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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 water color 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 first wife and the mother of his three children, is the former Ellen Riser (born April 1940), subsequently Ellen LaCroix of Ruston. She was the daughter of Gwendolyn Williamson Riser, a Louisiana Tech employee,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com/obituary/gwendolyn-williamson-riser/|title=Gwendolyn Williamson Riser|publisher=kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com|accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> and Ben Dalton Riser (1914-2003), who for more than fifty years was the business manager of the Ruston [[Coca-Cola]] Bottling Company. Their children are [[Greg Hilburn|Gregory Todd "Greg" Hilburn]] and wife, Tania. Greg Hilburn is the chief political writer for ''The Monroe News Star,'' at which Hilburn himself had worked in the early 1960s. Greg Hilburn received his degree in journalism from Louisiana Tech in 1984. His two other children, both of Ruston, are Kevin Scott Hilburn (born December 1963) and wife, Holley, and Anne Marie Hilburn (born c. 1966). He has a step-daughter, Dr. Jennifer O'Driscoll of Lawrence, [[Kansas]], and five grandchildren.<ref name=hilburnobit/><ref name=clsartorobit/>

Hilburn's first wife and the mother of his three children, is the former Ellen Riser (born April 1940), subsequently Ellen LaCroix of Ruston. She was the daughter of Gwendolyn Williamson Riser, a Louisiana Tech employee,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com/obituary/gwendolyn-williamson-riser/|title=Gwendolyn Williamson Riser|publisher=kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com|accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> and Ben Dalton Riser (1914-2003), who for more than fifty years was the business manager of the Ruston [[Coca-Cola]] Bottling Company. Their children are [[Greg Hilburn|Gregory Todd "Greg" Hilburn]] and wife, Tania. Greg Hilburn is the chief political writer for ''The Monroe News Star,'' at which Hilburn himself had worked in the early 1960s. Greg Hilburn received his degree in journalism from Louisiana Tech in 1984. His two other children, both of Ruston, are Kevin Scott Hilburn (born December 1963) and wife, Holley, and Anne Marie Hilburn (born c. 1966). He has a step-daughter, Dr. Jennifer O'Driscoll of Lawrence, [[Kansas]], and five grandchildren.<ref name=hilburnobit/><ref name=clsartorobit/>

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>​

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