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Line 27: − + − − In June 2007, a joint resolution of the state legislature congratulated Bankston on his 100th birthday. The legislators described Bankston as a "political icon" and a "mover and shaker with nearly seventy years of experience in the public arena."<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/politics/10306762.html|author=Jared Janes|title=Bankston honored on 100th birthday|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=October 8, 2007}}</ref> − + − Jesse Homer Bankston was the last surviving of eleven children born to the former Allie Ames Magee (1876-1940) and Leon Victor Bankston (1869-1967) in Mount Hermon in Washington Parish west of the [[Mississippi]] state line. He was educated in public schools and received his Bachelor of Arts and [[Master of Arts]] degrees from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] in 1933 and 1936, respectively. He did further graduate work at the [[University of North Carolina]] in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]], [[North Carolina]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=jesse-homer-bankston&pid=146841086|title=Obituary of Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 30, 2010|accessdate=December 1, 2010}}</ref>+ + +
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|death_date=November 25, 2010 (aged 103)
|death_date=November 25, 2010 (aged 103)
|death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|spouse= Ruth Paine Bankston (marriede c. 1938 – 1997, her death)
|resting_place=Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge
|spouse=Ruth Paine Bankston (marriede c. 1938 – 1997, her death)
|children=Dale Leon Bankston
|children=Dale Leon Bankston
Larry Stephen Bankston (former state senator)<br>
Larry Stephen Bankston (former state senator)<br>
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'''Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr.''' (October 7, 1907 – November 25, 2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=jesse-bankston&pid=146841086|title=Jesse Bankston, Sr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 28, 2010|accessdate=November 28, 2010}}</ref> was a [[politician]] within the [[Democratic Party]] of [[Louisiana]], a [[business]]man, and, at his death at the age of 103, a member of the board of Louisiana [[PBS|Public Broadcasting]].
'''Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr.''' (October 7, 1907 – November 25, 2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=jesse-bankston&pid=146841086|title=Jesse Bankston, Sr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 28, 2010|accessdate=November 28, 2010}}</ref> was a [[politician]] within the [[Democratic Party]] of [[Louisiana]], a [[business]]man, and, at his death at the age of 103, a member of the board of Louisiana [[PBS|Public Broadcasting]].
Bankston became involved in a dispute in 1959 with [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] which led to Bankston's dismissal as the director of the State Department of Hospitals. Long's estranged wife, [[Blanche Long|Blanche Revere Long]], had committed her husband to the mental institution Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish. Long ordered Bankston, an otherwise loyal supporter, to discharge him, but Bankston refused because he believed that Long needed treatment; his recent behavior had been erratic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,825730,00.html |title=Invictus?|publisher=''[[Time magazine|Time]]''|date=undated}}</ref> With the affirmation of Lieutenant Governor [[Lether Frazar]], and state Attorney General [[Jack P. F. Gremillion]], Long fired Bankston and replaced him with a pliable supporter, who immediately took steps to release the governor from the hospital. During this confrontation, Bankston was also at the time at odds with his political ally, state Senator [[B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn]], a political powerhouse from Bogalusa in Washington Parish, who remained steadfast to Long.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidenorthside.com/oct_nov03/art11.htm |title=Missing|publisher=''Inside Northside Magazine''|date=October/November 2003.</ref>
Bankston became involved in a dispute in 1959 with [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] which led to Bankston's dismissal as the director of the State Department of Hospitals. Long's estranged wife, [[Blanche Long|Blanche Revere Long]], had committed her husband to the mental institution Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish. Long ordered Bankston, an otherwise loyal supporter, to discharge him, but Bankston refused because he believed that Long needed treatment; his recent behavior had been erratic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,825730,00.html |title=Invictus?|publisher=''[[Time magazine|Time]]''|date=undated}}</ref> With the affirmation of Lieutenant Governor [[Lether Frazar]], and state Attorney General [[Jack P. F. Gremillion]], Long fired Bankston and replaced him with a pliable supporter, who immediately took steps to release the governor from the hospital. During this confrontation, Bankston was also at the time at odds with his political ally, state Senator [[B. B. "Sixty" Rayburn]], a political powerhouse from Bogalusa in Washington Parish, who remained steadfast to Long.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidenorthside.com/oct_nov03/art11.htm |title=Missing|publisher=''Inside Northside Magazine''|date=October/November 2003.</ref>
==Background==
In June 2007, a joint resolution of the state legislature congratulated Bankston on his 100th birthday. The legislators described Bankston as a "political icon" and a "mover and shaker with nearly seventy years of experience in the public arena."<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/politics/10306762.html|author=Jared Janes|title=Bankston honored on 100th birthday|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=October 8, 2007}}</ref>
==Background==
Bankston was the last surviving of eleven children born to the former Allie Ames Magee (1876-1940) and Leon Victor Bankston (1869-1967) in Mount Hermon in Washington Parish west of the [[Mississippi]] state line. He was educated in public schools and received his Bachelor of Arts and [[Master of Arts]] degrees from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] in 1933 and 1936, respectively. He did further graduate work at the [[University of North Carolina]] in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]], [[North Carolina]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=jesse-homer-bankston&pid=146841086|title=Obituary of Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 30, 2010|accessdate=December 1, 2010}}</ref>
Bankston married the former Ruth Paine (1918–1997), a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Paine, Sr. She was a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Democratic Executive Committee and was a delegate to two [[Democratic National Convention]]s. The Bankstons had a daughter, Shirley B. Newsham, and three sons, Dale Leon Bankston, Larry Stephen Bankston, and Jesse Bankston, Jr. Larry Bankston, an [[attorney]], served as a Democratic member of the Baton Rouge City-Parish Commission and as a state senator.
Bankston married the former Ruth Paine (1918–1997), a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Paine, Sr. She was a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Democratic Executive Committee and was a delegate to two [[Democratic National Convention]]s. The Bankstons had a daughter, Shirley B. Newsham, and three sons, Dale Leon Bankston, Larry Stephen Bankston, and Jesse Bankston, Jr. Larry Bankston, an [[attorney]], served as a Democratic member of the Baton Rouge City-Parish Commission and as a state senator.