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Heine is the son of the Reverend A. Charles Heine (1900-1976) and the former Edna Cook (1902-1974), who are interred at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum in Baker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Heine&GSfn=Charles&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=43759094&df=all&|title=Rev. Charles A. Heine|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref> Charles Heine was a [[Baptist]] minister who helped to organize two churches in the Baton Rouge area and was the pastor of several others. An active layman in his denomination, Pete Heine was named in 2008 as the "Peoples Health Champion" in recognition of those over sixty-five who perform exceptional community service. In Heine’s case, he was honored for having coordinated the construction of a church in the Leland community.<ref name=demco/>​

Heine is the son of the Reverend A. Charles Heine (1900-1976) and the former Edna Cook (1902-1974), who are interred at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum in Baker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Heine&GSfn=Charles&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=43759094&df=all&|title=Rev. Charles A. Heine|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref> Charles Heine was a [[Baptist]] minister who helped to organize two churches in the Baton Rouge area and was the pastor of several others. An active layman in his denomination, Pete Heine was named in 2008 as the "Peoples Health Champion" in recognition of those over sixty-five who perform exceptional community service. In Heine’s case, he was honored for having coordinated the construction of a church in the Leland community.<ref name=demco/>​

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Heine was born in Baton Rouge and attended public schools there before enrolling at the defunct Jefferson Military College in Washington, [[Mississippi]]. He served in the [[United States Air Force]] from 1948 to 1952 as a staff sergeant, having participated in the [[Berlin Airlift]] and later was crew chief on an F-86 Sabre jet.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/01RS/CVT2/OUT/0000IOW3.PDF|title=House Resolution No. 72 by State Representative Melvin "Kip" Holden, 2001|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=December 3, 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224030622/http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/01RS/CVT2/OUT/0000IOW3.PDF|archivedate=February 24, 2012|df=}}</ref>​

Heine was born in Baton Rouge and attended public schools there before enrolling at the defunct Jefferson Military College in Washington, [[Mississippi]]. He served in the [[United States Air Force]] from 1948 to 1952 as a staff sergeant, having participated in the [[Berlin Airlift]] and later was crew chief on an F-86 Sabre jet.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224030622/http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/01RS/CVT2/OUT/0000IOW3.PDF|title=House Resolution No. 72 by State Representative Melvin "Kip" Holden|date=2001|publisher=Legis.state.la.us|accessdate=December 3, 2009}}</ref>​

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Heine is the widower of the former Georgia Lea Pilcher (September 2, 1926 &ndash; December 12, 2006), a [[pianist]] at the First Baptist Church of Baker. He was the father of Steven Kerry Heine (1956-2002), who was married to the former Mary Strahan, and four surviving children: Kathryn Earn Heine Overfield, herself a piano teacher in Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish; Charles Norman "Chuck" Heine, George Lee Heine, and James Donald "Scooter" Heine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathyskeyboards.com/aboutme.htm|title=Kathy’s Keyboards|publisher=kathyskeyboards.com|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>  A Heine grandson, Steven Heine, II, died in 2016 at the age of thirty-four.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=steven-kerry-heine&pid=182362705&fhid=17421|title=Steven Kerry Heine, II, obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 6, 2016}}</ref>

Heine is the widower of the former Georgia Lea Pilcher (September 2, 1926 &ndash; December 12, 2006), a [[pianist]] at the First Baptist Church of Baker. He was the father of Steven Kerry Heine (1956-2002), who was married to the former Mary Strahan, and four surviving children: Kathryn Earn Heine Overfield, herself a piano teacher in Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish; Charles Norman "Chuck" Heine, George Lee Heine, and James Donald "Scooter" Heine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathyskeyboards.com/aboutme.htm|title=Kathy’s Keyboards|publisher=kathyskeyboards.com|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>  A Heine grandson, Steven Heine, II, died in 2016 at the age of thirty-four.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=steven-kerry-heine&pid=182362705&fhid=17421|title=Steven Kerry Heine, II, obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=November 6, 2016}}</ref>

In Heine's last campaign for mayor on March 8, 1988, he defeated another Democrat, Jewel E. "Duke" Welch, 2,244 (53.9 percent) to 1,923 (46.2 percent), a member of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council who was later elected as a state court [[judge]]. In that same election, the Democrat Sid J. Gautreaux, III, won the position of police chief in Baker.  In 2007, Gautreaux was elected [[sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish. Heine served as a mayor in East Baton Rouge Parish longer than any other person.<ref name=legis/>​

In Heine's last campaign for mayor on March 8, 1988, he defeated another Democrat, Jewel E. "Duke" Welch, 2,244 (53.9 percent) to 1,923 (46.2 percent), a member of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council who was later elected as a state court [[judge]]. In that same election, the Democrat Sid J. Gautreaux, III, won the position of police chief in Baker.  In 2007, Gautreaux was elected [[sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish. Heine served as a mayor in East Baton Rouge Parish longer than any other person.<ref name=legis/>​

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From 1993 to 2000, Heine was the first parish manager for West Feliciana Parish in St. Francisville, north of Baton Rouge.<ref name=legis/><ref name=demco>{{cite web|url=http://www.demco.org/keepingyoupluggedin/pressreleases/?fuseaction=detail&id=365|title="Hope and Faith: Kathy Heine Overfield's music is an inspiration to all", January 5, 2009|publisher=demco.org|accessdate=November 27, 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918194952/http://demco.org/keepingyoupluggedin/pressreleases/?fuseaction=detail&id=365|archivedate=September 18, 2010|df=}}</ref>​

From 1993 to 2000, Heine was the first parish manager for West Feliciana Parish in St. Francisville, north of Baton Rouge.<ref name=legis/><ref name=demco>{{cite web|url=

https://web.archive.org/web/20100918194952/http://demco.org/keepingyoupluggedin/pressreleases/?fuseaction=detail&id=365|title="Hope and Faith: Kathy Heine Overfield's music is an inspiration to all"|date=January 5, 2009|publisher=Demco.org|accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>​

Heine ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in the 1971 Democratic closed [[primary]], the last of its kind held in the state prior to adoption of the nonpartisan blanket primary. The eventual winner was former New Orleans City Council member James  E. Fitzmorris, Jr. In 1973, Heine was elected in a nonpartisan race as a delegate from East Baton Rouge Parish to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention, which drafted the current charter approved by voters statewide in 1974.<ref name=legis/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathyskeyboards.com/noteables.htm |title=Constitution drafters meet, reminisce 33 years later |publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'' |accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>​

Heine ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in the 1971 Democratic closed [[primary]], the last of its kind held in the state prior to adoption of the nonpartisan blanket primary. The eventual winner was former New Orleans City Council member James  E. Fitzmorris, Jr. In 1973, Heine was elected in a nonpartisan race as a delegate from East Baton Rouge Parish to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention, which drafted the current charter approved by voters statewide in 1974.<ref name=legis/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathyskeyboards.com/noteables.htm |title=Constitution drafters meet, reminisce 33 years later |publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'' |accessdate=November 27, 2009}}</ref>​