Emmett C. Spinks Jr.    
1916 - 2004 
 
Emmett C. Spinks Jr., 88, a retired airline pilot, passed away Sunday, July 11, 2004.
Memorial Service: 1 p.m. Friday in Greenwood Garden Chapel. 

Memorials: May be made to The North Texas Chapter of Humane Society.

Emmett was born July 5, 1916, in Longview. He attended Arkansas State Teachers College and TCU. 
He played a "mean" trumpet in college and played with a local orchestra traveling around the country during the big band era. 
He joined the Army Air Corps during World War II, where he got his pilot training, becoming a flight instructor. 
His first cousin, mentor and friend M.H. "Pappy" Spinks was the founder of Oak Grove/Spinks Airport. 
He began his lifetime career with Central Airlines and retired as a captain on the 737 with Frontier Airlines. 
He owned several clubs in the Fort Worth area, the most popular being the Bayou Club. 
After retirement he lived on his sailboat, sailing from Miami to San Diego and passing through the Panama Canal. 
He had a love of writing, and wrote many short stories and poetry.

Survivors: Daughters, Gary Martha Krell and husband, Michael, Charlotte Stears; son, Alan Spinks and wife, Susie; 
grandchildren, Scott and David Turner, Christina McGehee, Matthew Wiener, Nicholas, Jonathan and Katie Spinks. 
-Fort Worth Star-Telegram 
(7/14/2004)