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'''Billy James Guin, Sr.''' (November 14, 1927 &ndash; January 28, 2020),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=billy-james-guin&pid=195312963|title=Billy James Guin, Sr. obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref> was a [[business]]man and [[engineer]] from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who from 1977 to 1978 was his city's last public utilities commissioner under the former commission system of municipal government. In that capacity, he pushed successfully for the [[flouridation]] of the municipal water system.<ref>In [[Shreveport]] and in other cities with the commission form of government, the commissioner exercises both legislative and executive duties, on the five-member city council itself and as a department head. This position should not be confused with a county commissioner, most of whom were and still are elected by single-member districts. County commissioners are the "legislators" of a county (called parish in Louisiana), with the county judge normally in the role of the "executive" head of the county. In Louisiana, the executive of the parish can be the police jury president, the president of the parish, or a parish "administrator", depending on the structure of the parish government. City commissioners could not be chosen on a district basis, as their administrative duties affected the entire city. [[African American]]s were not then elected to city government in most parts of the Southern United States. An outcry in the [[civil rights]] movement raised legal challenges to the city commission governments, and many were struck down as unconstitutional, including the Shreveport commission in a 1978 court case.</ref> In 1961, Guin became involved in the development of the Louisiana [[Republican Party]] to majority status in his state. In 1964, he and two others became the first members of their party ever elected to the Caddo Parish School Board and served a single six-year term.<ref name=zoominfo/><ref name=obit/>

'''Billy James Guin, Sr.''' (November 14, 1927 &ndash; January 28, 2020),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=billy-james-guin&pid=195312963|title=Billy James Guin, Sr. obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref> was a [[business]]man and [[engineer]] from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who from 1977 to 1978 was his city's last public utilities commissioner under the former commission system of municipal government. In that capacity, he pushed successfully for the flouridation of the municipal water system.<ref>In [[Shreveport]] and in other cities with the commission form of government, the commissioner exercises both legislative and executive duties, on the five-member city council itself and as a department head. This position should not be confused with a county commissioner, most of whom were and still are elected by single-member districts. County commissioners are the "legislators" of a county (called parish in Louisiana), with the county judge normally in the role of the "executive" head of the county. In Louisiana, the executive of the parish can be the police jury president, the president of the parish, or a parish "administrator", depending on the structure of the parish government. City commissioners could not be chosen on a district basis, as their administrative duties affected the entire city. [[African American]]s were not then elected to city government in most parts of the Southern United States. An outcry in the [[civil rights]] movement raised legal challenges to the city commission governments, and many were struck down as unconstitutional, including the Shreveport commission in a 1978 court case.</ref> In 1961, Guin became involved in the development of the Louisiana [[Republican Party]] to majority status in his state. In 1964, he and two others became the first members of their party ever elected to the Caddo Parish School Board and served a single six-year term.<ref name=zoominfo/><ref name=obit/>

==Background==

==Background==

==Personal life==

==Personal life==

Guin was a [[deacon]], choir member, and [[clarinet]] player at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Shreveport.<ref name=obit/> He is also a member of Rotary International. Billy and Nancy Guin had a son, Billy Guin, Jr. (born 1951), a [[lawyer]] since 1978, formerly with the Shreveport firm of Rountree and Guin. His specialities are civil practice, mediation, criminal defense, and insurance defense litigation. The junior Guin, now resides in Fredericksburg, Texas.<ref name=obit/> Alice Reeves Guin Lind (born 1955) of Shreveport, formerly from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Alice&qmi=G&qn=Lind&qcs=Alexandria%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Alice G. Lind|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref> Elizabeth Anne "Lisa" Leonard (born 1957) of Metairie in Jefferson Parish,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Elizabeth&qmi=G&qn=Leonard&qcs=Metairie&focusfirst=1|title=Elizabeth Guin Leonard|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref> and Mary Virginia "Ginny" Reynolds (born 1962) of Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Mary&qmi=G&qn=Reynolds&qcs=Shreveport%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Mary V. Guin Reynolds|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>

Guin was a [[deacon]] for many years, a choir member, and [[clarinet]] player at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Shreveport.<ref name=obit/> He is also a member of Rotary International. Billy and Nancy Guin had a son, Billy Guin, Jr. (born 1951), a [[lawyer]] since 1978, formerly with the Shreveport firm of Rountree and Guin. His specialities are civil practice, mediation, criminal defense, and insurance defense litigation. The junior Guin, moved his law practice to Fredericksburg, Texas.<ref name=obit/> Alice Reeves Guin Lind (born 1955) of Shreveport, formerly from [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Alice&qmi=G&qn=Lind&qcs=Alexandria%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Alice G. Lind|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref> Elizabeth Anne "Lisa" Leonard (born 1957) of Metairie in Jefferson Parish,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Elizabeth&qmi=G&qn=Leonard&qcs=Metairie&focusfirst=1|title=Elizabeth Guin Leonard|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref> and Mary Virginia "Ginny" Reynolds (born 1962) of Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Mary&qmi=G&qn=Reynolds&qcs=Shreveport%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Mary V. Guin Reynolds|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>

Guin took flying lessons as a birthday gift when he turned seventy in 1997. He completed his first solo flight at the age of seventy-one.<ref name=obit/>

Guin took flying lessons as a birthday gift when he turned seventy in 1997. He completed his first solo flight at the age of seventy-one.<ref name=obit/>