Obituaries

Manton Nicholas Fain Jr. 86 a retired Braniff International captain of Dallas formerly of Sherman TX passed away on Sunday Sept. 4 2011. Services will be held at Dannel Funeral Home on Saturday Sept. 10 2011 at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Whitewright. Military honors will be accorded at the cemetery. Mr. Fain was born in Sherman Texas on April 26 1925 to Manton Fain and wife Irene (Goodlett). He was educated in the public schools graduating from Adamson High School in 1942 and attending University of Texas at Arlington for two years. He married Peggy Lewis in Rockwall on Oct. 2 1948 and they enjoyed almost 63 years of marriage before his passing. Manton"s early flying days began in a J3 Cub at age 14 then became a civilian flight instructor for the Army Air Corp at age 18 training pilots in B-25 planes. He remained in the Air Force reserves till 1946. In his Stearman aircraft he was a crop duster then became a part of The Texas Air Circus earning the nickname "Fearless Fain." As a Braniff pilot he flew the DC-3 Convair 340 DC6 DC-7 and DC7-C and also the Lockheed Constellation Electra BAC-111 707 720 727 and Concorde. He loved to talk of aviation and was great encouragement to aspiring pilots. His favorite line was "If you can fly a J3 Cub you can fly the Concorde but the reverse is not necessarily true,." Manton and wife Peggy were avid travelers throughout Europe and South America and always loved spending time with his family and friends. Mr. Fain was a long time member of Lovers Lane United Methodist Church a member of the B.I. Silver Eagles a Founding member of the Dallas Frontiers of Flight Museum ALPA ATA and a past board member of the Dallas Gun Club. He was also a member of the Elks Club and the American Legion. Mr. Fain is preceded in death by father Manton Fain Sr. mother Irene (Goodlett)Fain,sisters:June Smith and Fern Fain Smith, brother W.C. Fain and great-grandson Carrington Cash Wren. Surviving family members are his loving wife Peggy Ruth (Lewis)Fain Two sons: Nick Fain and wife Susan Matt Fain and wife Angela. daughters: Pamela Burnett and husband Gary Patty Blackmon and husband Randy Priscilla Anderson and husband Rob. Eight grandchildren: Travis Fain Holly Wren Juston Blackmon Jordon Blackmon Rachel Anderson Matthew Fain Manton Fain Hanna Fain. Three great-grandchildren: Farrah Wren Blaine Blackmon Jack Blackmon. Pallbearers will be Nick Fain Matt Fain Matthew Fain Travis Fain Juston Blackmon and Jordon Blackmon. Memorials may be made to the Scottish Rite Hospital of Dallas or your favorite charity. Scottish Rite Hospital 2222 Wellborn Street Dallas TX 75219 You may sign the online guestbook at www.dannel funeralhome.com High Flight - The Aviator"s Poem Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings, Sunward I"ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds-and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of-wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov"ring there I"ve chased the shouting wind along and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air... Up up the long delirious burning blue I"ve topped the windswept heights with easy grace Where never lark or even eagle flew- And while with silent lifting mind I""ve trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space Put out my hand and touched the face of God.