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-Boucher died at 6:30 a.m. [[Christmas]] Day 2004 after a three-year struggle with [[cancer]]. Services were held on December 28, 2004, at the First [[United Methodist]] Church in Springhill. Honorary pallbearers include well-known figures: Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, Louisiana State Senator Robert R. Adley, former State Senator [[Jack Montgomery (Louisiana politician)|John Willard "Jack" Montgomery]], then state Representative [[Jean Doerge]], Bossier City Mayor George Dement, former [[Heisman Trophy]] winner from Springhill John David Crow, and former U.S. Representative [[Joe Waggonner]] of Louisiana's 4th congressional district.<ref name=obit/>
+Boucher died at 6:30 a.m. [[Christmas]] Day 2004 after a three-year struggle with [[cancer]]. Services were held on December 28, 2004, at the First [[United Methodist]] Church in Springhill. Honorary pallbearers include well-known figures: Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, then state Senator [[Robert Adley (Louisiana politician)|Robert Roy Adley]], former State Senator [[Jack Montgomery (Louisiana politician)|John Willard "Jack" Montgomery]], then state Representative [[Jean Doerge]], Bossier City Mayor George Dement, former [[Heisman Trophy]] winner from Springhill John David Crow, and former U.S. Representative [[Joe Waggonner]] of Louisiana's 4th congressional district.<ref name=obit/>
 In addition to Ely, his other siblings were Henry Creel Boucher (1913–1992), David G. Boucher (step-brother) of Atlanta, [[Texas]], Lynn Boucher (step-sister); the late Katie Boucher Nelson, and Estelle "Sally" Boucher Slack (1916-1977). He had three daughters, Savannah Boucher of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], Sherry Boucher of Benton in [[Bossier City|Bossier Parish]], an actress who was the third wife of the actor George Peppard (1928-1994), and Jessica Boucher-Ford and husband Randall L. Ford of [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and two grandchildren, Nathan Kyle Rogers and Chessa Lytle.<ref name=obit/><ref name=boco/>

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-Boucher returned to Springhill to resume his insurance business but soon branched into developing subdivisions and constructing apartments, shopping centers, industrial buildings, schools, and hotels, in both Louisiana and Pine Bluff, Hot Springs and Fordyce, Arkansas. Upon returning to Springhill he realized the lack of rental housing. This prompted him to begin building houses. In 1946, he opened an electric supply company in Springhill, known as B & S Supply, Inc., which by 1975 was a Fortune 500 company. His development projects were in Springhill, Bossier City, Vivian, [[Baton Rouge]], Lake Charles, and [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] as well [[Little Rock]] and Pine Bluff, Arkansas.<ref name=obit/><ref name=boco/>
+Boucher returned to Springhill to resume his insurance business but soon branched into developing subdivisions and constructing apartments, shopping centers, industrial buildings, schools, and hotels, in both Louisiana and Pine Bluff, Hot Springs and Fordyce, Arkansas. Upon returning to Springhill he realized the lack of rental housing. This prompted him to begin building houses. In 1946, he opened an electric supply company in Springhill, known as B & S Supply, Inc., which by 1975 was a Fortune 500 company. His development projects were in Springhill, Bossier City, Vivian, [[Baton Rouge]], [[Lake Charles]], and [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] as well [[Little Rock]] and Pine Bluff, Arkansas.<ref name=obit/><ref name=boco/>
-He was elected mayor in 1958 to succeed [[Charles McConnell, a [[lawyer]] who subsequently made losing races in 1967 and 1971 for the Louisiana House of Representatives. He did not seek reelection as mayor in 1962 and was succeeded by James Allen. Active in civic matters, Boucher was the chairman of the Springhill American Legion post and as president of the Springhill Lions Club, and the Springhill High School Alumni Association, which he formed with his friend Woodrow Turner. He also organized and developed the Lumberjack Festival in Springhill, named for the high school athletic teams.<ref name=obit/> In 1957, he was named head of the Webster Parish [[United Way of America]] charity drive.<ref>"Jesse Boucher heads United Fund," ''Minden Herald,'' June 13, 1957, p. 1.</ref>
+He was elected mayor in 1958 to succeed [[Charles McConnell]], an [[attorney]] who subsequently made losing races in 1967 and 1971 for the Louisiana House of Representatives. He did not seek reelection as mayor in 1962 and was succeeded by James Allen. Active in civic matters, Boucher was the chairman of the Springhill American Legion post and as president of the Springhill Lions Club, and the Springhill High School Alumni Association, which he formed with his friend Woodrow Turner. He also organized and developed the Lumberjack Festival in Springhill, named for the high school athletic teams.<ref name=obit/> In 1957, he was named head of the Webster Parish [[United Way of America]] charity drive.<ref>"Jesse Boucher heads United Fund," ''Minden Herald,'' June 13, 1957, p. 1.</ref>
 In 1958, Mrs. Boucher became the first lady of Springhill when her husband was elected mayor. She opened a gift shop, which allowed her to further her interest in art and design. She received an accreditation from the New York Institute of Art and Design. She designed houses built by Boucher & Slack. She developed apartment complexes in [[Shreveport]] and [[Bossier City]]; including Spring Lake Pointe, Sherry Lane, Green Acres, Village Square North and South, and Village Lane Townhouses. She was recognized as "Woman Builder of the Year" in the middle 1990s.<ref name=eloiseobit/>
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 [[Image:Boucher family of LA.jpg|450px|right|thumb|Jesse Boucher with wife, Eloise, and two of the three daughters, Savannah and Sherry c. 1960]]
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 In addition to Ely, his other siblings were Henry Creel Boucher (1913–1992), David G. Boucher (step-brother) of Atlanta, [[Texas]], Lynn Boucher (step-sister); the late Katie Boucher Nelson, and Estelle "Sally" Boucher Slack (1916-1977). He had three daughters, Savannah Boucher of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], Sherry Boucher of Benton in [[Bossier City|Bossier Parish]], an actress who was the third wife of the actor George Peppard (1928-1994), and Jessica Boucher-Ford and husband Randall L. Ford of [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and two grandchildren, Nathan Kyle Rogers and Chessa Lytle.<ref name=obit/><ref name=boco/>
-Boucher's cousin, [[Drayton Boucher|Drayton Rogers Boucher]], held the Bossier/Webster Parish state senate seat from 1940 to 1952.<ref>"Wiley Family of Shongaloo" genealogy: Rootsweb.ancestry.com</ref> His brother-in-law, [[Johnny Herrington]], was the Springhill mayor from 1978 to 1986 and again, from 1995 to 2006.
+Boucher's cousin, [[Drayton Boucher|Drayton Rogers Boucher]], held the Bossier/Webster Parish state senate seat from 1940 to 1952. His brother-in-law, [[Johnny Herrington]], was the Springhill mayor from 1978 to 1986 and again, from 1995 to 2006.
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 Boucher was honored repeatedly by his peers in the real estate business by having been selected for the "Who’s Who" and the "National Register" of Real Estate Developers and "Builder of the Year" in 1995–1996. He was inducted into the "Long Purple Line" at Northwestern State University.<ref name=obit/>
-[[Image:Boucher family of LA.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Jesse Boucher with wife, Eloise, and two of the three daughters, Savannah and Sherry c. 1960]]
 ==Death==
 Boucher died at 6:30 a.m. [[Christmas]] Day 2004 after a three-year struggle with [[cancer]]. Services were held on December 28, 2004, at the First [[United Methodist]] Church in Springhill. Honorary pallbearers include well-known figures: Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, Louisiana State Senator Robert R. Adley, former State Senator [[Jack Montgomery (Louisiana politician)|John Willard "Jack" Montgomery]], then state Representative [[Jean Doerge]], Bossier City Mayor George Dement, former [[Heisman Trophy]] winner from Springhill John David Crow, and former U.S. Representative [[Joe Waggonner]] of Louisiana's 4th congressional district.<ref name=obit/>

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 Boucher was honored repeatedly by his peers in the real estate business by having been selected for the "Who’s Who" and the "National Register" of Real Estate Developers and "Builder of the Year" in 1995–1996. He was inducted into the "Long Purple Line" at Northwestern State University.<ref name=obit/>
-[[Image:Boucher family of LA.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Jesse Boucher with wife and two of the three daughters, c. 1960]]
+[[Image:Boucher family of LA.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Jesse Boucher with wife, Eloise, and two of the three daughters, Savannah and Sherry c. 1960]]
 ==Death==
 Boucher died at 6:30 a.m. [[Christmas]] Day 2004 after a three-year struggle with [[cancer]]. Services were held on December 28, 2004, at the First [[United Methodist]] Church in Springhill. Honorary pallbearers include well-known figures: Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, Louisiana State Senator Robert R. Adley, former State Senator [[Jack Montgomery (Louisiana politician)|John Willard "Jack" Montgomery]], then state Representative [[Jean Doerge]], Bossier City Mayor George Dement, former [[Heisman Trophy]] winner from Springhill John David Crow, and former U.S. Representative [[Joe Waggonner]] of Louisiana's 4th congressional district.<ref name=obit/>

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 |preceded=[[Charles McConnell|Charles Emmett "Jack" McConnell]]
 |succeeded=James Allen
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-|rank=Captain at Clovis, [[New Mexico]]
+[[United States Navy]]
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 '''Jesse L. Boucher''' (January 7, 1912 &ndash; December 25, 2004)<ref name=obit>Jesse L. Boucher obituary, ''Minden Press-Herald'', December 27, 2004, access date= January 16, 2015.</ref> was a north [[Louisiana]] [[insurance]] agency owner and large-scale [[real estate]] developer who served from 1958 to 1962 as the mayor of his native Springhill in northern Webster Parish near the [[Arkansas]] boundary.
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 As an outstanding football player at the end position for the Springhill Lumberjacks, young Boucher received an athletic scholarship to [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], then known as "Louisiana Normal". There he played football, ran track, and was a Golden Gloves [[Boxing|boxer]], including participation in a conference-winning mile relay race. He was president of both his senior class and the NSU student body.<ref name=obit/>
-After he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1935, he taught and coached in Webster Parish for three years: first in the Evergreen Community south of Shongaloo, then at Doyline High School in the village of Doyline, and, finally, at Minden High School [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], the parish seat of government. He was also briefly employed in 1938 by [[Warner Brothers]] Pictures as a "ticket counter" before he joined his friend Wilburn Slack in the organization of the Boucher and Slack Insurance Agency in Springhill. Owned by his cousins Drayton Boucher and Allene Boucher, the company was transferred over for his then real estate corporation for a mere $333. Prior to World War II, Boucher served for a few months as a captain in [[United States Army]] Air Corps at Randall Field Clovis, [[New Mexico]]. He resigned as captain and returned to the insurance agency. In 1940, at the age of twenty-seven, he polled nearly 40 percent of the vote in the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] against Webster Parish [[Sheriff]] [[O. H. Haynes, Sr.]]<ref>Billy Hathorn, "The Making of the Sheriff: Haynes, Batton, and Haynes, Two Webster Parish Political Families Compete for Office, 1933 to 1980," [[North Louisiana History]]'', Vol. 48 (Winter-Spring 2017), pp. 54-55.</ref> Thereafter, he entered the military from 1940 to 1944 as an officer in the [[United States Navy]] with stateside service in Pensacola, [[Florida]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=boco>The Boucher Company, Inc.: Profile of Jesse L. Boucher. boucherco.com., access date September 1, 2009.</ref>
+After he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1935, he taught and coached in Webster Parish for three years: first in the Evergreen Community south of Shongaloo, then at Doyline High School in the village of Doyline, and, finally, at Minden High School [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], the parish seat of government. He was also briefly employed in 1938 by [[Warner Brothers]] Pictures as a "ticket counter" before he joined his friend Wilburn Slack in the organization of the Boucher and Slack Insurance Agency in Springhill. Owned by his cousins Drayton Boucher and Allene Boucher, the company was transferred over for his then real estate corporation for a mere $333. Prior to World War II, Boucher served for a few months as a captain in [[United States Army]] Air Corps at Randall Field in Clovis, [[New Mexico]]. He resigned as captain and returned to the insurance agency. In 1940, at the age of twenty-seven, he polled nearly 40 percent of the vote in the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] against Webster Parish [[Sheriff]] [[O. H. Haynes, Sr.]]<ref>Billy Hathorn, "The Making of the Sheriff: Haynes, Batton, and Haynes, Two Webster Parish Political Families Compete for Office, 1933 to 1980," [[North Louisiana History]]'', Vol. 48 (Winter-Spring 2017), pp. 54-55.</ref> Thereafter, he entered the military from 1940 to 1944 as an officer in the [[United States Navy]] with stateside service in Pensacola, [[Florida]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=boco>The Boucher Company, Inc.: Profile of Jesse L. Boucher. boucherco.com., access date September 1, 2009.</ref>
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