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==Background==

==Background==

Caldwell is the fourth of seven children born to J. D. Caldwell (1910–1987), and the former Genevieve Minsky (1916–2001)[4] in tiny Columbia in Caldwell Parish. He was reared [[Jewish]]. This was also the home of former [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]] and McKeithen's son, the late Louisiana Secretary of State Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005).

Caldwell is the fourth of seven children born to J. D. Caldwell (1910–1987), and the former Genevieve Minsky (1916–2001)[4] in tiny Columbia in Caldwell Parish, coincidental name. He was reared [[Jewish]]. Columbia was the home of former [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]] and McKeithen's son, the late Louisiana Secretary of State Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005), who later figured prominently in Caldwell's career.

In 1949, the Caldwell family moved permanently to [[rural]] Madison Parish and settled in Tallulah. J. D. Caldwell obtained a master's degree in music from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and had sung with the Metropolitan Opera in [[New York City]]. After he moved his family to Tallulah, the senior Caldwell became a farmer and clothing merchant. Genevieve Caldwell, a registered nurse, held a degree from  Touro Infirmary in [[New Orleans]]. She was a public health nurse and later worked as a Madison Parish school health nurse for thirty years.[5]

In 1949, the Caldwell family moved permanently to [[rural]] Madison Parish and settled in Tallulah. J. D. Caldwell obtained a master's degree in music from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and had sung with the Metropolitan Opera in [[New York City]]. After he moved his family to Tallulah, the senior Caldwell became a farmer and clothing merchant. Genevieve Caldwell, a registered nurse, held a degree from  Touro Infirmary in [[New Orleans]]. She was a public health nurse and later worked as a Madison Parish school health nurse for thirty years.[5]