BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Jackie Lee Allen "Jack" Jines, 84, died Oct. 14, 2017, at his home near Bloomfield.
Born Jan. 11, 1933, in Sikeston, son of the late Lyman Lloyd and Cora Mae Knight Jines, he had lived in Southeast Missouri all of his life and in Bloomfield the past 59 years. He went to work as a deck hand on the inland waterways, became a river boat tow pilot and later a captain, where he spent over 50 years. He was the owner of Crystal Towing Co. and operated the motor vessel "Mister R." He was a member of the Union Grove General Baptist Church near Bloomfield.
On June 15, 1958, in Aquilla, he married Pansy D. Robey, who survives of the home.
Other survivors include: three sons and a daughter-in-law, Kevin Jines, Wade Jines and Cody and Kari Jines of Bloomfield; one daughter, Kimberly Jines of Bloomfield; four brothers, Gary Jines, Laddy Jines and Larry Jines of Dexter, Joe Jines of Orlando, Fla.; two sisters, Patsy Cook of Sikeston and Judy Hadley of Yuma, Ariz.; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Jerry "Nub" Jines and Captain James "Bunny" Jines; and one sister, Margaret Dickeson.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at noon Wednesday at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield. The Rev. Charles Robertson of Bloomfield will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Jines Family Cemetery near Bloomfield.
Online condolences may be shared at www.watkinsfuneralhome.com.