Jack Batton
| Jack Batton | |
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Batton as he appears at Minden City Hall portraits of the mayors
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| Mayor of Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA | |
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In office 1978 – December 31, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Jacob E. "Pat" Patterson |
| Succeeded by | Noel "Gene" Byars |
| Minden City Council member (Streets and Parks Commissioner) | |
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In office 1946–1962 |
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| Succeeded by |
Five at-large winners |
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In office 1966–1978 |
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| Succeeded by | Position abolished under new charter |
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December 16, 1913 Minden, Webster Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | April 8, 1996 (aged 82) Minden, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Minden Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Alice Shurtleff Batton (died 1973) (2) Louise Zeagler Jones Batton (divorced) |
| Relations | J. D. Batton (brother) |
| Children |
Jackie Batton Reeves Jimmy Batton (1943–1997) Dorothy Batton Smith |
| Parents | James Bryant and Nolie K. Batton |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | United Methodist Church |
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(1) Mayor Batton continued the municipally-owned power plant in his small city of Minden and pushed for expanded street paving and low-income housing projects during his tenure from 1978–1982. (2) Though he made his living as a merchant and a cattleman, Batton served a total of thirty-two years in municipal government. (3) Batton's election as mayor coincided with the implementation of a new mayor-council government superseded the city commission format. |
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Five at-large winners
Alice Shurtleff Batton (died 1973)
Jackie Batton Reeves Jimmy Batton (1943–1997)
(1) Mayor Batton continued the municipally-owned power plant in his small city of Minden and pushed for expanded street paving and low-income housing projects during his tenure from 1978–1982.
(2) Though he made his living as a merchant and a cattleman, Batton served a total of thirty-two years in municipal government.
Jack Batton (December 16, 1913 – April 8, 1996) was a businessman who served from 1978 to 1982 as the mayor of the small city of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.
A Minden native, Batton was the son of James Bryant Batton (1880-1939) and Nolie K. Batton (1881-1971). The senior Batton, formerly of Dubberly in south Webster Parish, was a former Webster Parish chief deputy sheriff, a two-term Minden police chief, and an unsuccessful candidate for sheriff in a special election held in 1933 after a devastating tornado struck the city.
Batton graduated in 1932 from Minden High School, where in the fall of 1931 he played football. His first wife, the former Dorothy Alice Shurtleff (December 18, 1914–May 14, 1973), was a daughter of A. C. Shurtleff (January 15, 1882 – September 16, 1928) and Cora Belle Shurtleff (February 1, 1888 – December 16, 1960).
The Battons resided in a house made of brown rock at the intersection of Goodwill and Marshall streets in Minden. The house is across the street from the boyhood home of the singer David Houston. The football star David Lee of the former Baltimore Colts grew up in the same neighborhood block.
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