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Grevemberg defied the opposition and conducted more than one thousand lightning raids that shut down much of the illegal gambling. Most of the gamblers then moved to [[Nevada]]. He destroyed 8,229 slot machines. Grevemberg vastly reduced the amount of narcotics sold on Louisiana streets, dismantled an eight-state sexual slavery ring, and modernized the Louisiana state police into a premier law-enforcement agency.<ref name=obit/>
Grevemberg defied the opposition and conducted more than one thousand lightning raids that shut down much of the illegal gambling. Most of the gamblers then moved to [[Nevada]]. He destroyed 8,229 slot machines. Grevemberg vastly reduced the amount of narcotics sold on Louisiana streets, dismantled an eight-state sexual slavery ring, and modernized the Louisiana state police into a premier law-enforcement agency.<ref name=obit/>
Grevemberg said that he could not have carried on under constant threats from the mob without the inspiration of his wife, ''nee'' Dorothy Maguire (September 1, 1917 – December 9, 2010), a New Orleans native whom he called "the love of my life." The couple had identical tiwn sons born in 1949 – Francis J. "Pete" Grevemberg, married to the former Melissa Coleman, of Conyers, [[Georgia]], and and Carroll S. Grevemberg, wed to the former Alice Henderson of New Orleans – two grandchildren, David Grevemberg of [[Bonn]], [[Germany]], later Killearn, [[Scotland]], and Elisa Grevemberg of [[Reims], [[France]], and two great-grandchildren.<ref name=dmg>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=dorothy-mcguire-grevemberg&pid=147135085|title=Dorothy McGuire Grevemberg|publisher=legacy.com|accessdate=December 15, 2010}}</ref> In his fight against the lawless elements, Grevemberg was aided by journalists such as Jim McLean, as well as pastors and citizens from the Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation, who helped to give Grevemberg the will to persevere.
Grevemberg said that he could not have carried on under constant threats from the mob without the inspiration of his wife, ''nee'' Dorothy Maguire (September 1, 1917 – December 9, 2010), a New Orleans native whom he called "the love of my life." The couple had identical tiwn sons born in 1949 – Francis J. "Pete" Grevemberg, married to the former Melissa Coleman, of Conyers, [[Georgia]], and and Carroll S. Grevemberg, wed to the former Alice Henderson of New Orleans – two grandchildren, David Grevemberg of [[Bonn]], [[Germany]], later Killearn, [[Scotland]], and Elisa Grevemberg of [[Reims]], [[France]], and two great-grandchildren.<ref name=dmg>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=dorothy-mcguire-grevemberg&pid=147135085|title=Dorothy McGuire Grevemberg|publisher=legacy.com|accessdate=December 15, 2010}}</ref> In his fight against the lawless elements, Grevemberg was aided by journalists such as Jim McLean, as well as pastors and citizens from the Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation, who helped to give Grevemberg the will to persevere.
Democratic [[U.S. Senator]] [[Estes Kefauver]] of [[Tennessee]], chairman of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the Influence of Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, credited Grevemberg with transforming Louisiana from being one of the most corrupt states to one of the cleanest during the 1950s. Gambling spots across south Louisiana were closed ''en masse,'' and the raids on illegal liquor sales even touched Kennon's hometown of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish. On a Saturday in November 1954, the day of the traditional [[Louisiana State University]] v. [[University of Arkansas]] at [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]] football game in [[Shreveport]], a state police raid in Minden resulted in the arrest of several local residents on charges of ootlegging, including the then-Democratic mayor, [[John T. David]].<ref>John Allison Agan, Echoes of our Past, ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],', October 8, 2004.</ref> David had to step down as mayor, but voters quickly elected him to the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing council akin to the county commission in most other states.
Democratic [[U.S. Senator]] [[Estes Kefauver]] of [[Tennessee]], chairman of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the Influence of Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, credited Grevemberg with transforming Louisiana from being one of the most corrupt states to one of the cleanest during the 1950s. Gambling spots across south Louisiana were closed ''en masse,'' and the raids on illegal liquor sales even touched Kennon's hometown of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish. On a Saturday in November 1954, the day of the traditional [[Louisiana State University]] v. [[University of Arkansas]] at [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]] football game in [[Shreveport]], a state police raid in Minden resulted in the arrest of several local residents on charges of ootlegging, including the then-Democratic mayor, [[John T. David]].<ref>John Allison Agan, Echoes of our Past, ''[[Minden Press-Herald]],', October 8, 2004.</ref> David had to step down as mayor, but voters quickly elected him to the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing council akin to the county commission in most other states.