill, where he divided the rest of his career between Artillery and Aviation. A third daughter was born to the couple. After 15 years in the Army, Jerry decided on a different career, that of the FBI. Jerry was honorably discharged on September 30, 1977.</p>
<p>The years in the FBI were first spent in Houston, TX, and the remainder of his 20 years of service was in Los Angeles, CA. After 35 years serving the country he dearly loved, Jerry retired on February 2, 1998.Through all the years of Jerry’s service, he carried with him the motto of West Point: “Duty, Honor, Country.”</p>
<p>After retirement from the FBI, Jerry and Joyce moved to Fort Worth, TX and, after a few years, to Parker, CO, dividing their time between Parker and their summer home outside of Pagosa Springs, CO. Jerry took up handbells, a passion he continued until health made it impossible. He also enjoyed N-scale railroading and making dioramas, all while enjoying his family and friends.</p>
<p>Jerry graduated from his earthly life with flying colors after a valiant fight with primary progressive aphasia. Joyce was at his side. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle and friend. Surviving him are his wife of 56 years, Joyce; three daughters: Dr. Joy Hines Forsmark (Jim), Janis “Jan” Hines Holland (Ryan), and Julie Hines Branch (Bill); and his grandchildren: Shannon Holland, Brendan Holland, Madeline Branch, Jackson Branch, and Douglas Forsmark. Jerry is also survived by his brother Calvin (Kay), his children and grandchildren, and many friends. Jerry’s memorial service was held on September 9, 2023 in Parker. His ashes were placed next to his parents in Sunset Memorial Park in San Antonio. </p>
<p><em>— Joyce Chiles Hines</em></p>
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