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In March 1980, Bethard was named an assistant district attorney for Red River Parish.<ref name=leaglecom>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/19831552430So2d1122_11218.xml/BETHARD%20v.%20STATE,%20THROUGH%20BD.%20OF%20TRUSTEES|title=Henry W. Bethard, III, v. State of Louisiana, through the Board of Trustees of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System|date=June 10, 1983|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref>
In March 1980, Bethard was named an assistant district attorney for Red River Parish.<ref name=leaglecom>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/19831552430So2d1122_11218.xml/BETHARD%20v.%20STATE,%20THROUGH%20BD.%20OF%20TRUSTEES|title=Henry W. Bethard, III, v. State of Louisiana, through the Board of Trustees of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System|date=June 10, 1983|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref>
Bethard married the former Olive Ann Guenard (August 2, 1927 – October 31, 2012), daughter of James Hortaire Guenard, Sr., and the former Rubye Nelson. She was a native of Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish, though born across the [[Mississippi River]] in Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]]. The two met as students at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. There are two living Bethard sons, his law partners James G. and Robert E. Bethard,<ref name=bethardbethard>{{cite web|url=http://www.goguild.com/redrivervalley/bethard-bethard-law-office/about|title=Law Offices of Bethard & Bethard, L.L.P.|publisher=goguild.com|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref>and their wives, Florence and Rhoda, respectively, all of Coushatta. The Bethards' daughter, Suzanne B. Hearne, lives in [[Shreveport]] with her husband, Sanders Hearne. A third son, Henry Bethard, IV, is deceased.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=160774530|title=Olive Bethard obituary|date=November 2, 2012|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref>
Bethard married the former Olive Ann Guenard (August 2, 1927 – October 31, 2012), whom he called for the sixty-two years of their marriage "Sweetie Ann".<ref name=obit/> She was a daughter of James Hortaire Guenard, Sr., and the former Rubye Nelson. She was a native of Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish, though born across the [[Mississippi River]] in Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]]. The two met as students at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. There are two living Bethard sons, his law partners James G. and Robert E. Bethard,<ref name=bethardbethard>{{cite web|url=http://www.goguild.com/redrivervalley/bethard-bethard-law-office/about|title=Law Offices of Bethard & Bethard, L.L.P.|publisher=goguild.com|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref>and their wives, Florence and Rhoda, respectively, all of Coushatta. The Bethards' daughter, Suzanne B. Hearne, lives in [[Shreveport]] with her husband, Sanders Hearne. A third son, Henry Bethard, IV, is deceased.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=160774530|title=Olive Bethard obituary|date=November 2, 2012|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref>
In his later years, Bethard was of counsel<ref name=bethardbethard/> with his grandsons, Benjamin T. Bethard and Henry Bethard, V, the latter of whom was born on June 16, 1982, in Shreveport and graduated from the historically black Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. Both grandsons joined the firm in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legaldirectories.com/Bethard-Henry-W-V-498088-Atty.aspx|title=Henry Bethard, V|publisher=legaldirectories.com|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref>
In his later years, Bethard was of counsel<ref name=bethardbethard/> with his grandsons, Benjamin T. Bethard and Henry Bethard, V, the latter of whom was born on June 16, 1982, in Shreveport and graduated from the historically black Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge. Both grandsons joined the firm in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legaldirectories.com/Bethard-Henry-W-V-498088-Atty.aspx|title=Henry Bethard, V|publisher=legaldirectories.com|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref>