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'''Jacob Welch Cameron''', known as '''Jake W. Cameron''' (April 17, 1913 &ndash; September 30, 1999),<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114256420|title=Jacob Welch "Jake" Cameron|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 1, 1999|accessdate=January 2, 2015}}</ref> was a [[business]]man who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1957 to 1961 as the eighth [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]].

'''Jacob Welch Cameron''', known as '''Jake W. Cameron''' (April 17, 1913 &ndash; September 30, 1999),<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114256420|title=Jacob Welch "Jake" Cameron|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 1, 1999|accessdate=January 2, 2015}}</ref> was a [[business]]man who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1957 to 1961 as the eighth [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]].

 

==Background==​

'''Background'''​

Cameron was the youngest of eight children born in Homer in Claiborne Parish to Milton Perry Cameron (1867-1946) and the former Lou Ada Nelson (1875-1956), who are interred at Arlington Cemetery in Homer. After graduation from Homer High School, Cameron obtained in 1938 a bachelor's degree from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. He taught school and coached in Claiborne and Bossier parishes prior to service in the [[United States Coast Guard]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=bio/>  

Cameron was the youngest of eight children born in Homer in Claiborne Parish to Milton Perry Cameron (1867-1946) and the former Lou Ada Nelson (1875-1956), who are interred at Arlington Cemetery in Homer. After graduation from Homer High School, Cameron obtained in 1938 a bachelor's degree from [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. He taught school and coached in Claiborne and Bossier parishes prior to service in the [[United States Coast Guard]] during [[World War II]].<ref name=bio/>  

In 1939, he married the former Iva Lynn Eatman (1918-2009) of Bossier City, a graduate of Centenary College in Shreveport, who was a long-term  Bossier Parish educator.<ref name=mrscameron>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114256587|title=Iva Lynn Eatman Cameron|work=The Shreveport Times|date=January 29, 2009|accessdate=January 2, 2015}}</ref>​

In 1939, he married the former Iva Lynn Eatman (1918-2009) of Bossier City, a graduate of Centenary College in Shreveport, who was a long-term  Bossier Parish educator.<ref name=mrscameron>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114256587|title=Iva Lynn Eatman Cameron|work=The Shreveport Times|date=January 29, 2009|accessdate=January 2, 2015}}</ref>​

 

==Political life==

'''Political life'''​

Cameron served as Bossier City police chief. At the time of his election as mayor on May 16, 1957, he was the chief Bossier Parish deputy tax assessor. He succeeded the one-term mayor, [[Burgess McCranie]], who was also a former police chief. Under Mayor Cameron, the city completed a master plan for orderly growth,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftpcontent2.worldnow.com/ktbs/files/1956BossierMasterPlan.pdf|title=1956 Bossier Master Plan|publisher=ftpcontent2.worldnow.com|accessdate=January 21, 2015}}</ref> a railroad underpass on Hamilton Road, and the municipal water plant. Cameron said that he tried to meet individual constituent needs as mayor. In an interesting anecdote, Cameron recalled a woman who ran over a sewerage manhole that a city employee had accidentally left uncovered. When Cameron called the city [[insurance]] agent to request a new tire for the motorist, the agent balked at covering the expense. "At first the insurance company wasn’t going to buy a new tire, but I said, 'Well, if she doesn't get a new tire, the first thing Monday morning, we’ll have a new insurance agent.' The agent said, 'Mayor, send that lady right down.'"<ref name=sportj>{{cite web|url=http://bossier.pastperfect-online.com/36091cgi/mweb.exe?request=record&id=CCC1F9AA-FFD8-4C81-9811-643527335144&type=102|title=''Journal'' Salutes Bossier City: The men at Bossier's reins: Jake W. Cameron|work=[[Shreveport Journal]]|accessdate=January 17, 2015}}</ref>  

Cameron served as Bossier City police chief. At the time of his election as mayor on May 16, 1957, he was the chief Bossier Parish deputy tax assessor. He succeeded the one-term mayor, [[Burgess McCranie]], who was also a former police chief. Under Mayor Cameron, the city completed a master plan for orderly growth,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftpcontent2.worldnow.com/ktbs/files/1956BossierMasterPlan.pdf|title=1956 Bossier Master Plan|publisher=ftpcontent2.worldnow.com|accessdate=January 21, 2015}}</ref> a railroad underpass on Hamilton Road, and the municipal water plant. Cameron said that he tried to meet individual constituent needs as mayor. In an interesting anecdote, Cameron recalled a woman who ran over a sewerage manhole that a city employee had accidentally left uncovered. When Cameron called the city [[insurance]] agent to request a new tire for the motorist, the agent balked at covering the expense. "At first the insurance company wasn’t going to buy a new tire, but I said, 'Well, if she doesn't get a new tire, the first thing Monday morning, we’ll have a new insurance agent.' The agent said, 'Mayor, send that lady right down.'"<ref name=sportj>{{cite web|url=http://bossier.pastperfect-online.com/36091cgi/mweb.exe?request=record&id=CCC1F9AA-FFD8-4C81-9811-643527335144&type=102|title=''Journal'' Salutes Bossier City: The men at Bossier's reins: Jake W. Cameron|work=[[Shreveport Journal]]|accessdate=January 17, 2015}}</ref>