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'''Billy Henry Robertson''' (May 5, 1938 &ndash; 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 &ndash; June 27, 2013), known as '''Bill Robertson''', was the longest-serving [[mayor]] of the small city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. With 22.5 years, he was first elected on November 6, 1990, and held the position until his death 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>​

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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]].

 

On October 2, 2010, Robertson, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Robertson won his sixth and final four-year term. He polled 1,885 votes (53 percent) against the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, Alton Monroe "Al" Hortman, Jr., who had also run in 2006, and two "No Party" candidates, Deric Tate and Larry Botzong. Hortman finished with 737 votes (20.8 percent); Tate, 749 (21 percent), and Botzong, 170 (5 percent).<ref name=octelection>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10022010/10022010_60.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 2, 2010|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 2, 2010}}</ref>

On October 2, 2010, Robertson, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], won his sixth and final four-year term. He polled 1,885 votes (53 percent) against the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, Alton Monroe "Al" Hortman, Jr., who had also run in 2006, and two "No Party" candidates, Deric Tate and Larry Botzong. Hortman finished with 737 votes (20.8 percent); Tate, 749 (21 percent), and Botzong, 170 (5 percent).<ref name=octelection>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10022010/10022010_60.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 2, 2010|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 2, 2010}}</ref>

In the 2006 [[general election]], Robertson polled 2,054 votes (56 percent) and carried nine of the city's fifteen precints. Hortman trailed with 1,596 ballots (44 percent) and led in the six other precincts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11072006/11072006_60.html|title=Louisiana general election returns, November 7, 2006|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 29, 2013}}</ref> Hortman hence received less than half the support in 2010 that he had in 2006.​

In the 2006 [[general election]], Robertson polled 2,054 votes (56 percent) and carried nine of the city's fifteen precints. Hortman trailed with 1,596 ballots (44 percent) and led in the six other precincts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11072006/11072006_60.html|title=Louisiana general election returns, November 7, 2006|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=June 29, 2013}}</ref> Hortman hence received less than half the support in 2010 that he had in 2006.​

==Background==

==Background==

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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]].

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Robertson's wife, the former Barbara Kimmer, is the daughter of Dale Edgar Kimmer (1920-2006) and Virginia Martin Kimmer (1922-2013),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kimmer&GSfn=Virginia&GSiman=1&GScid=67595&GRid=104625112&|title=Virginia Martin Kimmer|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 5, 2013}}</ref> also natives of Independence County, Arkansas. Dale Kimmer, a farmer in Batesville, raised cattle and chickens until he and Virginia retired and relocated to Minden in 1995. Robertson's stepmother, Imogene, and his father-in-law, Dale, were siblings. Bill and Barbara Robertson have three children, Beverly Jane Waller and husband, Mike; Brenda R. Weeks (1962-2017), a sales manager and counselor for Centuries and Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home and Cemeteries in Haughton] who was married to Billy Weeks of Minden,​

Robertson's wife, the former Barbara Kimmer, is the daughter of Dale Edgar Kimmer (1920-2006) and Virginia Martin Kimmer (1922-2013),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kimmer&GSfn=Virginia&GSiman=1&GScid=67595&GRid=104625112&|title=Virginia Martin Kimmer|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 5, 2013}}</ref> also natives of Independence County, Arkansas. Dale Kimmer, a farmer in Batesville, raised cattle and chickens until he and Virginia retired and relocated to Minden in 1995. Robertson's stepmother, Imogene, and his father-in-law, Dale, were siblings. Bill and Barbara Robertson have three children, Beverly Jane Waller and husband, Mike; Brenda R. Weeks (1962-2017), a sales manager and counselor for Centuries and Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home and Cemeteries in Haughton] who was married to Billy Weeks of Minden,​<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=brenda-weeks&pid=185619786|title=Brenda Weeks obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 26, 2017|accessdate=May 26, 2017}}</ref> and Kyle Kimmer Robertson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13170238|title=Dale Edgar Kimmer|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 5, 2013}}</ref> In 2016, the Minden community raised $18,000 to assist Brenda Weeks, a lung cancer patient who lost the lower portion of her left leg a year before her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/more-than-18k-raised-during-fundraiser-for-brenda-weeks/|title=More than $18K raised during fundraiser for Brenda Weeks|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|author=Bruce Franklin|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>​

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=brenda-weeks&pid=185619786|title=Brenda Weeks obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=May 26, 2017|accessdate=May 26, 2017}}</ref> and Kyle Kimmer Robertson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13170238|title=Dale Edgar Kimmer|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 5, 2013}}</ref> In 2016, the Minden community raised $18,000 to assist Brenda Weeks, a lung cancer patient who lost the lower portion of her left leg a year before her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/more-than-18k-raised-during-fundraiser-for-brenda-weeks/|title=More than $18K raised during fundraiser for Brenda Weeks|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|author=Bruce Franklin|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>​

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Robertson was working at Talbot's Shoe Store in Magnolia, Arkansas, when he was sent to Minden to operate a Ta]bot's outlet . Thereafter, he  purchased the store from Ben Talbot and his father, D. O. Talbot, having renamed it "Robertson's Shoes", which he operated until 1979.<ref name=death/><ref name="ReferenceA">''Minden Press-Herald'', September 19, 1966.</ref>​

Robertson was working at Talbot's Shoe Store in Magnolia, Arkansas, when he was sent to Minden to operate a Ta]bot's outlet . Thereafter, he  purchased the store from Ben Talbot and his father, D. O. Talbot, having renamed it "Robertson's Shoes", which he operated until 1979.<ref name=death/><ref name="ReferenceA">''Minden Press-Herald'', September 19, 1966.</ref>​