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Batton's salary as sheriff in 1961 was $10,715, or $88,500 in 2019 dollars. Some $104,000 was disbursed for salaries of all the deputies.<ref>"1961 Audit Report Released for Sheriff's Salary Fund", ''Minden Herald,'' June 14, 1962, p. 1.</ref>​

Batton's salary as sheriff in 1961 was $10,715, or $88,500 in 2019 dollars. Some $104,000 was disbursed for salaries of all the deputies.<ref>"1961 Audit Report Released for Sheriff's Salary Fund", ''Minden Herald,'' June 14, 1962, p. 1.</ref>​

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====Defeat in 1964====​

====Defeat in 1964====​

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Batton died in Minden three days before his 70th birthday in 1981. He, his wife, son, and mother are interred there at Gardens of Memory Cemetery.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67251990|title=John David "J. D." Batton|publisher=

Batton died in Minden three days before his 70th birthday in 1981. He, his wife, son, and mother are interred there at Gardens of Memory Cemetery.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67251990|title=John David "J. D." Batton|publisher=

Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 12, 2014}}</ref> His father, J. B. Batton, is interred at Brushwood Cemetery in Dubberly;<ref name=battondies/> his brother, Jack, and nephew,  James Howard "Jimmy" Batton (1943–1997), are interred at the Minden Cemetery. Jimmy Batton was a sheriff's deputy and later an investigator for the district attorney's office.<ref>"James Howard (Jimmy) Batton", ''Minden Press-Herald'', December 30, 1997, p. 1.</ref>​

Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 12, 2014}}</ref> His father, J. B. Batton, is interred at Brushwood Cemetery in Dubberly;<ref name=battondies/> his brother, Jack, and nephew,  James Howard "Jimmy" Batton (1943–1997), are interred at the Minden Cemetery. Jimmy Batton was a sheriff's deputy and later an investigator for the district attorney's office.<ref>"James Howard (Jimmy) Batton", ''Minden Press-Herald'', December 30, 1997, p. 1.</ref>​

==References==​

==References==​