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McNeese State University

McNeese State University

|occupation=[[Business]]man

|occupation=[[Business]]man

|spouse= Marla Kay Mitchell Stine (married 1975)

|spouse=Marla Kay Mitchell Stine<br> (married 1975)

|children=Jason, Laurie, Jana, and Benjamin Stine

|children=Jason, Laurie, Jana, and Benjamin Stine<br>

|parents=Jackson W. and Doris Rita Drost Stine<br>

Jackson William and Doris Rita Drost Stine<br>

'''Nephew:'''<br>

'''Nephew:'''<br>

[[Jeremy Stine]] (state senator)

[[Jeremy Stine]] (state senator)

==Biography==

==Biography==

Stine is the fifth of seven children of a couple from Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish, Jackson W. Stine, who established Stine Lumber Company, and the former Doris Rita "DeeDee" Drost (1921-2010); she is interred at Dutch Cove Cemetery in Calcasieu Parish. His siblings are Janie Stine LaCroix, a [[sculptor]], and her husband, Shelby Hathaway LaCroix, II; Dick Stine and wife, Mary, of Lake Charles; Gary Carl Stine and wife, Vickie, of Sulphur; Jay Andrew Stine and wife, Wanda, of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish; David Paul Stine and wife, Kim, of Lake Charles, and [[Tim Stine|Timothy Drost Stine]] and his wife, Jane, also of Sulphur.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Stine&GSfn=Doris&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=69175561&df=all&|title=Doris Rita "DeeDee" Stine|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref>

Stine is the fifth of seven children of a couple from Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish, Jackson William Stine (1918-2020), who established Stine Lumber Company in 1947, which in 2021 had ten locations in Louisiana and one in Natchez, [[Mississippi]], and the former Doris Rita "DeeDee" Drost (1921-2010). The couple is interred at Dutch Cove Cemetery in Calcasieu Parish.  

In 1970, Stine attended the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He switched thereafter to McNeese State University in Lake Charles, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1974. He is a member of the Delta Xi chapter of Kappa Alpha Order  fraternity.<ref name=whoswho/> His mother was a member of the first class of then McNeese Junior College and was a cheerleade], secretary of the first graduating class, and  the first class favorite.<ref name=findagrave/> Since 1977, Stine has been an officer in the family-owned Stine, Inc., along with his five brothers.<ref name=whoswho/>

 

In 1970, Stine attended the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He switched thereafter to McNeese State University in Lake Charles, from which he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1974. He is a member of the Delta Xi chapter of Kappa Alpha Order  fraternity.<ref name=whoswho/> His mother was a member of the first class of then McNeese Junior College and was a cheerleader, secretary of the first graduating class, and  the first class favorite.<ref name=findagrave/> Since 1977, Stine has been an officer in the family-owned Stine, Inc., along with his five brothers.<ref name=whoswho/>

When Stine left the state House, his younger brother, Tim Stine, a Democrat, won the special election to fill the remainder of the term.<ref name=house/>

When Stine left the state House, his younger brother, Tim Stine, a Democrat, won the special election to fill the remainder of the term.<ref name=house/>