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Hilburn resided in Choudrant with his second wife, the former Kate Sartor (born March 5, 1949), a [[photographer]]<ref name=newseasons>{{cite web|url=http://www.latech.edu/techtalk/archives/12_09_04/current/columnist.php|title=Sallie Rose Hollis, Wiley Hilburn's ''New Seasons''|publisher=latech.edu|accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> and the daughter of a prominent Shreveport couple active in business, civic, and church affairs, Charles Lane Sartor (1921-2014)<ref name=clsartorobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=charles-sartor&pid=172580507&fhid=10218|title=Charles Sartor obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref> and Gloria Sanderson Sartor.<ref name=hilburnobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=wiley-wilson-hilburn&pid=169150070&fhid=6320|title=Wiley Wilson Hilburn, Jr.|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref>
Hilburn resided in Choudrant with his second wife, the former Kate Sartor (born March 5, 1949), a [[photographer]]<ref name=newseasons>{{cite web|url=http://www.latech.edu/techtalk/archives/12_09_04/current/columnist.php|title=Sallie Rose Hollis, Wiley Hilburn's ''New Seasons''|publisher=latech.edu|accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> and the daughter of a prominent Shreveport couple active in business, civic, and church affairs, Charles Lane Sartor (1921-2014)<ref name=clsartorobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=charles-sartor&pid=172580507&fhid=10218|title=Charles Sartor obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref> and Gloria Sanderson Sartor.<ref name=hilburnobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=wiley-wilson-hilburn&pid=169150070&fhid=6320|title=Wiley Wilson Hilburn, Jr.|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref>
Charles Lane Sartor, a graduate of Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in Shreveport and [[Washington and Lee University]] in Lexington, [[Virginia]], fought in [[World War II]] in [[China]] under [[General]] [[Claire Chennault]], was subsequently stationed in Chungking and [[Shanghai]] and became a member of the [[United States Air Force]] Reserve. Sartor was employed by Barnsdall Oil Company, Pan Am Southern Corporation, and in 1954, began a 37-year association with the Wheless Drilling Company. In this capacity he was exploration manager, a member of the board of directors, and an officer of the Tensas Delta Land Company. Finally, he opened an office as an independent geologist in association with his son-in-law, Ralph Guess Richardson. He was an officer of the C. W. Lane Company, a real estate development and management corporation founded in Shreveport by his grandfather, Charles W. Lane.<ref name=clsartorobit/>
Charles Lane Sartor, a graduate of Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in Shreveport and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, [[Virginia]], fought in [[World War II]] in [[China]] under [[General]] [[Claire Chennault]], was subsequently stationed in Chungking and [[Shanghai]] and became a member of the [[United States Air Force]] Reserve. Sartor was employed by Barnsdall Oil Company, Pan Am Southern Corporation, and in 1954, began a 37-year association with the Wheless Drilling Company. In this capacity he was exploration manager, a member of the board of directors, and an officer of the Tensas Delta Land Company. Finally, he opened an office as an independent geologist in association with his son-in-law, Ralph Guess Richardson. He was an officer of the C. W. Lane Company, a real estate development and management corporation founded in Shreveport by his grandfather, Charles W. Lane.<ref name=clsartorobit/>
Kate Hilburn's paternal aunt-by-marriage was the Shreveport artist Jean Oliver Sartor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=e-alton-sartor&pid=161140177#fbLoggedOut|title=E. Alton Sartor, Jr. (1917-2012)|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref>
Kate Hilburn's paternal aunt-by-marriage was the Shreveport artist Jean Oliver Sartor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=e-alton-sartor&pid=161140177#fbLoggedOut|title=E. Alton Sartor, Jr. (1917-2012)|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref>
Hilburn's brother, Chester William "Chet" Hilburn (born 1945), also a Louisiana Tech graduate, is a retired newspaperman, having worked at ''The Houston Chronicle,'' ''The Alexandria Town Talk, ''The Camden ([[Arkansas]]) News,'' and the defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]].'' In 2012, Chet Hilburn authored ''The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 25 Greatest Games: The Ascension of LSU Football''. In the foreword to the book, Chet Hilburn credits his brother for encouraging his interest in LSU football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Mystique-Tiger-Stadium-Ascension/dp/1449752691|author=Chester William "Chet" Hilburn|title=The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 25 Greatest Games: The Ascension of LSU Football|date=2012|publisher=WestBowPress: ISBN 1449752691|accessdate=September 10, 2012}}</ref>
Hilburn's brother, Chester William "Chet" Hilburn (born 1945), also a Louisiana Tech graduate, is a retired newspaperman, having worked at ''The Houston Chronicle,'' ''The Alexandria Town Talk, ''The Camden ([[Arkansas]]) News,'' and the defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]].'' In 2012, Chet Hilburn authored ''The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 25 Greatest Games: The Ascension of LSU Football''. In the foreword to the book, Chet Hilburn credits his brother for encouraging his interest in LSU football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Mystique-Tiger-Stadium-Ascension/dp/1449752691|author=Chester William "Chet" Hilburn|title=The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 25 Greatest Games: The Ascension of LSU Football|date=2012|publisher=WestBowPress: ISBN 1449752691|accessdate=September 10, 2012}}</ref>
==The last years==
==The last years==