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== Biography ==

== Biography ==

===Background===

===Background===

Although she was born in Tiffin in Seneca County in northern [[Ohio]], her family moved to Winnfield in north Louisiana, known as the traditional home of the [[Huey Long|Long]] political dynasty. Belchic graduated from Winnfield High School before she entered LSU.<ref name=obit>Harriet Cameron Belchic obituary, ''The Shreveport Times'', February 15-16, 1999.</ref>

Although she was born in Tiffin in Seneca County in northern [[Ohio]], her family moved to Winnfield in north Louisiana, known as the traditional home of the [[Huey Long|Long]] political dynasty. Belchic graduated from Winnfield High School before she entered LSU.<ref name=obit>Harriet Cameron Belchic obituary, ''The Shreveport Times'', February 15–16, 1999.</ref>

=== Career ===

=== Career ===

An advocate of a two-party system, Belchic was vice-chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party from 1962 to 1968, having served part of the time under then Chairman [[Charlton Lyons|Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr.]], of Shreveport, a Republican congressional candidate in 1961 and his party's gubernatorial standard-bearer in 1964. She held a coveted seat on the party's 144-member Louisiana Republican State Central Committee for more than twenty years. She was elected delegate to numerous Republican national conventions. She was a southern floor leader for then [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] at the 1964 conclave in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. Belchic was district chairman of Women for [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] in 1968 and was an alternate delegate for [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] in both the 1988 and the 1992 conventions held in [[New Orleans]] and [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], respectively.<ref name=obit/>

An advocate of a two-party system, Belchic was vice-chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party from 1962 to 1968, having served part of the time under then Chairman [[Charlton Lyons|Charlton Havard Lyons, Sr.]], of Shreveport, a Republican congressional candidate in 1961 and his party's gubernatorial standard-bearer in 1964. She held a coveted seat on the party's 144-member Louisiana Republican State Central Committee for more than twenty years. She was elected delegate to numerous Republican national conventions. She was a southern floor leader for then [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] at the 1964 conclave in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. Belchic was district chairman of Women for [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] in 1968 and was an alternate delegate for [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] in both the 1988 and the 1992 conventions held in [[New Orleans]] and [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], respectively.<ref name=obit/>

She became a member of the Shreveport Women's Republican Club in 1954, long before her party became competitive in the previous one-party format. Active in local civic affairs, Belchic was appointed by [[Democratic|Democratic]] [[Mayor]] John Brennan Hussey and Republican Mayor Hazel F. Beard to the Shreveport Women's Commission, having served from 1988 to 1994. Beard also named her to the Riverfront Redevelopment Advisory Committee. She was a sustaining member of the Shreveport Junior League and a former member of the Centenary College Muses. She was  member of St. Paul's [[Episcopalian|Episcopal Church]] in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>

She became a member of the Shreveport Women's Republican Club in 1954, long before her party became competitive in the previous one-party format. Active in local civic affairs, Belchic was appointed by [[Democratic]] [[Mayor]] John Brennan Hussey and Republican Mayor Hazel F. Beard to the Shreveport Women's Commission, having served from 1988 to 1994. Beard also named her to the Riverfront Redevelopment Advisory Committee. She was a sustaining member of the Shreveport Junior League and a former member of the Centenary College Muses. She was  member of St. Paul's [[Episcopalian|Episcopal Church]] in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>

=== Death and afterward ===

=== Death and afterward ===

Belchic died at her home at 6500 Gilbert Drive in Shreveport after a long illness. Services were held at St. Paul's Church on February 17, 1999. She is interred at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Winnfield.

Belchic died at her home at 6500 Gilbert Drive in Shreveport after a long illness. Services were held at St. Paul's Church on February 17, 1999. She is interred at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Winnfield.

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Belchic&GSfn=Harriet&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1999&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=183780044&df=all&|title=Harriet Verna Cameron Belchic|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> She was survived by her husband, Dr. George A. Belchic, Jr., a Shreveport orthopedic [[surgeon]]; her son, George Cameron Belchic (1960-2007): automobile accident victim) and wife Angelia Steele Belchic of Decatur, [[Alabama]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=86345766|title=Archived Obituary - George Cameron Belchic, Decatur, AL|publisher]''The Shreveport Times''|date=|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> three daughters, Katherine Mitchell Belchic (1953-2007)) of Shreveport<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=96043264|title=Archived Obituary -  Belchic, Katherine Mitchell|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=2007|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> and her then husband, Michael Rolland, both then of New Orleans, Ellen Wells Belchic  (1955-2017), who worked for thirty years in the health care industry in New Orleans<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ellen-belchic&pid=186625779&fhid=10218|title=Ellen Belchic Obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 19, 2017|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> and who was divorced from Bruce R. Hutchison (born 1957),  and Martha Cameron Belchic-Loeb (born 1956) of Shreveport; her brother Wheelock Cameron and wife Virginia of Fort Walton Beach,[[ Florida]], and eight grandchildren.

<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Belchic&GSfn=Harriet&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1999&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=183780044&df=all&|title=Harriet Verna Cameron Belchic|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> She was survived by her husband, Dr. George A. Belchic, Jr., a Shreveport orthopedic [[surgeon]]; her son, George Cameron Belchic (1960-2007): automobile accident victim) and wife Angelia Steele Belchic of Decatur, [[Alabama]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=86345766|title=Archived Obituary - George Cameron Belchic, Decatur, AL|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> three daughters, Katherine Mitchell Belchic (1953-2007)) of Shreveport<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=96043264|title=Archived Obituary -  Belchic, Katherine Mitchell|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=2007|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> and her then husband, Michael Rolland, both then of New Orleans, Ellen Wells Belchic  (1955-2017), who worked for thirty years in the health care industry in New Orleans<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ellen-belchic&pid=186625779&fhid=10218|title=Ellen Belchic Obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 19, 2017|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> and who was divorced from Bruce R. Hutchison (born 1957),  and Martha Cameron Belchic-Loeb (born 1956) of Shreveport; her brother Wheelock Cameron and wife Virginia of Fort Walton Beach,[[Florida]], and eight grandchildren.

Pallbearers included U.S. District Judge Thomas Eaton "Tom" Stagg, Jr. (1923-2015), and state Senator Ronald Clarence Bean (1938-2005), who described his supporter and friend Belchic as the "dean of Republican women in the state of Louisiana, and a fine friend of mine. She worked when nobody else would . . . She will be remembered as somebody who provided lots of leadership . . . She would want to be remembered as someone who helped even the smallest candidate run for public office, all the way up to someone running for governor."<ref name=obit/>

Pallbearers included U.S. District Judge Thomas Eaton "Tom" Stagg, Jr. (1923-2015), and state Senator Ronald Clarence Bean (1938-2005), who described his supporter and friend Belchic as the "dean of Republican women in the state of Louisiana, and a fine friend of mine. She worked when nobody else would . . . She will be remembered as somebody who provided lots of leadership . . . She would want to be remembered as someone who helped even the smallest candidate run for public office, all the way up to someone running for governor."<ref name=obit/>