Joe Cabuk “was a graduate of Oak Ridge High School then attended Northeast Louisiana University until he received a congressional Appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy, graduating in 1963. He did his pilot training at Craig Air Force Base in Alabama. He attended gunnery school at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. He was then stationed at RAF Lakenheath Air Base in England. In 1966 he married Marsha Wilson Cabuk. In 1969 he served in Vietnam at Bien Hoa Air Base.
He then was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, NV, for flight training in the F-111. Afterwards, he became the Commander of the 390th Tactical Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force base in Idaho. In 1976 he graduated from the Naval Command and Staff College in Newport, Rhode Island. He was promoted to Colonel in 1981 and was on the Tactical Air Command staff at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. In 1983 he was a distinguished graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington D.C. In 1984 he served as Vice Wing Commander of the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing at RAF Upper Heyford Air Base in England. From 1985-1987 he was the Wing Commander of the 513th Tactical Airlift Wing at RAF Mildenhall Air Base, England. In 1987 he served as Assistant Director of Operations for NATO in Naples Italy until his retirement in 1989.
From 1989-1995 he was a pilot at Fleeman Aviation in Monroe, LA. From 1995-2000 he was President and General Manager of Legacy Aviation. From 2000 until the present he was the Chief Pilot and FAA Company Check Airman at Monroe Air Center.”(1)
Source: (1) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35930280/joe-grice-cabuk
Joseph G. Cabuk, Col USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on April 12, 2009.
Service for Mr. Joe Grice Cabuk, Jr.,67, of Oak Ridge, LA was preceded in death by his parents Joe Grice Cabuk, Sr. and Jane Williams Cabuk, a son Joseph Wilson Cabuk, his father-in-law Harvey Elvin Wilson, Jr. He is survived by his wife of 42 years Marsha Wilson Cabuk of Oak Ridge, LA; sons, Joe Grice Cabuk III and his wife Michelle Wirth Cabuk of Stow, and Samuel Jerome Cabuk of Lake Charles, sister Camilla Grant and her husband Herman Grant Jr., granddaughters Marissa and Allison Cabuk, Mother-in-law Isabelle L. Wilson from Leeds, Alabama, niece, Amy Green from Bloomington, Illinois, great-nephew Austin Schillage from Bloomington, Illinois.
He was a member at Oak Ridge Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon, Sunday School Superintendent as well as teacher. He was a graduate of Oak Ridge High School then attended Northeast Louisiana University until he received a congressional Appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy, graduating in 1963. He did his pilot training at Craig Air Force Base in Alabama. He attended gunnery school at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. He was then stationed at RAF Lakenheath Air Base in England. In 1966 he married Marsha Wilson Cabuk. In 1969 he served in Vietnam at Bien Hoa Air Base.
He then was stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, NV, for flight training in the F-111. Afterwards, he became the Commander of the 390th Tactical Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force base in Idaho. In 1976 he graduated from the Naval Command and Staff College in Newport, Rhode Island. He was promoted to Colonel in 1981 and was on the Tactical Air Command staff at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. In 1983 he was a distinguished graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington D.C. In 1984 he served as Vice Wing Commander of the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing at RAF Upper Heyford Air Base in England. From 1985-1987 he was the Wing Commander of the 513th Tactical Airlift Wing at RAF Mildenhall Air Base, England. In 1987 he served as Assistant Director of Operations for NATO in Naples Italy until his retirement in 1989.
From 1989-1995 he was a pilot at Fleeman Aviation in Monroe, LA. From 1995-2000 he was President and General Manager of Legacy Aviation. From 2000 until the present he was the Chief Pilot and FAA Company Check Airman at Monroe Air Center.
He was a member and Past Master of Brookville Masonic Lodge #161 in Oak Ridge, Louisiana. He was a 33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason. He was a past Venerable Master of Monroe Lodge of Perfection, a member of the Red Cross of Constantine, a York Rite Mason, and past Worthy Patron of the Order of the Eastern Star of the state of Louisiana. In 2003 he was the Grand Master of Louisiana Grand Lodge of Masons.
He was an active member of the Rose upon the Altar cast in Louisiana. He was a Treasurer of the Barak Shrine Temple, Monroe and was Past President of Ouachita Chapter 528 of National Sojourners.
Services were held on Friday, April 17, 2009 at Oak Ridge Baptist Church, with interment to follow in Oak Ridge Baptist Cemetery.
The Pallbearers were Phillip M. Williams, William K. McConnell, John Shamblin, Alan Ford, Will Ed Jones and Jess Smith. Honorary Pallbearers are Herman Grant Jr., Gene Allen, John Windsor, Fred Parks, Ed Collins and All Past Grand Masters of Louisiana Grand Lodge of Masons.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Louisiana Masonic Dyslexic Foundation, Shreveport Shriners Children’s Hospital, or Oak Ridge Baptist Church.
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Originally published April 16, 2009.
