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Known for his tough negotiation style with business and government, Partin was involved in many labor disputes. He commonly packed courtrooms with Teamsters to demonstrate union solidarity. He was accused, along with Ted Dunham, Jr., of having attempted to monopolize the Baton Rouge concrete industry during a strike against Bulk Transport.<ref name=egp>"Curt Eysink, "Ex-Teamsters chief Partin dies," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' March 12, 1990, pp. 1, 5A.</ref>​

Known for his tough negotiation style with business and government, Partin was involved in many labor disputes. He commonly packed courtrooms with Teamsters to demonstrate union solidarity. He was accused, along with Ted Dunham, Jr., of having attempted to monopolize the Baton Rouge concrete industry during a strike against Bulk Transport.<ref name=egp>"Curt Eysink, "Ex-Teamsters chief Partin dies," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' March 12, 1990, pp. 1, 5A.</ref>​

 

In 1978, Partin organized workers of the Department of Public Works of the Baton Rouge City-Parish government. In 1979, during a teachers' strike in Baton Rouge, he placed non-teaching personnel on picket lines in support of the strike. The teachers, however, asked Partin to remove the pickets, and the strike was soon resolved.<ref name=egp/>​

In 1978, Partin organized workers of the Department of Public Works of the Baton Rouge City-Parish government. In 1979, during a teachers' strike in Baton Rouge, he placed non-teaching personnel on picket lines in support of the strike. The teachers, however, asked Partin to remove the pickets, and the strike was soon resolved.<ref name=egp/>​

 

Partin once spent six months in jail for [[contempt of court]] on the order of U.S. District Judge E. Gordon West of Baton Rouge. Partin had disobeyed West's order that the Teamsters stop picketing at Delta Concrete.<ref name=egp/>​

Partin once spent six months in jail for [[contempt of court]] on the order of U.S. District Judge E. Gordon West of Baton Rouge. Partin had disobeyed West's order that the Teamsters stop picketing at Delta Concrete.<ref name=egp/>​

 

==Death==​

==Death==

On November 27, 1968, in Uvalde, [[Texas]], Partin, at forty-four, married the 29-year-old former Frances Kay Anselmo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/tx/uvalde/vitals/marriages/1968/uvaldm68.txt|title=Vital Records - Uvalde County, TX - Marriages 1968|publisher=usgwarchives.org|accessdate=March 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728150319/http://files.usgwarchives.org/tx/uvalde/vitals/marriages/1968/uvaldm68.txt|archive-date=July 28, 2011|dead-url=yes}}</ref> This was not a first marriage for Partin. The couple subsequently divorced.

On November 27, 1968, in Uvalde, [[Texas]], Partin, at forty-four, married the 29-year-old former Frances Kay Anselmo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/tx/uvalde/vitals/marriages/1968/uvaldm68.txt|title=Vital Records - Uvalde County, TX - Marriages 1968|publisher=usgwarchives.org|accessdate=March 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728150319/http://files.usgwarchives.org/tx/uvalde/vitals/marriages/1968/uvaldm68.txt|archive-date=July 28, 2011|dead-url=yes}}</ref> This was not a first marriage for Partin. The couple subsequently divorced. ​

 

In his later years, Partin resided in McComb, Mississippi. In January 1990, Partin was admitted to a hospital in [[Orlando]], [[Florida]], because of circulatory problems in his legs. After an unsuccessful operation, he spent a week in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], with a daughter, Janice P. Barlow. He then was admitted to a hospital in Hammond, Louisiana, and finally to the Guest House nursing home on Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge. There Partin died at the age of sixty-six of complications from cardiovascular disease and [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]].<ref name=egp/>

In his later years, Partin resided in McComb, Mississippi. In January 1990, Partin was admitted to a hospital in [[Orlando]], [[Florida]], because of circulatory problems in his legs. After an unsuccessful operation, he spent a week in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], with a daughter, Janice P. Barlow. He then was admitted to a hospital in Hammond, Louisiana, and finally to the Guest House nursing home on Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge. There Partin died at the age of sixty-six of complications from cardiovascular disease and [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]].<ref name=egp/>​

 

Survivors included his mother, Bessie Foster, then of Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish; five daughters, Janice Barlow of Tulsa, Glenda Gail Lang of Rialto, [[California]], Cynthia Mitchen of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas, Teresa P. Gaydos of Baton Rouge, and Brenda P. Canton Kyzar of McComb, Mississippi; two sons, Edward Partin, Jr., then of [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], and later of Slaughter in East Felician Parish, and Byron Keith Partin of Baker, later of Ethel in East Feliciana Parish; two sisters, Hazel E. Chancellor (born 1926) of Sugar Land, Texas, and Sandra Ann Foster Guy of Baker; two brothers, Donald L. Partin, Sr. (1927–1999),<ref name=ssdi/> and his wife, Vivian Roberts Partin, of Crosby, Mississippi, and Douglas Wesley Partin, Sr. (born 1930) of Baton Rouge and later Crosby, Mississippi; fifteen grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Louisiana/laobituaries.html|title=Obituaries: Barlow and Related Families|publisher=''Baton Rouge State Times''|date=March 12, 1990|page=6|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref>​

Survivors included his mother, Bessie Foster, then of Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish; five daughters, Janice Barlow of Tulsa, Glenda Gail Lang of Rialto, [[California]], Cynthia Mitchen of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas, Teresa P. Gaydos of Baton Rouge, and Brenda P. Canton Kyzar of McComb, Mississippi; two sons, Edward Partin, Jr., then of [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], and later of Slaughter in East Felician Parish, and Byron Keith Partin of Baker, later of Ethel in East Feliciana Parish; two sisters, Hazel E. Chancellor (born 1926) of Sugar Land, Texas, and Sandra Ann Foster Guy of Baker; two brothers, Donald L. Partin, Sr. (1927–1999),<ref name=ssdi/> and his wife, Vivian Roberts Partin, of Crosby, Mississippi, and Douglas Wesley Partin, Sr. (born 1930) of Baton Rouge and later Crosby, Mississippi; fifteen grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/Louisiana/laobituaries.html|title=Obituaries: Barlow and Related Families|publisher=''Baton Rouge State Times''|date=March 12, 1990|page=6|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}</ref>​

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A Partin nephew, Prentiss Joe Partin (1949-2011), the son of Donald and Vivian Partin and a native of Centreville, Mississippi, was a teacher, coach, principal, and East Baton Rouge Parish school administrator from Zachary, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=prentiss-joe-partin-coach-partin&pid=149153902|title=Prentiss Joe Partin obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=March 9, 2011|accessdate=March 9, 2011}}</ref> ​

A Partin nephew, Prentiss Joe Partin (1949-2011), the son of Donald and Vivian Partin and a native of Centreville, Mississippi, was a teacher, coach, principal, and East Baton Rouge Parish school administrator from Zachary, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=prentiss-joe-partin-coach-partin&pid=149153902|title=Prentiss Joe Partin obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=March 9, 2011|accessdate=March 9, 2011}}</ref>

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Honorary pallbearers included former Baton Rouge Mayor-President [[Woodrow Wilson Dumas]] and Billy Cannon, a Baton Rouge dentist and a former star [[football]] player at [[Louisiana State University]].<ref name=obit/> Partin is interred at Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/>​

Honorary pallbearers included former Baton Rouge Mayor-President [[Woodrow Wilson Dumas]] and Billy Cannon, a Baton Rouge dentist and a former star [[football]] player at [[Louisiana State University]].<ref name=obit/> Partin is interred at Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/>​

 

Douglas Partin had succeeded his brother as business agent for Teamsters Local 5 in Baton Rouge, a post that Ed Partin had occupied for three decades.<ref name=egp/> Doug Partin said of his brother: "We all know that he made mistakes. We all do. So many people either hated him or loved him. There was no in-between. . . . "<ref name=egp/>​

Douglas Partin had succeeded his brother as business agent for Teamsters Local 5 in Baton Rouge, a post that Ed Partin had occupied for three decades.<ref name=egp/> Doug Partin said of his brother: "We all know that he made mistakes. We all do. So many people either hated him or loved him. There was no in-between. . . . "<ref name=egp/>​