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==Career==
 
==Career==
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In 1950, LeBleu wed the former Virgie Annie McCall (1918-2016), and the couple established their residence in her native Cameron Parish. Mrs. LeBleu was the daughter of the 40-year Cameron Parish School Superintendent Thomas William McCall (1884-1967) and the former Marie Portal (1887-1976), also an educator. Mrs. LeBleu was descended from Dr. Milledge Eillism McCall (1803-1880), the patriarch of the first white family to settle in the Grand Chenier area. Like her husband and parents, Virgie LeBleu  was a graduate of LSU. She worked in public education in Cameron Parish and was instrumental in the establishment and the stocking of the Cameron Parish Library. During the devastating Hurricane Audrey in 1957, the LeBleus took emergency shelter in a large oak tree near their home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167179541/virgie-annie-lebleu|title=Virgie Annie McCall LeBleu|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=November 29, 2020}}</ref>
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In 1950, LeBleu wed the former Virgie Annie McCall (1918–2016), and the couple established their residence in her native Cameron Parish. Mrs. LeBleu was the daughter of the 40-year Cameron Parish School Superintendent Thomas William McCall (1884–1967) and the former Marie Portal (1887–1976), also an educator. Mrs. LeBleu was descended from Dr. Milledge Eillism McCall (1803–1880), the patriarch of the first white family to settle in the Grand Chenier area. Like her husband and parents, Virgie LeBleu  was a graduate of LSU. She worked in public education in Cameron Parish and was instrumental in the establishment and the stocking of the Cameron Parish Library. During the devastating Hurricane Audrey in 1957, the LeBleus took emergency shelter in a large oak tree near their home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167179541/virgie-annie-lebleu|title=Virgie Annie McCall LeBleu|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=November 29, 2020}}</ref>
    
Conway LeBleu was a member of the Cattleman's Association, the [[Farm Bureau]], and the Optimist Club. He was active in the Sabine River Authority, the administrative agency for Toledo Bend Reservoir. He was a member of the Louisiana Intracoastal Seaway Association, the Cameron Waterworks Board, and prior to his legislative tenure the Cameron Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body akin to the county commission in most other states.<ref name=lebleu/>
 
Conway LeBleu was a member of the Cattleman's Association, the [[Farm Bureau]], and the Optimist Club. He was active in the Sabine River Authority, the administrative agency for Toledo Bend Reservoir. He was a member of the Louisiana Intracoastal Seaway Association, the Cameron Waterworks Board, and prior to his legislative tenure the Cameron Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body akin to the county commission in most other states.<ref name=lebleu/>
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[[File:Conway Charles LeBleu of LA.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Conway Charles LeBleu, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agent killed in the 1993 [[Waco, Texas|Waco]] siege. He was the nephew of state Representative LeBleu, for whom no photo is available.]]
 
[[File:Conway Charles LeBleu of LA.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Conway Charles LeBleu, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agent killed in the 1993 [[Waco, Texas|Waco]] siege. He was the nephew of state Representative LeBleu, for whom no photo is available.]]
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Conway Charles LeBleu (1962-1993), a nephew of Conway and Virgie LeBleu, was one of four agents of the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms]] who were killed while searching for illegal weapons  in the federal siege of the [[Branch Davidians]] compound headed by [[David Koresh]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]] More than eighty of the Branch Davidians died in a  raid authorized in April 1993 by the [[Bill Clinton]]-appointed [[United States Attorney General]] [[Janet Reno]] after a two-month standoff. Conway Charles LeBleu, who was killed on the first day of the crisis on February 28, is interred at Consolata Cemetery in Lake Charles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=23511537&PIpi=8755087/|title=Conway Charles LeBleu|publisher=Findagrave.com|author=Gloria Bello|date=December 21, 2007|accessdate=November 29, 2020}}</ref>
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Conway Charles LeBleu (1962–1993), a nephew of Conway and Virgie LeBleu, was one of four agents of the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms]] who were killed while searching for illegal weapons  in the federal siege of the [[Branch Davidians]] compound headed by [[David Koresh]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]] More than eighty of the Branch Davidians died in a  raid authorized in April 1993 by the [[Bill Clinton]]-appointed [[United States Attorney General]] [[Janet Reno]] after a two-month standoff. Conway Charles LeBleu, who was killed on the first day of the crisis on February 28, is interred at Consolata Cemetery in Lake Charles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=23511537&PIpi=8755087/|title=Conway Charles LeBleu|publisher=Findagrave.com|author=Gloria Bello|date=December 21, 2007|accessdate=November 29, 2020}}</ref>
    
LeBleu's archival material is located at McNeese State University in Lake Charles. The Conway LeBleu Memorial Bridge, also called the Gibbstown Bridge, over the Louisiana Intracoastal Waterway is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestoftheroad.com/place/conway-lebleu-memorial-bridge-cameron/140556|title=Description: Conway LeBleu Memorial Bridge|publisher=bestoftheroad.com|accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
 
LeBleu's archival material is located at McNeese State University in Lake Charles. The Conway LeBleu Memorial Bridge, also called the Gibbstown Bridge, over the Louisiana Intracoastal Waterway is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestoftheroad.com/place/conway-lebleu-memorial-bridge-cameron/140556|title=Description: Conway LeBleu Memorial Bridge|publisher=bestoftheroad.com|accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
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