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==Background==
==Background==
Boles was born on Louisiana Statehood Day 1927 to Vernon and Ruth Boles in Rayville east of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], where he was engaged in his law practice and banking. He attended the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]] (then Northeast Junior College) on a [[basketball]] scholarship and then served eighteen months in the [[United States Navy]]. Thereafter, he procured his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] in Lincoln Parish]]. He was student body president of his law class at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=advo>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/theadvocate/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=115868378|title=William R. "Billy" Boles Sr. obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 2008|accessdate=October 22, 2014}}</ref>
Boles was born on Louisiana Statehood Day 1927 to Vernon and Ruth Boles in Rayville east of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], where he was engaged in his law practice and banking. He attended the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]] (then Northeast Junior College) on a [[basketball]] scholarship and then served eighteen months in the [[United States Navy]]. Thereafter, he procured his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] in Lincoln Parish]]. He was student body president of his law class at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=advo>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/theadvocate/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=115868378|title=William R. "Billy" Boles Sr. obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 2008|accessdate=April 24, 2020}}</ref>
==Career==
==Career==
Boles and a close friend, State Senator Jamar William Adcock (1917-1991) of Monroe (service: 1960-1972), co-founded what is now Regions Bank of North Louisiana, originally the American Bank in Monroe. Adcock and Boles also started Fidelity Bank in Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, the Colonial Bank in [[New Orleans]], and Progressive Bank in Metairie in Jefferson Parish. They bought into the former Bossier Bank and Trust Company in [[Bossier City]] and the Jena Bank in Jena in La Salle Parish. Boles met Adcock when they were LSU students. Their First Fidelity Mortgage Company was later part of Chase Bank.<ref>Jamar Adcock obituary, ''The Monroe News-Star,'' December 24, 1991.</ref>
Boles and a close friend, State Senator Jamar William Adcock (1917-1991) of Monroe (service: 1960-1972), co-founded what is now Regions Bank of North Louisiana, originally the American Bank in Monroe. Adcock and Boles also started Fidelity Bank in Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, the Colonial Bank in [[New Orleans]], and Progressive Bank in Metairie in Jefferson Parish. They bought into the former Bossier Bank and Trust Company in [[Bossier City]] and the Jena Bank in Jena in La Salle Parish. Boles met Adcock when they were LSU students. Their First Fidelity Mortgage Company was later part of Chase Bank.<ref>Jamar Adcock obituary, ''The Monroe News-Star,'' December 24, 1991.</ref>