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Al Ater farmed [[corn]], [[cotton]], and [[soybean]]s through his Lakeland Planting Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/al-ater/a/55b/58b|title=Al Ater|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref> He served on the board of the Concordia Parish Farm Bureau and Catalyst Energy in Vidalia.<ref name=campaigns/> He has also farmed near Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-WATERPROOF-LA.html|title=Waterproof, Louisiana, Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref>
Al Ater farmed [[corn]], [[cotton]], and [[soybean]]s through his Lakeland Planting Company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/al-ater/a/55b/58b|title=Al Ater|publisher=linkedin.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref> He served on the board of the Concordia Parish Farm Bureau and Catalyst Energy in Vidalia.<ref name=campaigns/> He has also farmed near Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-WATERPROOF-LA.html|title=Waterproof, Louisiana, Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref>
Ater remains an active Democratic Party member, contributing in 2008 for several campaigns: to [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]], the congressional campaign of Paul Carmouche]of [[Shreveport]], senatorial candidate [[Ronnie Musgrove]] of [[Mississippi]], and for the defeated Democrat [[Don Cazayoux]] in the [[Baton Rouge]]-based U.S. House district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/al-ater.asp?cycle=08|title=Al Ater: Political Campaign Contributions, 2008|publisher=campaignmoney.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref>
Ater remains an active Democratic Party member, contributing in 2008 for several campaigns: to [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]], the congressional campaign of Paul Carmouche]of [[Shreveport]], senatorial candidate Ronnie Musgrove of [[Mississippi]], and for the defeated Democrat Don Cazayoux in the [[Baton Rouge]]-based 6th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/al-ater.asp?cycle=08|title=Al Ater: Political Campaign Contributions, 2008|publisher=campaignmoney.com|accessdate=December 23, 2009}}</ref>
==Legacy==
==Legacy==
Ater and his second wife, the former Susie Beard (born 1958), a pharmacist originally from Vidalia, live on Lake St. John near Ferriday. He has three children, one, Whitney Lauren Ater (born 1978) in [[California]] from his first marriage; and, with Susie, Thomas Alan (born 1987), and Elliott Andrew Ater (born 1989). Thomas manages the family farming operation while Elliott attended college.
Ater and his second wife, the former Susie Beard (born 1958), a pharmacist originally from Vidalia, live on Lake St. John near Ferriday. He has three children, one, Whitney Lauren Ater (born 1978) in [[California]] from his first marriage; and, with Susie, Thomas Alan (born 1987), and Elliott Andrew Ater (born 1989). Thomas manages the family farming operation while Elliott attended college.