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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

NAL/PAA/DL Capt. Gary E. Lakin

~ IN MEMORY ~
NAL/PAA/DAL Capt. Gary Edward Lakin
August 4, 1940 ~ September 4, 2015
 
USAF Veteran, NAL date of hire  06-13-1969
Our thanks to Capt. Mike Julie for notification of Gary's passing.
                    Thank you,
                        ~ Carol for the PCN 
 
Capt. Gary Lakin's obituary..............................
Resided in Virginia Beach, VA     
Gary Edward Lakin, 75, passed away September 4, 2015 in his home.
Gary was born August 4, 1940, in Portsmouth, VA, to Walter and Iris Lakin. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1959 and from East Carolina University in 1963. He went into the Air Force pilot training program and married Julia Ann Parsons of Candor, NC, December 1964, the same year he graduated. They moved to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, where both his daughters were born. Gary flew KC-135 aircrafts and made three trips to Southeast Asia where he served in the Vietnam War. After leaving the Air Force in 1969, the family moved to Miami, FL, and Gary took a job as a pilot with National Airlines. In 1980 National was purchased by Pan Am and Gary was transferred to John F. Kennedy airport in New York. The family moved to Va. Beach in 1983. Pan Am was purchased by Delta Air Lines and Gary flew for Delta until he retired.
 
Gary loved boating, fishing, spending time with family and friends, and traveling. He and Julia were world travelers and enjoyed over 40 cruises together. Gary will be remembered for his witty sense of humor and his fun-loving spirit.
 
Gary is survived by his wife, Julia; and daughters, Kimberly L. Catt of Va. Beach, Debora L. Ragland and husband, Lee, of Williamsburg; mother, Iris B. Lakin of Va. Beach, and grandson Pierce Lakin Catt. He is predeceased by his father, Walter Capps Lakin.
 
The family will receive friends at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Great Neck Chapel on Saturday, September 19, 2015, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. A memorial service will follow at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home chapel.
 
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to SURF (Schellhammer Urological Research Foundation), Surf-1.org.

Condolences may be offered to the family at www.hollomon-brown.com
.Published in The Virginian Pilot on Sept. 7, 2015
- See more at: http://www.hollomon-brown.com/obituary/Gary-Edward-Lakin/Virginia-Beach-VA/1542078#sthash.pHdZBkkU.dpuf

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