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Soon Seveier became a teller at Tallulah State Bank. He worked with the institution and advanced to lead it, serving fifty-eight years until he was eighty. He retired with the title of chairman emeritus. When Sevier began working for the bank, it employed only five people and did not use electricity until after 5 p.m. All receipts were hand-posted. He was working at the bank during the [[Wall Street]] Crash of 1929 and the [[Great Depression]] which followed. It was a period in which many financial institutions closed, but Sevier's bank survived and has never closed its doors.<ref name=bio/>

Soon Seveier became a teller at Tallulah State Bank. He worked with the institution and advanced to lead it, serving fifty-eight years until he was eighty. He retired with the title of chairman emeritus. When Sevier began working for the bank, it employed only five people and did not use electricity until after 5 p.m. All receipts were hand-posted. He was working at the bank during the [[Wall Street]] Crash of 1929 and the [[Great Depression]] which followed. It was a period in which many financial institutions closed, but Sevier's bank survived and has never closed its doors.<ref name=bio/>

 

Sevier served as president of the Louisiana Bankers Association in 1961-1962<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lba.org/content.cfm?id=63|title=LBA Past Chairmen|publisher=lba.org|accessdate=July 24, 2013}}</ref> and vice president of the American Bankers Association  from 1963 to 1964. He also served as a director of the Standard Life Insurance Company of [[Jackson]], Mississippi.<ref name=bio/>​ Sevier was elected in 1946as the Tallulah mayor and assumed office in 1947. He was repeatedly reelected and served through 1974.<ref name=bio/> (During most of this period, the majority [[African-American]] population of the city was largely disenfranchised by the state's 1898 constitution and discriminatory practices. This changed after passage of civil rights legislation.)

Sevier served as president of the Louisiana Bankers Association in 1961-1962<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lba.org/content.cfm?id=63|title=LBA Past Chairmen|publisher=lba.org|accessdate=July 24, 2013}}</ref> and vice president of the American Bankers Association  from 1963 to 1964. He also served as a director of the Standard Life Insurance Company of [[Jackson]], Mississippi.<ref name=bio/>​ Sevier was elected in 1946as the Tallulah mayor and assumed office in 1947. He was repeatedly reelected and served through 1974.<ref name=bio/> (During most of this period, the majority [[African-American]] population of the city was largely disenfranchised by the state's 1898 constitution and discriminatory practices. This changed after passage of civil rights legislation.)