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===Bean and Greg Tarver===
===Bean and Greg Tarver===
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.
Bean and [[Greg Tarver|Gregory Williams "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."