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==Background==
==Background==
Keahey (pronounced KAY HE) was born to Jack Keahey, Sr. (1908–1995), and the former Rayma Lorena George (1912–2011)<ref name=lmc>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=1281&GScid=197122&|title=Legion Memorial Cemetery interments|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, the smallest parish in population in Louisiana, located adjacent to the [[Mississippi River]] in the northeastern portion of the state. The senior Keahey relocated to Louisiana Cairo, [[Illinois]], to assist in the construction of the Mississippi River levee. Rayma Keahey's family moved Yell County in northern [[Arkansas]] to Newellton in northern Tensas Parish. Interest in levees hence spanned two generation of Keaheys.<ref name=obit>Obituary of Jack Keahey, ''The Monroe News-Star'', May 6, 2007.</ref>
Keahey (pronounced KAY HE) was born to Jack Keahey, Sr. (1908–1995), and the former Rayma Lorena George (1912–2011)<ref name=lmc>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=1281&GScid=197122&|title=Legion Memorial Cemetery interments|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 8, 2011}}</ref> St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, the smallest parish in population in Louisiana, located adjacent to the [[Mississippi River]] in the northeastern portion of the state. The senior Keahey relocated to Louisiana Cairo, [[Illinois]], to assist in the construction of the Mississippi River levee. Rayma Keahey's family moved Yell County in northern [[Arkansas]] to Newellton in northern Tensas Parish. Interest in levees hence spanned two generation of Keaheys.<ref name=obit>Obituary of Jack Keahey, ''[[Monroe News Star]],'' May 6, 2007.</ref>
==Levee district==
==Levee district==