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'''Billy Henry Robertson''' (May 5, 1938 – June 27, 2013), known as '''Bill Robertson''', was the f[[mayor]] of the small city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]. First elected on November 6, 1990, he was the mayor from January 1, 1991, until his deathi in office.<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130627/NEWS01/130627012/Minden-mayor-Bill-Robertson-dies|author=Curtis Heyen|title="Minden Mayor Bill Robertson dies"|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 27, 2013|accessdate=June 27, 2013}}</ref> With 22.5 years in office, Robertson was the longest-serving Minden mayor; the second longest-serving mayor, [[John T. David]], held the position from 1946 to 1955.<ref>City of Minden, List of Mayors Since 1888.</ref>
'''Billy Henry Robertson''' (May 5, 1938 – June 27, 2013), known as '''Bill Robertson''', was the f[[mayor]] of the small city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. First elected on November 6, 1990, he was the mayor from January 1, 1991, until his deathi in office.<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130627/NEWS01/130627012/Minden-mayor-Bill-Robertson-dies|author=Curtis Heyen|title="Minden Mayor Bill Robertson dies"|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 27, 2013|accessdate=June 27, 2013}}</ref> With 22.5 years in office, Robertson was the longest-serving Minden mayor; the second longest-serving mayor, [[John T. David]], held the position from 1946 to 1955.<ref>City of Minden, List of Mayors Since 1888.</ref>
On August 9, 2008, Robertson was elected president of the Louisiana Municipal Association at the annual convention in [[Lafayette]]. He succeeded outgoing LMA President Clarence R. Fields, the long-term mayor of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9709&Itemid=1/|date=November 2018}}</ref>
On August 9, 2008, Robertson was elected president of the Louisiana Municipal Association at the annual convention in [[Lafayette]]. He succeeded outgoing LMA President Clarence R. Fields, the long-term mayor of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9709&Itemid=1/|date=November 2018}}</ref>
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'''Minden will have another mayor [but] Bill Robertson will be 'the mayor.' That’s just the way it will be."- [[Tommy Davis]], Minden city council member and Robertson's elected successor as mayor in the [[special election]] held on October 19, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lasos.blob.core.windows.net/graphical-prod/rss/10192013_Parish.xml|title=Webster: Mayor City of Minden, October 19, 2013|publisher=lasos.blob.core.windows.net|accessdate=October 19, 2013}}</ref></blockquote>
'''Minden will have another mayor [but] Bill Robertson will be 'the mayor.' That’s just the way it will be."- [[Tommy Davis]], Minden city council member and Robertson's elected successor as mayor in the [[special election]] held on October 19, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lasos.blob.core.windows.net/graphical-prod/rss/10192013_Parish.xml|title=Webster: Mayor City of Minden, October 19, 2013|publisher=lasos.blob.core.windows.net|accessdate=October 19, 2013}}</ref></blockquote>
==Background==
==Background==
Robertson was born to Homer Floyd Robertson (1910-1981) and the late Marie Robertson, a clerk in a shoe store, in Batesville in Independence County in northern [[Arkansas]].<ref>"Robertson New Owner of Talbot's Shoe Center", ''Minden Press-Herald'', September 19, 1966, p. 1.</ref> After a divorce, the senior Robertson married Imogene Kimmer Stanfield (1925–2008), who was formerly wed to Robert Stanfield, Sr. The couple had a son, Eddie Robertson (born 1962) of Minden, the half-brother of Bill Robertson and his brother, Bobby Gerald Robertson (born c. 1945) and wife, Lana, subsequently of Branson, [[Missouri|Branson]], [[Missouri]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9274&Itemid=33 |title=nwlanews.com - Your home for news in Bossier and Webster Parishes<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803022907/http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9274&Itemid=33 |archive-date=2008-08-03 |dead-url=yes |df= }}</ref>
Robertson was born to Homer Floyd Robertson (1910-1981) and the late Marie Robertson, a clerk in a shoe store, in Batesville in Independence County in northern [[Arkansas]].<ref>"Robertson New Owner of Talbot's Shoe Center", ''Minden Press-Herald'', September 19, 1966, p. 1.</ref> After a divorce, the senior Robertson married Imogene Kimmer Stanfield (1925–2008), who was formerly wed to Robert Stanfield, Sr. The couple had a son, Eddie Robertson (born 1962) of Minden, the half-brother of Bill Robertson and his brother, Bobby Gerald Robertson (born c. 1945) and wife, Lana, subsequently of Branson, [[Missouri|Branson]], [[Missouri]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9274&Itemid=33 |title=nwlanews.com - Your home for news in Bossier and Webster Parishes<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803022907/http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9274&Itemid=33 |archive-date=2008-08-03 |dead-url=yes |df= }}</ref>