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Nix graduated in 1953 from Oak Grove High School; he had only six classmates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tree52.com/Groups_Class.php?csc=1953&csi=8150&csn=Oak%20Grove%20High%20School|title=Oak Grove High School (Class of 1953)|publisher=tree52.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref> He served in the [[United States Army]] from 1955 to 1957. In 1958, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Public Administration from what is now the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then known as Northeast Louisiana State College, and a master's and further graduate studies in 1961 at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. From 1962 to 1965, after he left LSU, he was a researcher for the Public Affairs Research Council, a "good government" [[interest group]] headed at the time by [[Ed Steimel]], later the executive director of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. From 1965 to 1968, he taught public administration at the college level. From 1969 to 1971, Nix was the executive director for the North Delta Regional Planning and Development District in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=parc>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111144243/http://www.parlouisiana.org/s3web/1002087/docs/Constitutional%20Amendment%20Archive/CA1979_Sept.pdf  |title=J. Kelly Nix, p. 19 |publisher=Parlouisiana.org |accessdate=November 11, 2014}}</ref>​

Nix graduated in 1953 from Oak Grove High School; he had only six classmates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tree52.com/Groups_Class.php?csc=1953&csi=8150&csn=Oak%20Grove%20High%20School|title=Oak Grove High School (Class of 1953)|publisher=tree52.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref> He served in the [[United States Army]] from 1955 to 1957. In 1958, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Public Administration from what is now the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then known as Northeast Louisiana State College, and a master's and further graduate studies in 1961 at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. From 1962 to 1965, after he left LSU, he was a researcher for the Public Affairs Research Council, a "good government" [[interest group]] headed at the time by [[Ed Steimel]], later the executive director of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. From 1965 to 1968, he taught public administration at the college level. From 1969 to 1971, Nix was the executive director for the North Delta Regional Planning and Development District in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=parc>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111144243/http://www.parlouisiana.org/s3web/1002087/docs/Constitutional%20Amendment%20Archive/CA1979_Sept.pdf  |title=J. Kelly Nix, p. 19 |publisher=Parlouisiana.org |accessdate=November 11, 2014}}</ref>​

Nix and his first wife, the former Martha Jo'Ann McCurdy (born 1936), a native of Lake Providence in East Carroll who lives in Baton Rouge, had four children, two still living, Emily Celeste Nix and Jennifer Kathleen Nix Marionneaux, and her husband, Brad Paul Marionneaux. Their son, Kevin Patrick Nix (1965-2012), was a paramedic in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], until his death at the age of forty-seven.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=161651089#fbLoggedOut|title=Kevin Patrick Nix obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=October 7, 2013}}</ref>​ Another daughter, Elizabeth Ann Nix, is also deceased.<ref name=coxfuneralhome/>

Nix and his first wife, the former Martha Jo'Ann McCurdy (born 1936), a native of Lake Providence in East Carroll who lives in Baton Rouge, had four children, two still living, Emily Celeste Nix and Jennifer Kathleen Nix Marionneaux, and her husband, Brad Paul Marionneaux. Their son, Kevin Patrick Nix (1965-2012), was a paramedic in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], until his death at the age of forty-seven.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=161651089#fbLoggedOut|title=Kevin Patrick Nix obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​ Another daughter, Elizabeth Ann Nix, is also deceased.<ref name=coxfuneralhome/>

After his divorce, Nix in 2006 wed the former Pamela Theresa Gros Babin of New Orleans. He has a stepdaughter, Denise T. Babin Scherer.<ref name=coxfuneralhome/>

After his divorce, Nix in 2006 wed the former Pamela Theresa Gros Babin of New Orleans. He has a stepdaughter, Denise T. Babin Scherer.<ref name=coxfuneralhome/>