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Billy Jack LANE

Male 1928 - 2007  (79 years)


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  • Name Billy Jack LANE 
    Birth 1 Sep 1928  Kaufman, Kaufman, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Sep 2007  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 30 Sep 2007  Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery, Pflugerville, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Plot: Section C
    Person ID I12898  von Rosenberg Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2022 

    Father John Albert LANE,   b. 31 Dec 1900, Prairieville, Kaufman, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1966, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Vera Sue HICKS,   b. 12 Feb 1902, Terrell, Kaufman, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1983, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F9051  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Virginia Ann VON ROSENBERG,   b. 22 Oct 1932, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 2016, Bee Cave, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 2 Feb 1950  Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Jo Ann LANE,   b. 15 Aug 1950, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 2011 (Age 60 years)
     2. Linda Kay LANE,   b. 14 Dec 1951, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1952, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +3. Living
     4. Living
     5. Living
    Family ID F9050  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2022 

  • Notes 
    • Billy and his family moved to Austin in 1933. He attended Austin public schools from 1934 to 1944, at which time he enlisted in the Army Air Corps, remaining on active duty until his retirement in 1966. Shortly after his retirement from the Air Force, Billy enrolled in a two year computer programmer/operator course in a business college. He graduated in 1969. Prior to his graduation, he was hired by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas in Austin where he remained until his retirement in 1978. Billy and his wife were coordinators for their church's Homebound Meals Program, preparing and delivering foods to the sick and elderly. He was also the coordinator at the church's food pantry, and also the church's audio and video tapes ministry. During Billy's career in the Air Force, he attended many off-duty university courses, both on and off campus, where he earned a total of 147 college credit hours. Since his teenage years, Billy had collected old 78/rpm phonograph records, some dating back before the 1920s, as well as many from foreign countries

    • Billy Jack Lane Billy Jack Lane, 80 of Austin, passed away at home Saturday, September 27, 2008. Born September 1, 1928, in Kaufman, Texas, he was the fourth of seven children born to Vera and Albert Lane. At age 16 he joined the Army Air Corps with tours of duty including World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Along with other Berlin Air Lift Veterans, Bill was honored by the citizens of Germany for life saving aid to their war-torn country at the end of World War II. He retired from the Air Force in 1966, returning home to Austin where he worked for the state, and eventually working in the computer department of Teacher Retirement System where he remained until his retirement in 1978. Bill was an accomplished musician as well as an avid music lover with an extensive music collection. He loved his family and friends, cherishing the time spent trading stories of traveling the world and of the old days. Bill and his wife Ann have devoted their retirement to voluntary service at Hyde Park Baptist Church in the Meals to the Homebound Program, the Tape Ministry, and lastly heading the Food Pantry. Bill is survived by his wife of 58 years, Virginia Ann Lane; and their four children, daughter JoAnn Kalbach, son David Lane and common-law wife Brenda, son John Lane, and daughter Sheri Lane; grandchildren, Keith, Annalee, Seamus and Matthew; great-grandchildren, Sera and Melody.