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Kelly said much of the talk among legislators at the funeral only days earlier for state Senator John Joseph Hainkel, Jr. (1938-2005) of [[New Orleans]] was of their friend Bean. Hines, who succeeded Hainkel as Senate President, said that it had "been a tough, tough few days we've had here."
Kelly said much of the talk among legislators at the funeral only days earlier for state Senator John Joseph Hainkel, Jr. (1938-2005) of [[New Orleans]] was of their friend Bean. Hines, who succeeded Hainkel as Senate President, said that it had "been a tough, tough few days we've had here."
===Bean and Tarver===
===Bean and Greg Tarver===
Bean and Gregory Tarver, another state senator from Shreveport, met while serving on the Caddo Parish Police Jury (equivalent of county commission in other states). Though Bean was a white Republican and Tarver is an [[African-American]] Democrat, the two found that they could work together and became close friends.
Bean and Gregory "Greg" Tarver, another state senator from Shreveport, met while serving on the Caddo Parish Police Jury (equivalent of county commission in other states). Though Bean was a white Republican and Tarver is an [[African-American]] Democrat, the two found that they could work together and became close friends.
"I used to drive to his house late at night and we'd go places together; we just became big buddies. ... I could tell you a lot of funny things Ron did and I did, but none of them for print. He was a character," said Tarver. Bean often told Tarver, whose family is in the funeral home business, that he'd be "the first white man you'll ever have to bury." Tarver added, "That was our standing joke. … I told him that my family had [then] been in the business for 105 years, and we ain't [sic] buried a white man yet. We'd joke about that all the time."
"I used to drive to his house late at night and we'd go places together; we just became big buddies. ... I could tell you a lot of funny things Ron did and I did, but none of them for print. He was a character," said Tarver. Bean often told Tarver, whose family is in the funeral home business, that he'd be "the first white man you'll ever have to bury." Tarver added, "That was our standing joke. … I told him that my family had [then] been in the business for 105 years, and we ain't [sic] buried a white man yet. We'd joke about that all the time."