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Leon Leroy Stine, Jr.

d. January 30, 2018

Leon Leroy Stine, Jr.

Leon Leroy Stine, Jr., age 88, of Frank, died Tuesday, January 30, 2018. Although he was born in Indiana, and raised in Mississippi, he loved his home in Pocahontas County. Lee was a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy and had a distinguished career in the United States Navy. He served in both Korea and Vietnam, and was awarded medals and citations too numerous to list completely. They include the Bronze Star with valor, the Navy Achievement Medal with valor and the Vietnam Service Medal with two Bronze Stars. He is recorded in naval history as the navigator on the USS Gudgeon (SS-567), the first American submarine to circumnavigate the earth. He spent many years in the Coast Guard Auxiliary and was a 51-year member of the American Legion, most recently at Post 117 in Durbin. He was a passionate advocate for animal rights and human rights. Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Dixie Benezue Stine; his brother, Robert, and wife, Mary Stine; his children, Lee Stine, and wife, Betty, Kathy Wilkinson, and husband, Jeff, Karl Stine, and wife, Beryl, William Stine, and wife, Tanya, Elizabeth Stine Wied, Jeff, and wife, Suzanne Kraus, and Yvette Payne, and husband, Ray; as well as sixteen grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. Friends may visit from 12:00 p.m. until mass time. Father McInerney will conduct the Mass. Burial will follow at Bellande Cemetery. Following the burial a Celebration of Life Gathering will be held in the parish hall behind the church. The Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. In his memory, you are invited to contribute to your favorite charity.
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Visitation

Saturday, April 21, 2018

12:00 - 1:00 pm

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Mass of Christian Burial

Saturday, April 21, 2018

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