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Cathey and his wife were long active in the First [[United Methodist]] Church of Bossier City. He was a past chairman of the church board and the Council on Ministries. He also attended the annual statewide Methodist conference.<ref name=bio/><ref name=dlwc/>​

Cathey and his wife were long active in the First [[United Methodist]] Church of Bossier City. He was a past chairman of the church board and the Council on Ministries. He also attended the annual statewide Methodist conference.<ref name=bio/><ref name=dlwc/>​

After the war, Cathey in 1949 joined the Bossier City Police Department and was soon named its first lieutenant. He served as assistant chief and then the police chief from 1953 to 1957 under Mayor [[Burgess McCranie]]. He was appointed as police chief again, serving from 1961 to 1970 under Mayor George Leon Nattin, Sr.. The latter had been police chief from 1958 to 1961.

After the war, Cathey in 1949 joined the Bossier City Police Department and was soon named its first lieutenant. He served as assistant chief and then the police chief from 1953 to 1957 under Mayor [[Burgess McCranie]]. He was appointed as police chief again, serving from 1961 to 1970 under Mayor George Leon Nattin, Sr. Nattin had been the police chief from 1958 to 1961.

In 1953, Chief Cathey reported the arrest of two members of the 10th Street Gang of [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]. Bossier City patrolman Jimmy Walker pursued a car which ran a stop light on East Texas Street. In the vehicle were Joe O'Toole, Dwain Fisher, and a hitchhiker, Reuben L. Bass, then twenty, of [[Georgia]]. O'Toole, eighteen years of age, was under a five-year suspended sentence in [[California]] for violation of two laws. He was also sought in Fort Worth for stealing an automobile. Fisher, seventeen, had spent time at a reform school in Gatesville, Texas, west of [[Waco, Texas|Waco]]. Bossier City authorities released Bass after questioning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfasu.edu/heritagecenter/9587.asp|title=1953 Capture of Notorious Gang Members|publisher=''Bossier City Planters' Press'' (defunct)|date=June 4, 1953|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>​

In 1953, Chief Cathey reported the arrest of two members of the 10th Street Gang of [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]. Bossier City patrolman Jimmy Walker pursued a car which ran a stop light on East Texas Street. In the vehicle were Joe O'Toole, Dwain Fisher, and a hitchhiker, Reuben L. Bass, then twenty, of [[Georgia]]. O'Toole, eighteen years of age, was under a five-year suspended sentence in [[California]] for violation of two laws. He was also sought in Fort Worth for stealing an automobile. Fisher, seventeen, had spent time at a reform school in Gatesville, Texas, west of [[Waco, Texas|Waco]]. Bossier City authorities released Bass after questioning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfasu.edu/heritagecenter/9587.asp|title=1953 Capture of Notorious Gang Members|publisher=''Bossier City Planters' Press'' (defunct)|date=June 4, 1953|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref>​

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Chief Cathey was known for strict enforcement of the blue laws, which then required many businesses to close at midnight Saturday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/195792095So2d825_1820|title=''Michael Theodos and Stork Club, Inc., v. Bossier City et al''|publisher=leagle.com|date=June 10, 1957|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref> Cathey was a Bossier Parish deputy sheriff from 1957 to 1961 and 1970 to 1973 under Sheriff Willie E. Waggonner. He was the first juvenile officer of Bossier Parish.<ref name=bio/>

Chief Cathey was known for strict enforcement of the blue laws, which then required many businesses to close at midnight Saturday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/195792095So2d825_1820|title=''Michael Theodos and Stork Club, Inc., v. Bossier City et al''|publisher=leagle.com|date=June 10, 1957|accessdate=January 20, 2015}}</ref> Cathey was a Bossier Parish deputy sheriff from 1957 to 1961 and 1970 to 1973 under Sheriff Willie Edward Waggonner (1905-1976). He was the first juvenile officer of Bossier Parish.<ref name=bio/>

0n April 30, 1968, Cathey's 49th birthday, he was honored with a Bossier City "Appreciation Day". He had been active in many civic organization in his city, beginning with the Jayees, who in  1953 named him "Young Man of the Year". He was a charter member and past director of the Bossier [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He was a member of Disabled American Veterans of Louisiana and a president of the Bossier Parish chapter of the American [[Red Cross]]. He was a member and past president of the Bossier City Lions International<ref name=bio/>​

0n April 30, 1968, Cathey's 49th birthday, he was honored with a Bossier City "Appreciation Day". He had been active in many civic organization in his city, beginning with the Jayees, who in  1953 named him "Young Man of the Year". He was a charter member and past director of the Bossier [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He was a member of Disabled American Veterans of Louisiana and a president of the Bossier Parish chapter of the American [[Red Cross]]. He was a member and past president of the Bossier City Lions International<ref name=bio/>​