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→=The Drews as a team =[
On June 28, 1970, the Drews married at the Talley home in Bogalusa in Washington Parish in southeastern Louisiana. At LSU Law School, Drew met Jean Talley, who graduated from Bogalusa High School in 1963. Not only is Jean also a lawyer, but so were her father, grandfather, and an aunt. Her father, Bascom D. Talley, Jr. (1915–1971), was from 1963 to 1964 the president of the Louisiana Bar Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lsba.org/BarGovernance/PastPresidents.aspx|title=Past Presidents of the Louisiana Bar Association|publisher=lsba.org|accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref>
On June 28, 1970, the Drews married at the Talley home in Bogalusa in Washington Parish in southeastern Louisiana. At LSU Law School, Drew met Jean Talley, who graduated from Bogalusa High School in 1963. Not only is Jean also a lawyer, but so were her father, grandfather, and an aunt. Her father, Bascom D. Talley, Jr. (1915–1971), was from 1963 to 1964 the president of the Louisiana Bar Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lsba.org/BarGovernance/PastPresidents.aspx|title=Past Presidents of the Louisiana Bar Association|publisher=lsba.org|accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref>
==The Drews as a team =[=
==The Drews as a team==
Like Harmon Drew, Sr., Harmon and Jean Drew are [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]. In 1990, Mrs. Drew ran for the same judgeship that her husband now holds, but she was defeated by fellow Democrat Henry Newton Brown Jr., 48,935 (57 percent) to 36,217 (43 percent). Of the nine parishes in the district, Jean Drew won in Webster, Winn, and Lincoln parishes and lost Caldwell and Jackson parishes by fewer than one hundred votes each.
Like Harmon Drew, Sr., Harmon and Jean Drew are [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]. In 1990, Mrs. Drew ran for the same judgeship that her husband now holds, but she was defeated by fellow Democrat Henry Newton Brown Jr., 48,935 (57 percent) to 36,217 (43 percent). Of the nine parishes in the district, Jean Drew won in Webster, Winn, and Lincoln parishes and lost Caldwell and Jackson parishes by fewer than one hundred votes each.
Harmon and Jean Drew teach the law of search and seizure and the criminal code to some three thousand peace officers each year. Two of their books are updated annually to explain amendments passed by the Louisiana legislature. Their ''True Blue Drew Book'' explains criminal law amendments in simple terms.<ref>{{cite web|url=www.drewlawbooks.com/|title=True Blue Drew Book|publisher=Drewlawbooks.com|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref> Several thousand copies are sold throughout the state.<ref name=blooddrive>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/local-law-enforcement-agencies-holding-blood-drives-in-honor-of-jean-harmon-drew/|author=Angela Thomas|title=Local Law Enforcement Agencies Holding Blood Drives in Honor of Jean & Harmon Drew|date= December 2, 2013|publisher=KEEL Radio|accessdate=December 2, 2013}}</ref>
Harmon and Jean Drew teach the law of search and seizure and the criminal code to some three thousand peace officers each year. Two of their books are updated annually to explain amendments passed by the Louisiana legislature. Their ''True Blue Drew Book'' explains criminal law amendments in simple terms.<ref>{{cite web|url=www.drewlawbooks.com/|title=True Blue Drew Book|publisher=Drewlawbooks.com|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref> Several thousand copies are sold throughout the state.<ref name=blooddrive>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/local-law-enforcement-agencies-holding-blood-drives-in-honor-of-jean-harmon-drew/|author=Angela Thomas|title=Local Law Enforcement Agencies Holding Blood Drives in Honor of Jean & Harmon Drew|date= December 2, 2013|publisher=KEEL Radio|accessdate=December 2, 2013}}</ref>
In 2008, Mrs. Drew required emergency abdominal surgery that saved her life but left her in need of repeated blood transfusions because of debilitating [[anemia]]. In December 2013, law enforcement personnel in northwest Louisiana held a blood drive because of Mrs. Drew's needs and to honor the couple for their teaching of the peace officers.<ref name=blooddrive/>
In 2008, Mrs. Drew required emergency abdominal surgery that saved her life but left her in need of repeated blood transfusions because of debilitating [[anemia]]. In December 2013, law enforcement personnel in northwest Louisiana held a blood drive because of Mrs. Drew's needs and to honor the couple for their teaching of the peace officers.<ref name=blooddrive/>
The Drews have two children. Richard Harmon Drew, III (born 1974), obtained a [[Ph.D.]] in political science at the [[University of Virginia]] in Charlottesville, [[Virginia]]. Known as "Richard," he graduated from LSU Law School in 2009. Their daughter, Georgia Drew Boswell, graduated from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston. She holds a Master of Science in hospitality and [[tourism]] from the University of New Orleans. On March 12, 2014, the Boswells' 15-month-old son, Drew Joseph Boswell, died suddenly in his crib at his home in New Orleans.<ref>Drew Joseph Boswell obituary, ''New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' March 14, 2014.</ref>
The Drews have two children. Richard Harmon Drew, III (born 1974), obtained a [[Ph.D.]] in political science at the [[University of Virginia]] in Charlottesville, [[Virginia]]. Known as "Richard," he graduated from LSU Law School in 2009. Their daughter, Georgia Drew Boswell, graduated from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston. She holds a Master of Science in hospitality and [[tourism]] from the University of New Orleans. On March 12, 2014, the Boswells' 15-month-old son, Drew Joseph Boswell, died suddenly in his crib at his home in New Orleans.<ref>Drew Joseph Boswell obituary, ''New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' March 14, 2014.</ref>