George Dement
| George Dement | |
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Dement in 2002
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| 14th Mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana | |
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In office 1989–2005 |
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| Preceded by | Donald E. Jones |
| Succeeded by | Lo Walker |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
George Elyott Dement, Jr. January 23, 1922 Princeton, Bossier Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | January 12, 2014 (aged 91) Frierson, DeSoto Parish Louisiana |
| Resting place | Evergreen Cemetery in Frierson |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sunshine Norris Dement (married 1946-2011, her death) |
| Children |
Ann Dement Montes |
| Alma mater | Centenary College of Louisiana |
| Occupation | Restaurateur and innkeeper |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Battles/wars |
Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II |
Ann Dement Montes
Steven G. Dement
Walter Edward Dement
David Glenn Dement (deceased)
Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II
George Elyott Dement, Jr. (January 23, 1922 – January 12, 2014), was an American innkeeper and restaurateur who served from 1989 to 2005 as the thirteenthmayor of Bossier City, Louisiana.
Dement's parents were George Dement, Sr., and the former Clara Catherine Depew. Employed by Gulf Oil, the senior Dement relocated in 1919 from Missouri to Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana. When Clara was giving birth to George, Jr., with the assistance of a midwife, a mule crawled under their old farmhouse in the Princeton community in search of corn. The creature tried to stand and shook the floor while the baby was being brought forward.
Dement went to Arizona a year before he graduated from Elm Grove High School (pronounced ELEM Grove) in Bossier Parish. He then earned a dollar a day as a delivery boy for a Bossier City drugstore. Soon he was nearing completion of officer candidacy school in Corpus Christi, Texas, when he had a dispute with a lieutenant. Outraged, he joined the submarine section of the United States Navy during World War II. Though his submarine, the USS Razorback (SS-394), did not enter service until 1944, it participated in five combat patrols in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Dement was a member of the first crew of the Razorback, on which he worked as a cook. During a surface attack, he once mistakenly left oil in a fryer that began to smoke. This forced the boat to rise to the surface in enemy waters in daylight. The Razorback was nearly the last casualty of the Pacific war. Dement was present for the ceremony on Victory over Japan Day, September 2, 1945, when the Empire of Japan, under Emperor Hirohito surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur at Tokyo Bay. In 2004, the Razorback was moved to North Little Rock, Arkansas, as a display vessel, and Dement was there for the ceremony.
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