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==Background==

==Background==

Nix was born and reared in Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana.<ref>"Louisiana: J. Kelly Nix", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who:[New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), p. 668.</ref> He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery, as are his parents, T. J. Nix (1904-1971) and Lillian O. Nix (1905-1973).​<ref name=coxfuneralhome>{{cite web|url=http://www.coxfuneralhomes.com/obituary/J.-Kelly-Nix/Baton-Rouge-Louisiana/1867846|title=J. Kelly Nix obituary|publisher=Cox Funeral Home in Oak Grove, Louisiana|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>

Nix was born and reared in Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana.<ref>"Louisiana: J. Kelly Nix", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), p. 668.</ref> He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery, as are his parents, T. J. Nix (1904-1971) and Lillian O. Nix (1905-1973).​<ref name=coxfuneralhome>{{cite web|url=http://www.coxfuneralhomes.com/obituary/J.-Kelly-Nix/Baton-Rouge-Louisiana/1867846|title=J. Kelly Nix obituary|publisher=Cox Funeral Home in Oak Grove, Louisiana|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</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|page=19|publisher=Parlouisiana.org |accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</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|page=19|publisher=Parlouisiana.org |accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​