Block, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
57,799
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Created page with "{{Infobox officeholder |name=Dewey Eldridge Burchett, Jr. |office=Division A Judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court for Bossier and Webster parishes..."
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Dewey Eldridge Burchett, Jr.
|office=Division A [[Judge]] of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court for Bossier and Webster parishes
|term_start=1988
|term_end=2008
|preceded=[[Monty M. Wyche]]
|succeeded=Michael Craig]
|birth_date=November 18, 1939
|birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], USA
|death_date={{death date and age|2009|11|20|1939|11|18}}
|death_place=
|death_cause=
|residence=Benton, Bossier Parish
|spouse=Patricia Bolender Burchett (married 1967-2009, his death)
|children=Dewey Burchett, III<br>
Edward Bolender Burchett
|parents=Dewey, Sr., and Patti Ogilvie Burchett
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]] and Judge<br>
[[United States Air Force]] captain
|alma_mater=Benton High School<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU Law Center
|religion=[[United Methodist]]}}
'''Dewey Eldridge Burchett, Jr.''' (November 18, 1939 – November 20, 2009), was a jurist from Benton in Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]].
==Biography==
The son of Dewey Burchett, Sr., and the former Patti Ogilvie, he was born in [[Shreveport]] and reared in Benton. He graduated in 1957 from Benton High School and in 1961 from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. Thereafter, he was a flight instructor from 1962 to 1967 in the [[United States Air Force]], in which he attained the rank of captain during the [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] era.<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Buchett Jr., Dewey E.", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: [[New Providence, New Jersey|New Providence]], [[New Jersey]], 2007), p. 652.</ref> He was a member of the Shreveport senior squadron of the Civil Air Patrol.<ref name=jdb/>
In 1970, Burchett graduated from the LSU Law Center and began practicing law in [[Bossier City]], of which he was also the c ity attorney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/community_outreach/in_memoriam/Burchett_Dewey.asp|title=In Memoriam: Retired 26th JDC Judge Dewey E. Burchett Jr.|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref> As the attorney for the Bossier Parish Levee Board, he worked during the 1970s with the congressional delegation to secure funding for the locks and dams essential for the navigation of the Red River. In his earlier years, Burchett was president of the Bossier City Jaycees. He was a member of the Bossier City Lions International and taught [[Sunday school]] at the Benton [[United Methodist]] Church.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=dewey-e-burchett&pid=136246364#sthash.bT5PepbS.dpuf|title=Dewey E. Burchett Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 22, 2009|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref>
A member of the Bossier Parish [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Executive Committee,<ref name=whoswho/> Burchett was elected in 1988 to the 26th Judicial District Court for Bossier and Webster parishes. He defeated his fellow Democrat, Bobby Lee Stromile (born September 1951)<ref>etArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 18,143 (64 percent) to 10,205 (36 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Bossier and Webster parishes, October 1, 1988.</ref>
Burchett held the judgeship, unopposed until 2008, when he was narrowly unseated by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] former assistant district attorney Michael Craig, who polled 12,182 votes (51 percent) to Burchett's 11,683 (49 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042008/10042008_MultiParish.html
|title=Election Results|date=October 4, 2008|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref>
Craig prevailed by fewer than four hundred votes. Incumbent judges are rarely challenged, particularly in a controversial campaign. Craig called Burchett a [[liberal]] and cited cases in which he claimed the judge had rendered too lenient sentences. Burchett questioned a tax lien filed against Craig during the campaign by the [[Internal Revenue Service]] and issues relating to Craig's [[divorce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/22340248/craig-defeats-incumbent-bossier-webster-judge|title=Craig defeats incumbent Bossier-Webster judge|publisher=KTBS-TV|date=October 5, 2008|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref>
From his marriage to the former Patricia "Pat" Bolender (born May 1942), Burchett had two sons, [[insurance]] agent Dewey Burchett, III (born December 1967), and Edward Bolender Burchett (born (October 1972), both Republicans. Burchett died unexpectedly in a local hospital two days after his seventieth birthday. He was [[Cremation|cremated]]. His honorary pallbearers included the state Senator Robert Roy Adley, former Bossier City interim [[Mayor]] [[Frank Blackburn]], retired 26th Judicial District Judge [[Graydon K. Kitchens Jr.]], past judicial candidate Whitley Robert "Whit" Graves, and former Bossier City Judge [[Rogers M. Prestridge]].<ref name=obit/>
[[Charles Scott]], the Caddo Parish district attorney who died in 2015, recalled Burchett as "... dedicated and hard-working ... very committed and very conscientious."<ref name=jdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveport.com/shrevetalk/viewupdate.php?id=1846|title=Former Bossier-Webster District Judge Dewey Burchett Jr. Dies at Age 70|publisher=Shreveport.com|date=November 22, 2009|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref> Scott noted that he and Burchett formerly served on numerous judicial committees which addressed issues affecting all state judges.<ref name=jdb/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burchett, Dewey}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United States Air Force]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
|name=Dewey Eldridge Burchett, Jr.
|office=Division A [[Judge]] of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District Court for Bossier and Webster parishes
|term_start=1988
|term_end=2008
|preceded=[[Monty M. Wyche]]
|succeeded=Michael Craig]
|birth_date=November 18, 1939
|birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], USA
|death_date={{death date and age|2009|11|20|1939|11|18}}
|death_place=
|death_cause=
|residence=Benton, Bossier Parish
|spouse=Patricia Bolender Burchett (married 1967-2009, his death)
|children=Dewey Burchett, III<br>
Edward Bolender Burchett
|parents=Dewey, Sr., and Patti Ogilvie Burchett
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]] and Judge<br>
[[United States Air Force]] captain
|alma_mater=Benton High School<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU Law Center
|religion=[[United Methodist]]}}
'''Dewey Eldridge Burchett, Jr.''' (November 18, 1939 – November 20, 2009), was a jurist from Benton in Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]].
==Biography==
The son of Dewey Burchett, Sr., and the former Patti Ogilvie, he was born in [[Shreveport]] and reared in Benton. He graduated in 1957 from Benton High School and in 1961 from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. Thereafter, he was a flight instructor from 1962 to 1967 in the [[United States Air Force]], in which he attained the rank of captain during the [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] era.<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Buchett Jr., Dewey E.", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: [[New Providence, New Jersey|New Providence]], [[New Jersey]], 2007), p. 652.</ref> He was a member of the Shreveport senior squadron of the Civil Air Patrol.<ref name=jdb/>
In 1970, Burchett graduated from the LSU Law Center and began practicing law in [[Bossier City]], of which he was also the c ity attorney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/community_outreach/in_memoriam/Burchett_Dewey.asp|title=In Memoriam: Retired 26th JDC Judge Dewey E. Burchett Jr.|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref> As the attorney for the Bossier Parish Levee Board, he worked during the 1970s with the congressional delegation to secure funding for the locks and dams essential for the navigation of the Red River. In his earlier years, Burchett was president of the Bossier City Jaycees. He was a member of the Bossier City Lions International and taught [[Sunday school]] at the Benton [[United Methodist]] Church.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=dewey-e-burchett&pid=136246364#sthash.bT5PepbS.dpuf|title=Dewey E. Burchett Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 22, 2009|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref>
A member of the Bossier Parish [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Executive Committee,<ref name=whoswho/> Burchett was elected in 1988 to the 26th Judicial District Court for Bossier and Webster parishes. He defeated his fellow Democrat, Bobby Lee Stromile (born September 1951)<ref>etArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 18,143 (64 percent) to 10,205 (36 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns: Bossier and Webster parishes, October 1, 1988.</ref>
Burchett held the judgeship, unopposed until 2008, when he was narrowly unseated by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] former assistant district attorney Michael Craig, who polled 12,182 votes (51 percent) to Burchett's 11,683 (49 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042008/10042008_MultiParish.html
|title=Election Results|date=October 4, 2008|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref>
Craig prevailed by fewer than four hundred votes. Incumbent judges are rarely challenged, particularly in a controversial campaign. Craig called Burchett a [[liberal]] and cited cases in which he claimed the judge had rendered too lenient sentences. Burchett questioned a tax lien filed against Craig during the campaign by the [[Internal Revenue Service]] and issues relating to Craig's [[divorce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/22340248/craig-defeats-incumbent-bossier-webster-judge|title=Craig defeats incumbent Bossier-Webster judge|publisher=KTBS-TV|date=October 5, 2008|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref>
From his marriage to the former Patricia "Pat" Bolender (born May 1942), Burchett had two sons, [[insurance]] agent Dewey Burchett, III (born December 1967), and Edward Bolender Burchett (born (October 1972), both Republicans. Burchett died unexpectedly in a local hospital two days after his seventieth birthday. He was [[Cremation|cremated]]. His honorary pallbearers included the state Senator Robert Roy Adley, former Bossier City interim [[Mayor]] [[Frank Blackburn]], retired 26th Judicial District Judge [[Graydon K. Kitchens Jr.]], past judicial candidate Whitley Robert "Whit" Graves, and former Bossier City Judge [[Rogers M. Prestridge]].<ref name=obit/>
[[Charles Scott]], the Caddo Parish district attorney who died in 2015, recalled Burchett as "... dedicated and hard-working ... very committed and very conscientious."<ref name=jdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveport.com/shrevetalk/viewupdate.php?id=1846|title=Former Bossier-Webster District Judge Dewey Burchett Jr. Dies at Age 70|publisher=Shreveport.com|date=November 22, 2009|accessdate=June 26, 2015}}</ref> Scott noted that he and Burchett formerly served on numerous judicial committees which addressed issues affecting all state judges.<ref name=jdb/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burchett, Dewey}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United States Air Force]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]