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| death_date=August 15, 2011 (aged 95)​

| death_date=August 15, 2011 (aged 95)​

| death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana

| death_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana

| spouse                 = (1) Doris M. Dean <br>

| spouse=(1) Doris Maxine Dean (divorced)<br>

(2) Jimmie S. Dean​<br>

(2) Jimmie Straughan Smith Dean​<br>

'''Children''': <br>David Allen Dean<br> Barbara Elizabeth Dean <br>John Charles Dean​<br>

'''Children''': <br>

David Allen Dean<br>Barbara Elizabeth Dean <br>John Charles Dean​<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

Preston Allen, Sr., and Addie Swafford Dean<br>

Preston Allen, Sr., and Addie Swafford Dean<br>

A devotee of Louisiana politics, Dean recalled that [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], once bought him a hamburger while they were on the train from [[Baton Rouge]] to [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], to watch the [[Louisiana State University]] Tigers play [[football]].<ref name=willis>{{cite web|url= http://www.thepineywoods.com/PapDean.htm|author=Jack M. Willis|title=Pap Dean marks lifetime or art and politics: Art career started with sketching from comic characters in first grade at Colfax Art career started school|publisher=thepineywoods.com|date=June 26, 2009|accessdate=August 31, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

A devotee of Louisiana politics, Dean recalled that [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], once bought him a hamburger while they were on the train from [[Baton Rouge]] to [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], to watch the [[Louisiana State University]] Tigers play [[football]].<ref name=willis>{{cite web|url= http://www.thepineywoods.com/PapDean.htm|author=Jack M. Willis|title=Pap Dean marks lifetime or art and politics: Art career started with sketching from comic characters in first grade at Colfax Art career started school|publisher=thepineywoods.com|date=June 26, 2009|accessdate=August 31, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Meanwhile, the still hopeful Dean heard Governor Huey Long speak in Colfax while running for the [[United States Senate]] seat held by the respected Joseph Eugene Ransdell (1858-1954). Dean wrote Long and told him of his own plight regarding the loss of the college funds. A month later, a local banker sent Dean to Baton Rouge to see LSU President James Monroe Smith, Sr. (1888-1949), later convicted in the statewide scandals of 1939 known as the "Louisiana Hayride," an identical term to the Shreveport-based [[Country music]] program, the Louisiana Hayride. Long had asked Smith to offer Dean financial aid and entry into LSU.<ref name=willis/> By working three jobs in the meantime, Dean obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937 in [[political science]].<ref name=willis/>​

Meanwhile, the still hopeful Dean heard Governor Huey Long speak in Colfax while running for the [[United States Senate]] seat held by the respected Joseph Eugene Ransdell (1858-1954). Dean wrote Long and told him of his own plight regarding the loss of the college funds. A month later, a local banker sent Dean to Baton Rouge to see LSU President James Monroe Smith, Sr. (1888-1949), later convicted in the statewide scandals of 1939 known as the "Louisiana Hayride," an identical term to the Shreveport-based [[Country music]] program, the Louisiana Hayride. Long had asked Smith to offer Dean financial aid and entry into LSU.<ref name=willis/> By working three jobs in the meantime, Dean obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937 in [[political science]].<ref name=willis/><ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=​https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75665943/preston-allen-deanhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75665943/preston-allen-dean|title=Preston Allen "Pap" Dean, Jr. obituary|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=October 31, 2019}}</ref>

After LSU, Dean enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and then joined the staff of ''The Shreveport Times.'' He was married to the former Doris Moore and had three children. His tenure there was interrupted by three and one-half years in the [[United States Army]], beginning in 1942. He landed with an anti-aircraft battalion at [[Omaha Beach]] on [[D-Day]], received a battlefield commission, and was promoted ultimately to the rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref name=willis/>​

After LSU, Dean enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and then joined the staff of ''The Shreveport Times.'' He was married to the former Doris Moore and had three children. His tenure there was interrupted by three and one-half years in the [[United States Army]], beginning in 1942. He landed with an anti-aircraft battalion at [[Omaha Beach]] on [[D-Day]], received a battlefield commission, and was promoted ultimately to the rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref name=willis/>​<ref name=findagrave/>

==Cartoonist and author==

==Cartoonist and author==

After LSU, Dean enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and then joined the staff of ''The Shreveport Times.'' He was married to the former Doris Moore and had three children. His tenure there was interrupted by three and one-half years in the [[United States Army]], beginning in 1942. He landed with an anti-aircraft battalion at [[Omaha Beach]] on [[D-Day]], received a battlefield commission, and was promoted ultimately to the rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref name=willis/>​

After LSU, Dean enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and then joined the staff of ''The Shreveport Times.'' He was married to the former Doris Moore and had three children. His tenure there was interrupted by three and one-half years in the [[United States Army]], beginning in 1942. He landed with an anti-aircraft battalion at [[Omaha Beach]] on [[D-Day]], received a battlefield commission, and was promoted ultimately to the rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref name=willis/>​<ref name=findagrave/>

Dean’s studio was filled with sketches and caricatures of other cartoonists, including [[Al Capp]], the creator of ''Li'l Abner.'' and William Henry "Bill" Mauldin (1921-2003), whose “Up Front” appeared in ''The Stars and Stripes'' military newspaper during the war. Jeff MacNelly, [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]],'' patterned his style after Mauldin and later honored Dean with a caricature of Dean himself.<ref name=willis/>​

Dean’s studio was filled with sketches and caricatures of other cartoonists, including [[Al Capp]], the creator of ''Li'l Abner.'' and William Henry "Bill" Mauldin (1921-2003), whose “Up Front” appeared in ''The Stars and Stripes'' military newspaper during the war. Jeff MacNelly, [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]],'' patterned his style after Mauldin and later honored Dean with a caricature of Dean himself.<ref name=willis/>​

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Dean has published some of his drawings in ''Louisiana Historical Homesteads'' and wrote a history of Louisiana and a separate volume in 2005 on Natchitoches, the oldest settlement in the former [[Louisiana Purchase]]. Entitled ''Historic Natchitoches: Beauty of the Cane,'' the book is a study of the history, people, and attractions of the city. On April 13, 2006, Dean wrote a column in ''The Alexandria  Town Talk'' discussing the origin of the names of the various communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060419/COMMUNITIES/50228005|title=What makes Grant Parish special for Pap Dean|publisher=''The AlexandriaTown Talk''|date=April 13, 2006|accessdate=September 1, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Dean has published some of his drawings in ''Louisiana Historical Homesteads'' and wrote a history of Louisiana and a separate volume in 2005 on Natchitoches, the oldest settlement in the former [[Louisiana Purchase]]. Entitled ''Historic Natchitoches: Beauty of the Cane,'' the book is a study of the history, people, and attractions of the city. On April 13, 2006, Dean wrote a column in ''The Alexandria  Town Talk'' discussing the origin of the names of the various communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060419/COMMUNITIES/50228005|title=What makes Grant Parish special for Pap Dean|publisher=''The AlexandriaTown Talk''|date=April 13, 2006|accessdate=September 1, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>​<ref name=findagrave/>

After his newspaper tenure, Dean and his second wife, Jimmie S. Dean (1919–2005), retired to [[rural]] Baghdad near Colfax, known particularly as the home of the Louisiana Pecan Festival. He continued thereafter to practice his craft at his own pace through the River Oaks Studio in downtown [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], some twenty-five miles south of Colfax.​

Dean was divorced from his first wife, Doris Maxine Dean. After his newspaper tenure, Dean and his second wife, Jimmie Straughan Smith Dean (1919–2005), retired to [[rural]] Baghdad near Colfax, known particularly as the home of the Louisiana Pecan Festival. He continued thereafter to practice his craft at his own pace through the River Oaks Studio in downtown [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], some twenty-five miles south of Colfax.​

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Dean died ten days before his 96th birthday in an Alexandria hospital. His former ''Shreveport Times'' colleague, [[Wiley Hilburn]], said that the newspaper office "sort of revolved around Pap. He had a big desk, light table, in the middle of the newsroom. He was a really likable guy. ... He was really good at what he did, and we all grew to rely on him."<ref name=ddeath/>​

Dean died ten days before his 96th birthday in an Alexandria hospital. His former ''Shreveport Times'' colleague, [[Wiley Hilburn]], said that the newspaper office "sort of revolved around Pap. He had a big desk, light table, in the middle of the newsroom. He was a really likable guy. ... He was really good at what he did, and we all grew to rely on him."<ref name=ddeath/>​