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'''Dewey Eldridge Burchett, Jr.''' (November 18, 1939 – November 20, 2009), was a jurist from Benton in Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]].​

'''Dewey Eldridge Burchett, Jr.''' (November 18, 1939 – November 20, 2009), was a jurist from Benton in Bossier Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]].​

==Biography==​

==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]], 2007), p. 652.</ref> He was a member of the Shreveport senior squadron of the Civil Air Patrol.<ref name=jdb/>​

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]], 2007), p. 652.</ref> He was a member of the Shreveport senior squadron of the Civil Air Patrol.<ref name=jdb/>​

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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>​

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/>​

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/>​

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