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Breaux hence started the path which made possible the future breakthroughs by the Republicans Litchfield and Simpson.
Breaux hence started the path which made possible the future breakthroughs by the Republicans Litchfield and Simpson.
==Death and family==
Breaux underwent neurosurgery in November 1978, just after becoming the full-time mayor. He was readmitted to the hospital in August 1979. His illness requjired him to take a leave of absence from mayoral duties. He died in Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/>
Services were held on January 28, 1980, at Breaux's church, Plains [[Presbyterian]] in Zachary. Burial was at the Azalea Rest Cemetery. Survivors included his wife, the former Betty Ellis (born December 1929), a Zachary teacher; his mother, Mrs. Lawrence L. Breaux of [[Lafayette]]; two sons, Dr. Jack L. Breaux, Jr. (born 1951), and wife Carolyn Derbes Breaux (born 1948), of [[New Orleans]], later of Baton Rouge, and Frank William Breaux (born 1954), then of [[Guadalajara]], [[Mexico]], and later of Baton Rouge; a brother, William R. Breaux (1924–1995) of Lafayette, and a granddaughter, Jennifer Ann Breaux of New Orleans.<ref name=obit>Jack Breaux obituary, ''Baton Rouge Advocate'', January 27, 1980, p. 1 and obituary section.</ref>
==Legacy==
==Legacy==
[[James H. Boyce]], the former state Republican chairman from Baton Rouge, said that Breaux "got his job done" and had a good relationship with the community. ... The fact that a Republican could go into a community like Zachary and be reelected and get his program adopted is a great tribute to him." Baker Mayor Mike Cross, a Democrat who later served in the state Senate, lamented Breaux's death: "Zachary is going to be the one to lose ... [he] did a tremendous amount to put Zachary on the map."<ref name=obit/>
[[James H. Boyce]], the former state Republican chairman from Baton Rouge, said that Breaux "got his job done" and had a good relationship with the community. ... The fact that a Republican could go into a community like Zachary and be reelected and get his program adopted is a great tribute to him." Baker Mayor Mike Cross, a Democrat who later served in the state Senate, lamented Breaux's death: "Zachary is going to be the one to lose ... [he] did a tremendous amount to put Zachary on the map."<ref name=obit/>
On November 8, 1966, Arthur Thomas "Tom" Colten (1922-2004), a member of the Republican State Executive Committee, was elected mayor of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish, five months after Breaux won as mayor of Zachary. Breaux and Colten were the first two Republican mayors of the 20th century in Louisiana.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald'', November 9, 1966, p. 1.</ref>
On November 8, 1966, Arthur Thomas "Tom" Colten (1922-2004), a member of the Republican State Executive Committee, was elected mayor of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish, five months after Breaux won as the mayor of Zachary. Breaux and Colten were the first two Republican mayors of the 20th century in Louisiana.<ref>''Minden Press-Herald'', November 9, 1966, p. 1.</ref>
==References==
==References==