Frank Stainback Jr.

FRANK PLEASANTS STAINBACK, JR.
1919-2008

Colonel (Ret) Frank Pleasants Stainback, Jr., of 10100 Hillview Drive, Pensacola, FL, died June 8, 2008 at the age of 88. Born in Greenwood, Mississippi, he moved to Pensacola in 2001.
He was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY (Class of 1941) and received a Masters degree in Engineering from Purdue University. He was in active military service from June 1941 to July 1968. Col. Stainback was an Air Force civil engineer and participated in construction of NATO airfields in southern Europe and in construction of missile and test facilities in the U.S.
After retiring from the Air Force, he was employed by Pan American Airways and by the Boeing Company in maintenance of facilities at the Kennedy Space Center and on the Air Force Eastern Test Range.
Frank was an avid reader and theatre-lover, and he and his wife were tennis instructors. The example he set by his unconditional love and devotion to his wife, Nancy, was an inspiration to all who knew him.
Col. Stainback is preceded in death by his father, Frank Pleasants Stainback, Sr., and by his mother, Harriet Putnam Stainback. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Nancy Ann White Stainback, of Pensacola, FL; son, Frank P. Stainback, III of Greenwood, MS (Laura Chassaniol Stainback); son, David Allen Stainback of Jupiter, FL (Nancy Stair Stainback); son, Robert Dale Stainback of Sandestin, FL (Judith Ann La Marche); brother, Rufus Putnam Stainback of Minter City, MS; and sister, Harriet Stainback Drell of Palo Alto, CA. He also is survived by grandchildren: Frank Stainback, IV of Greenwood, MS; Melissa Stainback of Lake Charles, LA; Meredith Brown of Schlater, MS; Andrew Stainback of Greenwood, MS; Meaghan Stainback of Evanston, IL; Grace Stainback of Gainesville, FL; Paul Lydolph of Orem, UT; and Tamara Lydolph of Boulder, CO. Additionally, he is survived by great grandchildren: Sara Mixon; Oliver Mixon; William Brown; and Hayes Brown.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, June 23, 2008 at 10:30am in the auditorium at Azalea Trace, 10100 Hillview Drive, Pensacola, FL, with Chaplain Larry D. Mosley officiating. A military honors committal service will be held at Fort Barrancas National Cemetery at 2pm the same day.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Alzheimer's Association, National Office, 225 N. Michigan Ave. Fl 17, Chicago, Ill. 60601 or Covenant Hospice, 5041 N. 12th Avenue, Pensacola, FL. 32504.
HARPER-MORRIS MEMORIAL CHAPEL is in charge of arrangements.