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|occupation=Retired public official<br>

|occupation=Retired public official<br>

[[Insurance]] agent

[[Insurance]] agent

|spouse=Betty Lou Moore Hathaway

|spouse=Betty Lou Moore Hathaway (married 1953-2026, her death)

|children=Bridget Hathaway Bell

|children=Bridget Hathaway Bell

Paige Hathaway Wolfe<br>

Paige Hathaway Wolfe<br>

Don Hathaway, Jr.

Judge Don Hathaway, Jr.

|residence=Shreveport, Louisiana

|residence=Shreveport, Louisiana

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

|rank=Lieutenant}}

|rank=Lieutenant}}

'''Donald Edgar Hathaway, Sr.''', known as '''Don Hathaway''' (born October 20, 1928),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/donald-hathaway/e361095078456|title=Donald Hathaway|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref> is a [[business]]man and retired [[politician]] from his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. From 1970 to 1978, Hathaway, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], was his city's last public works commissioner,<ref>In [[Shreveport]] and in other cities with the municipal commission form of government, the commissioner exercised legislative functions on the city council and an executive role as a municipal department head. This position should not be confused with that of county commissioner, most of whom were and still are elected by single-member districts. County commissioners are the "legislators" of a county (called parish in Louisiana), with the county judge normally in the role of the "executive" head of the county. In Louisiana, the executive of the parish may be known as the police jury president, the president of the parish, or a parish "administrator," depending on the structure of the parish government. City commissioners could not be chosen on a district basis, as their administrative duties affected the entire city. [[African American]]s were not then elected to city government in most parts of the South. Soon an outcry in the [[civil rights]] movement raised legal challenges to the city commission governments.</ref> an office abolished effective November 1978 with the implementation of a new city charter. From 1980 to 2000, he was the [[sheriff]] of Caddo Parish]] in the northwestern corner of his state.<ref name=pastsheriffs>Past sheriffs, Caddo Parish History, accessed June 14, 2014; no longer on-line.</ref>

'''Donald Edgar Hathaway, Sr.''', known as '''Don Hathaway''' (born October 20, 1928),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/donald-hathaway/e361095078456|title=Donald Hathaway|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref> is a [[business]]man and retired [[politician]] from his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]. From 1970 to 1978, Hathaway, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], was his city's last public works commissioner,<ref>In [[Shreveport]] and in other cities with the municipal commission form of government, the commissioner exercised legislative functions on the city council and an executive role as a municipal department head. This position should not be confused with that of county commissioner, most of whom were and still are elected by single-member districts. County commissioners are the "legislators" of a county (called parish in Louisiana), with the county judge normally in the role of the "executive" head of the county. In Louisiana, the executive of the parish may be known as the police jury president, the president of the parish, or a parish "administrator," depending on the structure of the parish government. City commissioners could not be chosen on a district basis, as their administrative duties affected the entire city. [[African American]]s were not then elected to city government in most parts of the South. Soon an outcry in the [[civil rights]] movement raised legal challenges to the city commission governments.</ref> an office abolished effective November 1978 with the implementation of a new city charter. From 1980 to 2000, he was the [[sheriff]] of Caddo Parish in the northwestern corner of his state.<ref name=pastsheriffs>Past sheriffs, Caddo Parish History, accessed June 14, 2014; no longer on-line.</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

After his term as sheriff, Hathaway began working in the commercial [[real estate]] business,  affiliated with Walker-Alley & Associates in Shreveport.<ref name=walkeralley/> He was also in the [[insurance]] business in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mustardpages.com/Directory/Shreveport-LA/25/General-Insurance|title=Hathaway, Don|publisher=mustardpages.com|accessdate=June 18, 2014; information no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>  

After his term as sheriff, Hathaway began working in the commercial [[real estate]] business,  affiliated with Walker-Alley & Associates in Shreveport.<ref name=walkeralley/> He was also in the [[insurance]] business in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mustardpages.com/Directory/Shreveport-LA/25/General-Insurance|title=Hathaway, Don|publisher=mustardpages.com|accessdate=June 18, 2014; information no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>  

Hathaway is married to the former Betty Lou Moore (born January 1933), formerly of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish.<ref name=politicalcard/><ref>Maggie Martin, "Krewe of Justinian members gather for 'Another Day in Paradise' brunch," ''The Shreveport Times,'' February 17, 2007.</ref> She is the daughter of Reece E. Moore (1905-1970) and the former Frances Willene Herring (1913-1989), who are interred at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Haughton in south Bossier Parish. The Hathaways have three children, Bridget H. Bell; Paige H. Wolfe (born March 1963), and Donald Hathaway, Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54063208|title=Frances Willene Herring Moore|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref> (born April 11, 1965), who is an [[attorney]] in the Shreveport firm of Sockrider, Bolin, Anglin, Batte, & Hathaway, a former Caddo Parish assistant district attorney, and a former U.S. assistant attorney. On January 1, 2021, Hathaway, Jr., a Republican, becomes a judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court. The junior Hathaway is married to the former Camille Latour, the daughter of Thomas G. Latour, Sr. (1936-2012), who was a physician/psychiatrist and thoroughbred and[American Quarter Horse racer from Indian Bayou in Vermilion Parish in southwestern Louisiana. Don and Camille Hathaway have two sons, Donald Hathaway, III, and Thomas Hathaway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stallionesearch.com/default.asp?section=6&story=10488|title=Louisiana Horseman Dr. Thomas G. Latour, Sr., Dies||date=February 13, 2012|publisher=stallionesearch.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref>

Hathaway was married his Louisiana Tech classmate, the former Betty Lou Moore (1933-2026) for seventy-two years until her death. A native of Henderson, Texas, she was reared primarily in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/plou1452359|title=Betty Lou Moore Hathaway obituary|publisher ''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 8, 2026}}</ref><ref name=politicalcard/><ref>Maggie Martin, "Krewe of Justinian members gather for 'Another Day in Paradise' brunch," ''The Shreveport Times,'' February 17, 2007.</ref> She was the daughter of Reece E. Moore (1905-1970, an oilman, and the former Frances Willene Herring (1913-1989), who are interred at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Haughton in south Bossier Parish. The Hathaways have three children, Bridget H. Bell; Paige H. Wolfe (born March 1963), and Donald Hathaway, Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54063208|title=Frances Willene Herring Moore|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref> (born April 11, 1965), who is an [[attorney]] in the Shreveport firm of Sockrider, Bolin, Anglin, Batte, & Hathaway, a former Caddo Parish assistant district attorney, and a former U.S. assistant attorney. On January 1, 2021, Hathaway, Jr., a Republican, becomes a judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court. The junior Hathaway is married to the former Camille Latour, the daughter of Thomas G. Latour, Sr. (1936-2012), who was a physician/psychiatrist and thoroughbred and[American Quarter Horse racer from Indian Bayou in Vermilion Parish in southwestern Louisiana. Don and Camille Hathaway have two sons, Donald Hathaway, III, and Thomas Hathaway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stallionesearch.com/default.asp?section=6&story=10488|title=Louisiana Horseman Dr. Thomas G. Latour, Sr., Dies||date=February 13, 2012|publisher=stallionesearch.com|accessdate=December 28, 2020}}</ref>

==Political life==

==Political life==