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Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge​

Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge​

| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

| spouse=(1) Gertrude Foley Bussie (divorced)<br/>​

| spouse=(1) Gertrude Foley Bussie (divorced)<br>​

(2) Frances Martinez Nolan "Fran" Bussie (married c. 1972 – 2011, his death)​

(2) Frances Martinez Nolan "Fran" Bussie (married c. 1972-2011, his death)​

| children=Deanna B. Love<br>​

| children=Deanna B. Love<br>​

Carolyn B. Huff<br>​

Carolyn B. Huff<br>​

Stepchildren:<br>​

Stepchildren:<br>​

Tara Nolan Messenger<br>​

Tara Nolan Messenger<br>​

Michael Quinn Nolan, Jr. (1960–2013)<ref name=nolan>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=michael-quinn-nolan-jr&pid=162300809#fbLoggedOut|title=Michael Quinn Nolan, Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=January 14, 2013}}</ref><br>

Michael Quinn Nolan, Jr. (1960–2013)<br>

Six grandchildren<br>​

Six grandchildren<br>​

Parents:<br>

Parents:<br>

Bussie said he had a good relationship with every governor from Earl Long to [[Mike Foster|Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr.]], with the exception of Democrat-turned-Republican [[Buddy Roemer]]. Bussie remained close to former Governor Edwin Edwards. A few years before his incarceration, Edwards flew in from a vacation to attend Bussie’s 1997 retirement dinner. "I said, ‘Well Edwin, that’s the first time you ever paid for anything out of your own money,’" Bussie joked.<ref name="test"/>

Bussie said he had a good relationship with every governor from Earl Long to [[Mike Foster|Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr.]], with the exception of Democrat-turned-Republican [[Buddy Roemer]]. Bussie remained close to former Governor Edwin Edwards. A few years before his incarceration, Edwards flew in from a vacation to attend Bussie’s 1997 retirement dinner. "I said, ‘Well Edwin, that’s the first time you ever paid for anything out of your own money,’" Bussie joked.<ref name="test"/>

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Bussie died of complications from stomach cancer at the age of ninety-two at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Bluebonnet on the Sunday before [[Labor Day]] 2011. In 1989, Bussie had heart by-pass surgery, and in 1993, he lost a kidney to cancer.<ref name=stimes/> Bussie was survived by his second wife, "Fran" Bussie of Baton Rouge, who was formerly married to Michael Quinn Nolan, Sr. He had two surviving daughters from his first marriage to the former Gertrude Foley: Deanna Love, of Wimberley, Texas, and Carolyn B. Huff and husband David, of Round Rock, Texas; stepchildren Tara Nolan Messenger and husband Terry and Michael Quinn Nolan, Jr. (1960–2013), until his death the owner and president of Healthcare Management Companies, all of Baton Rouge; six grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren. Services were held on September 9. 2011, at the First [[United Methodist]] Church in Baton Rouge. Interment was at Resthaven Gardens of Memory Cemetery on the Jefferson Highway.<ref name=nolan/><ref name=obit/>​

Bussie died of complications from stomach cancer at the age of ninety-two at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Bluebonnet on the Sunday before [[Labor Day]] 2011. In 1989, Bussie had heart by-pass surgery, and in 1993, he lost a kidney to cancer.<ref name=stimes/> Bussie was survived by his second wife, "Fran" Bussie of Baton Rouge, who was formerly married to Michael Quinn Nolan, Sr. He had two surviving daughters from his first marriage to the former Gertrude Foley: Deanna Love, of Wimberley, Texas, and Carolyn B. Huff and husband David, of Round Rock, Texas; stepchildren Tara Nolan Messenger and husband Terry and Michael Quinn Nolan, Jr. (1960–2013), until his death the owner and president of Healthcare Management Companies, all of Baton Rouge; six grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren. Services were held on September 9. 2011, at the First [[United Methodist]] Church in Baton Rouge. Interment was at Resthaven Gardens of Memory Cemetery on the Jefferson Highway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=michael-quinn-nolan-jr&pid=162300809#fbLoggedOut|title=Michael Quinn Nolan, Jr., obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=January 14, 2013}}</ref><br><ref name=obit/>​

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