Bill Keith (Louisiana politician)
| Billy P. Keith | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for District 39 (Caddo Parish) |
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In office 1980–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Don W. Williamson |
| Succeeded by | Gregory Tarver |
| Personal details | |
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August 19, 1934 Tahlequah, Oklahoma |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Mona Pigg Keith (divorced) (2) Frances Lowayne Sloan Keith (divorced) (3) Vivian Marie Mendez Keith |
| Children | Tara Keith Rose, Kimberly Keith Westfall, Paul Richard Keith, Lindsay Keith LeBell, Miguel Mendez, Marisa Mendez Murphy |
| Residence | Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA |
| Alma mater | Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary |
| Occupation | Author; Journalist |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
| Keith's career in the Louisiana State Senate ended after a single term, as his 39th District became majority African American, and voters replaced Keith with a black funeral home owner and Shreveport City Council member Gregory Tarver. | |
Billy P. Keith, known as Bill Keith (born August 19, 1934), currently resides in Longview, Texas with his wife, Vivian. A writer of fiction and nonfiction , he served from 1980 to 1984 as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate. As a legislator, he was particularly known for his promotion of a state law requiring balanced treatment in the instruction of creation science and evolution in public schools.
A Tahlequah, Oklahoma native, Keith graduated from Wheaton College, a private American four-year Christian liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism. He received a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. While at SWBTS, he worked in the public relations office with Bill Moyers, later the press secretary to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. After the publication of Keith's most recent book in 2009, Moyers sent him a note of goodwill.
A long-time investigative journalist, Keith has traveled to thirty-five countries in the pursuit of his writings. His work as a reporter for The Shreveport Times in Shreveport, Louisiana, during the late 1970s. This position provided the experience and material for his 2009 book, The Commissioner: A True Story of Deceit, Dishonor, and Death, a study of Shreveport Public Safety Commissioner George W. D'Artois, who held office from 1962 to 1976 under the city commission form of government, which was disbanded in 1978. Keith also examines the assassination in 1976 of the Shreveport advertising executive Jim Leslie. D'Artois was implicated in the still unresolved Leslie case but died before he could stand trial.
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