Obituary for Jimmie Alvis Racine
Mr. Jimmie Alvis Racine, age 77, entered eternal rest on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at Rapides Regional Medical Center. Arrangements entrusted to Gallagher Funeral Home.
Services for Mr. Racine will be held on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Gallagher Funeral Home. The visitation will be held in the funeral home from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service. The burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in Pineville, under the direction of Gallagher Funeral Home.
Jimmie was born on September 17, 1943, in Pineville, Louisiana. He was the youngest son of William Racine and Hazel Cosby Racine of Colfax, Louisiana. He was blessed to have been reared on his family’s farm in Colfax, where he developed a strong sense of family, faith in God, and a valuable work ethic. He was graduated from Colfax high school in 1961. Jimmie attended Walnut Grove Baptist Church, where he married Sue Ann Henderson on May 23, 1964. Jimmie served four years in the United States Air Force (Aircraft Maintenance) while stationed at Perrin AFB, Denison, Texas. Upon his Honorable Discharge in 1966, Jimmie attended Northwestern State University, where he completed a BS degree in Industrial Technology (Machine Tool Practice) and later earned a Master of Science degree in Educational Administration and Supervision.
Although Jimmie worked in industry for a short time, his life’s work became the teaching and implementation of Industrial and Building Trades courses. He taught high school industrial arts in Rapides parish, college level Industrial Arts for Northwestern State University, and Drafting at Northeast Louisiana Technical School, Winnsboro, La. In 1982, he accepted a position at Lafayette Regional Vocational Technical School, where he served as Assistant Director until his retirement in 2002.
Jimmie was straightforward, practical, dutiful, punctual, faithful, loyal, witty, and fun-loving. While he enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, cooking, gardening, and college football, he also liked to dance. He will forever be missed by those who loved and knew him.
Mr. Racine was preceded in death by his parents, William W. Racine and Hazel Cosby Racine; brothers Aswell, Dewey, and Virgil and sisters Kathleen Whitehorn, Sybil Adams, and Ruth Bryant; granddaughter Ellen Schooler; and sister-in-law Jane Henderson Roane.
Those left to cherish his memory include Sue, his loving wife of 56 years; son Robert Racine (Katherine) and children Julia Racine Migliore, Emmett Racine, Bonnie Racine, and Ruthie Racine; son Jason Racine and children Elijah Scheferly and Reagan Racine; daughter Cristi St. Germain (Tom) and children Owen Schooler, Andrew St. Germain and Claire St. Germain; sisters-in-law Anna Racine and Lynn Jordan (Fred); brother in law Jim Roane; and a host of extended family and friends.
Services for Mr. Racine will be held on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Gallagher Funeral Home. The visitation will be held in the funeral home from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service. The burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in Pineville, under the direction of Gallagher Funeral Home.
Jimmie was born on September 17, 1943, in Pineville, Louisiana. He was the youngest son of William Racine and Hazel Cosby Racine of Colfax, Louisiana. He was blessed to have been reared on his family’s farm in Colfax, where he developed a strong sense of family, faith in God, and a valuable work ethic. He was graduated from Colfax high school in 1961. Jimmie attended Walnut Grove Baptist Church, where he married Sue Ann Henderson on May 23, 1964. Jimmie served four years in the United States Air Force (Aircraft Maintenance) while stationed at Perrin AFB, Denison, Texas. Upon his Honorable Discharge in 1966, Jimmie attended Northwestern State University, where he completed a BS degree in Industrial Technology (Machine Tool Practice) and later earned a Master of Science degree in Educational Administration and Supervision.
Although Jimmie worked in industry for a short time, his life’s work became the teaching and implementation of Industrial and Building Trades courses. He taught high school industrial arts in Rapides parish, college level Industrial Arts for Northwestern State University, and Drafting at Northeast Louisiana Technical School, Winnsboro, La. In 1982, he accepted a position at Lafayette Regional Vocational Technical School, where he served as Assistant Director until his retirement in 2002.
Jimmie was straightforward, practical, dutiful, punctual, faithful, loyal, witty, and fun-loving. While he enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, cooking, gardening, and college football, he also liked to dance. He will forever be missed by those who loved and knew him.
Mr. Racine was preceded in death by his parents, William W. Racine and Hazel Cosby Racine; brothers Aswell, Dewey, and Virgil and sisters Kathleen Whitehorn, Sybil Adams, and Ruth Bryant; granddaughter Ellen Schooler; and sister-in-law Jane Henderson Roane.
Those left to cherish his memory include Sue, his loving wife of 56 years; son Robert Racine (Katherine) and children Julia Racine Migliore, Emmett Racine, Bonnie Racine, and Ruthie Racine; son Jason Racine and children Elijah Scheferly and Reagan Racine; daughter Cristi St. Germain (Tom) and children Owen Schooler, Andrew St. Germain and Claire St. Germain; sisters-in-law Anna Racine and Lynn Jordan (Fred); brother in law Jim Roane; and a host of extended family and friends.