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On [[Valentine's Day]] 1953, Yelverton married the former Lorraine LeJeune of Addis in West Baton Rouge Parish. Yelverton was soon called by the Air Force to active duty as an intelligence officer with the [[Strategic Air Command]]. Lorraine joined him in the military, and in 1954, Clark J. Yelverton, the oldest of their seven children, was born at an Air Force installation in [[Spokane]], [[Washington]].<ref name=obit/>
On [[Valentine's Day]] 1953, Yelverton married the former Lorraine LeJeune of Addis in West Baton Rouge Parish. Yelverton was soon called by the Air Force to active duty as an intelligence officer with the [[Strategic Air Command]]. Lorraine joined him in the military, and in 1954, Clark J. Yelverton, the oldest of their seven children, was born at an Air Force installation in [[Spokane]], [[Washington]].<ref name=obit/>
After his tour of duty with the Air Force ended, the Yelvertons returned to Baton Rouge where he enrolled in 1955 at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LADATA/1998-10/0908766916|title=J. Cleveland Fruge, ''Biographies of Louisiana Judges'', 1971|publisher=Louisiana District Association, publishers. 1971|accessdate=August 27, 2009}}</ref> There, their second son, Scott R. Yelverton, was born. While in law school, Yelverton worked for state Senator J. D. DeBlieux of Baton Rouge, whose reputation of honesty and morality in public life Yelverton admired. In his last year of law school, Yelverton received the Allen Barksdale Award for scholastic accomplishments. Upon graduation in 1957, the Yelvertons relocated to Lake Charles where he was affiliated with the firm, Camp, Palmer, Yelverton & Carwile. One of his first tasks there was to process government disaster loans following Hurricane Audrey, which particularly devastated neighboring Cameron Parish.<ref name=obit/>
After his tour of duty with the Air Force ended, the Yelvertons returned to Baton Rouge where he enrolled in 1955 at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LADATA/1998-10/0908766916|title=J. Cleveland Fruge, ''Biographies of Louisiana Judges'', 1971|publisher=Louisiana District Association, publishers. 1971|accessdate=August 27, 2009}}</ref> There, their second son, Scott R. Yelverton, was born. While in law school, Yelverton worked for state Senator [[J. D. DeBlieux]] of Baton Rouge, whose reputation of honesty and morality in public life Yelverton admired. In his last year of law school, Yelverton received the Allen Barksdale Award for scholastic accomplishments. Upon graduation in 1957, the Yelvertons relocated to Lake Charles where he was affiliated with the firm, Camp, Palmer, Yelverton & Carwile. One of his first tasks there was to process government disaster loans following Hurricane Audrey, which particularly devastated neighboring Cameron Parish.<ref name=obit/>