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'''Jesse L. Boucher''' (January 7, 1912 &ndash; December 25, 2004)<ref name=obit>Jesse L. Boucher obituary, ''Minden Press-Herald'', December 27, 2004, access date= January 16, 2015.</ref> was a north [[Louisiana]] [[insurance]] agency owner and large-scale [[real estate]] developer who also served from 1958 to 1962 as the mayor of his native Springhill in northern Webster Parish.  

'''Jesse L. Boucher''' (January 7, 1912 &ndash; December 25, 2004)<ref name=obit>Jesse L. Boucher obituary, ''Minden Press-Herald'', December 27, 2004, access date= January 16, 2015.</ref> was a north [[Louisiana]] [[insurance]] agency owner and large-scale [[real estate]] developer who served from 1958 to 1962 as the mayor of his native Springhill in northern Webster Parish near the [[Arkansas]] boundary.  

==Background==

==Background==

Boucher was born to Henry Havis Boucher (1882-1952) and the former Mary Ella Dixie" Coyle (1892-1940), in the Bodcau community near Springhill. Boucher attended Shiloh School and graduated in 1931 from Springhill High School, as did all members of his immediate family. On September 11, 1940, he married Mary E. Herrington, his surviving widow who was born November 21, 1923 in Crossett in Ashley County in southern [[Arkansas]]. His brother, Augustus Ely Boucher (1924-1940), died of appendicitis at the age of fifteen on the day after Jesse Boucher's 28th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115414955|title=Jesse L. Boucher|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref> The death caused their mother great grief and depresson, and she committed suicide a month after Eli's passing. Henry Boucher donated the "Boucher Cemetery," now known as the Springhill Cemetery, to the city in her honor. The entire Boucher family is interred there.

Boucher was born to Henry Havis Boucher (1882-1952) and the former Mary Ella Dixie" Coyle (1892-1940), in the Bodcau community near Springhill. Boucher attended Shiloh School and graduated in 1931 from Springhill High School, as did all members of his immediate family. On September 11, 1940, he married Mary Eloise Herrington, his surviving widow who was born November 21, 1923 in Crossett in Ashley County in southern Arkansas. His brother, Augustus Ely Boucher (1924-1940), died of appendicitis at the age of fifteen on the day after Jesse Boucher's 28th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115414955|title=Jesse L. Boucher|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref> The death caused their mother great grief and depresson, and she committed suicide a month after Eli's passing. Henry Boucher donated the "Boucher Cemetery," now known as the Springhill Cemetery, to the city in her honor. The entire Boucher family is interred there.

   

   

As an outstanding football player at the end position for the Springhill Lumberjacks, young Boucher received an athletic scholarship to [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], then known as "Louisiana Normal". There he played football, ran track, and was a Golden Gloves [[Boxing|boxer]], including participation in a conference-winning mile relay race. He was president of both his senior class and the NSU student body.<ref name=obit/>  

As an outstanding football player at the end position for the Springhill Lumberjacks, young Boucher received an athletic scholarship to [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], then known as "Louisiana Normal". There he played football, ran track, and was a Golden Gloves [[Boxing|boxer]], including participation in a conference-winning mile relay race. He was president of both his senior class and the NSU student body.<ref name=obit/>  

In addition to Ely, his other siblings were Henry Creel Boucher (1913–1992), David G. Boucher (step-brother) of Atlanta, [[Texas]], Lynn Boucher (step-sister); the late Katie Boucher Nelson, and Estelle "Sally" Boucher Slack (1916-1977). He had three daughters, Savannah Boucher of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], Sherry Boucher of [[Bossier City]], an actress formerly married to the actor George Peppard, and Jessica Boucher-Ford and husband Randall L. Ford of [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and two grandchildren, Nathan Kyle Rogers and Chessa Lytle.<ref name=obit/><ref name=boco/>  

In addition to Ely, his other siblings were Henry Creel Boucher (1913–1992), David G. Boucher (step-brother) of Atlanta, [[Texas]], Lynn Boucher (step-sister); the late Katie Boucher Nelson, and Estelle "Sally" Boucher Slack (1916-1977). He had three daughters, Savannah Boucher of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], Sherry Boucher of [[Bossier City]], an actress formerly married to the actor George Peppard, and Jessica Boucher-Ford and husband Randall L. Ford of [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and two grandchildren, Nathan Kyle Rogers and Chessa Lytle.<ref name=obit/><ref name=boco/>  

Boucher's cousin, Drayton Rogers Boucher (1908-1983), held the Bossier/Webster Parish state senate seat from 1940 to 1952.<ref>"Wiley Family of Shongaloo" genealogy: Rootsweb.ancestry.com</ref>  

Boucher's cousin, Drayton Rogers Boucher (1908-1983), held the Bossier/Webster Parish state senate seat from 1940 to 1952.<ref>"Wiley Family of Shongaloo" genealogy: Rootsweb.ancestry.com</ref> His brother-in-law, [[Johnny Herrington]], was the Springhill mayor from 1978 to 1986 and  again, from 1995 to 2006.

   

   

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