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Keahey (pronounced KAY HE) was born to Jack Keahey, Sr. (1908–1995), and the former Rayma Lorena George (1912–2011)<ref name=lmc>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=1281&GScid=197122&|title=Legion Memorial Cemetery interments|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, the smallest parish in population in Louisiana, located adjacent to the [[Mississippi River]] in the northeastern portion of the state. The senior Keahey relocated to Louisiana Cairo, [[Illinois]], to assist in the construction of the Mississippi River levee. Rayma Keahey's  family moved  Yell County in northern [[Arkansas]] to Newellton in northern Tensas Parish. Interest in levees hence spanned two generation of Keaheys.<ref name=obit>Obituary of Jack Keahey, ''The Monroe News-Star'', May 6, 2007.</ref>

Keahey (pronounced KAY HE) was born to Jack Keahey, Sr. (1908–1995), and the former Rayma Lorena George (1912–2011)<ref name=lmc>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=1281&GScid=197122&|title=Legion Memorial Cemetery interments|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, the smallest parish in population in Louisiana, located adjacent to the [[Mississippi River]] in the northeastern portion of the state. The senior Keahey relocated to Louisiana Cairo, [[Illinois]], to assist in the construction of the Mississippi River levee. Rayma Keahey's  family moved  Yell County in northern [[Arkansas]] to Newellton in northern Tensas Parish. Interest in levees hence spanned two generation of Keaheys.<ref name=obit>Obituary of Jack Keahey, ''The Monroe News-Star'', May 6, 2007.</ref>

==Levee district==

==Levee district==

"Bill" Poe, is interred in Newellton beside their parents.<ref name=lmc/>

"Bill" Poe, is interred in Newellton beside their parents.<ref name=lmc/>

Services were held in the First Baptist Church in Columbia. Interment was at the large Columbia Hill Cemetery in Columbia.<ref name=obit/> Keahey's friend, [[Dave Norris]], then the long-term [[mayor]] West Monroe in uachita Parish, wrote in a personal letter that Keahey was "a fine, unselfish public servant — and those are not too common."<ref name=keahey/>

Services were held in the First Baptist Church in Columbia. Interment was at the large Columbia Hill Cemetery in Columbia.<ref name=obit/> Keahey's friend, [[Dave Norris]], then the long-term [[mayor]] of West Monroe in uachita Parish, wrote in a personal letter that Keahey was "a fine, unselfish public servant — and those are not too common."<ref name=keahey/>

Keahey was succeeded as board president by Andrew Harris Brown (born June 1965) of Monroe, the sitting vice president and son of the late Louisiana State Senator William Denis Brown, III.. Drew Keahey was nominated to fill the seat previously held by his father.

Keahey was succeeded as board president by Andrew Harris Brown (born June 1965) of Monroe, the sitting vice president and son of the late Louisiana State Senator William Denis Brown, III. Andrew Brown ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat in a special election held in 2013. Drew Keahey was nominated to fill the seat previously held by his father.

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