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Gus S. Mijales (July 11, 1934 &ndash February 27, 2018) was businessman in Shreveport, Louisiana, who was a confidante of [[Democratic Party|a] Governor Edwin Edwards. His family is the owner of Farmers Seafood which began operations in 1918.
In the middle 1980s, Mijales and Edwards were co-defendants when the then governor was charged with using his influence to gain state approval for certain nursing home and hospital projects. After a mistrial, all the defendants were acquitted in a second trial in 1986. In 1995, however, Mijalis served twenty months in federal prison for various financial crimes.[1]
'Mijales' nephew, Sammy Mijales, the president of Farmers Seafood, said that his uncle was always willing to help those in need: "He never met a stranger. He would go out of his way to take care of anybody even if he did not know that person. ... He had a gentle heart, a heart as big as gold."[1]
Mijales' funeral will be held on March 6 at St. George Orthodox Church on Creswell Avenue in Shreveport.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sarah Crawford and Nick Wooten. Gus Mijales, businessman and friend of Edwin Edwards, dies at 83. The Monroe News-Star. Retrieved on March 1, 2018.