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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = William Russell "Billy" Boles, Sr.
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br> Richland, Franklin, and Catahoula parishes
| term_start=1952
| term_end=1956
| preceded=Dr. Ralph E. King, Sr.
| succeeded=Dr. Ralph E. King, Sr.
| birth_date=April 30, 1927
| birth_place=Rayville, Richland Parish
| death_date=August 16, 2008 (aged 81)
| death_place=[[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Ouachita Parish
| resting_place=Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum
| spouse=Catherine Furlow Boles
| children=Linda Boles Campbell<br>
Diane Boles Kirtland<br>
Janet Boles Crawford<br>
William R. Boles, Jr.
| party = [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]] and [[banker]] in Monroe
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Vernon and Ruth Boles}}
'''William Russell Boles, Sr.''', known as '''Billy Boles''' (April 30, 1927 – August 16, 2008), was an [[attorney]] and [[banker]] who, at the age of twenty-four, served a single term as a [[Louisiana]] state senator for his native Richland Parish and neighboring Franklin and Catahoula parishes in the northeastern part of the state. His term extended from 1952 to 1956 during the administration of [[Governor]] [[Robert F. Kennon]], his fellow [[Democratic Party |Democrat]]. Boles succeeded and preceded the pro-[[Huey Long|Long]] state senator, [[Ralph E. King, Sr], a [[physician]] from Winnsboro in Franklin Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Historical Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880 - Present|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=April 24, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
Boles was born on Louisiana Statehood Day 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>
==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.
Known for his close ties to important Louisiana [[politician]]s, including [[Governor]]s [[John J. McKeithen]] and [[Edwin Edwards]], Boles was in 2004 inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php|title=Inductees|publisher=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|accessdate=April 24, 2020}}</ref>
At the time of his death, Boles was semi-retired in Monroe in the practice of law with his son, William Boles, Jr. (born 1956).
==Personal life==
Boles was married until his death for sixty years to the former Mary Catherine Furlow (ca. 1928-2010), a native of Elizabeth in Allen Parish, and the daughter of Adelaide and John Furlow. She was a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=mary-catherine-furlow-boles&pid=145677187&fhid=12536|title=Mary Catherine Furlow Boles|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star,'' September 28, 2010|accessdate=September 28, 2010}}</ref> The couple is remembered for their philanthropy through the Catherine and William R. "Billy" Boles Terrace on the seventh floor of the [[library]] at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]].<ref>[http://www.ulm.edu/publicaffairs/november01/four.html Untitled Document<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
In addition to his wife, Boles left behind three daughters and a son: Linda Boles Campbell (born 1949) and husband George M. Campbell, Sr. (born 1948) of Monroe, Diane Boles Kirtland (born 1951) and husband Walter Kirtland (born 1946) of Baton Rouge, attorney Janet Boles Crawford (born 1954) and husband, Baton Rouge attorney-[[lobbyist]] Scott Holland Crawford (born 1953), originally from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish and a grandson of Minden banker Castle Overstreet "C. O." Holland (1895-1981), and attorney William R. Boles, Jr. Boles had eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services were to be held on August 19 in the First [[Baptist]] Church of West Monroe, with entombment at Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum.<ref name=advo/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boles, Billy}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
[[Category:Inductees of the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame}}
| name = William Russell "Billy" Boles, Sr.
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br> Richland, Franklin, and Catahoula parishes
| term_start=1952
| term_end=1956
| preceded=Dr. Ralph E. King, Sr.
| succeeded=Dr. Ralph E. King, Sr.
| birth_date=April 30, 1927
| birth_place=Rayville, Richland Parish
| death_date=August 16, 2008 (aged 81)
| death_place=[[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Ouachita Parish
| resting_place=Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum
| spouse=Catherine Furlow Boles
| children=Linda Boles Campbell<br>
Diane Boles Kirtland<br>
Janet Boles Crawford<br>
William R. Boles, Jr.
| party = [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]] and [[banker]] in Monroe
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Vernon and Ruth Boles}}
'''William Russell Boles, Sr.''', known as '''Billy Boles''' (April 30, 1927 – August 16, 2008), was an [[attorney]] and [[banker]] who, at the age of twenty-four, served a single term as a [[Louisiana]] state senator for his native Richland Parish and neighboring Franklin and Catahoula parishes in the northeastern part of the state. His term extended from 1952 to 1956 during the administration of [[Governor]] [[Robert F. Kennon]], his fellow [[Democratic Party |Democrat]]. Boles succeeded and preceded the pro-[[Huey Long|Long]] state senator, [[Ralph E. King, Sr], a [[physician]] from Winnsboro in Franklin Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Historical Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880 - Present|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=April 24, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
Boles was born on Louisiana Statehood Day 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>
==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.
Known for his close ties to important Louisiana [[politician]]s, including [[Governor]]s [[John J. McKeithen]] and [[Edwin Edwards]], Boles was in 2004 inducted into the [[Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame]] in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lapoliticalmuseum.com/inductees.php|title=Inductees|publisher=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|accessdate=April 24, 2020}}</ref>
At the time of his death, Boles was semi-retired in Monroe in the practice of law with his son, William Boles, Jr. (born 1956).
==Personal life==
Boles was married until his death for sixty years to the former Mary Catherine Furlow (ca. 1928-2010), a native of Elizabeth in Allen Parish, and the daughter of Adelaide and John Furlow. She was a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=mary-catherine-furlow-boles&pid=145677187&fhid=12536|title=Mary Catherine Furlow Boles|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star,'' September 28, 2010|accessdate=September 28, 2010}}</ref> The couple is remembered for their philanthropy through the Catherine and William R. "Billy" Boles Terrace on the seventh floor of the [[library]] at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]].<ref>[http://www.ulm.edu/publicaffairs/november01/four.html Untitled Document<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
In addition to his wife, Boles left behind three daughters and a son: Linda Boles Campbell (born 1949) and husband George M. Campbell, Sr. (born 1948) of Monroe, Diane Boles Kirtland (born 1951) and husband Walter Kirtland (born 1946) of Baton Rouge, attorney Janet Boles Crawford (born 1954) and husband, Baton Rouge attorney-[[lobbyist]] Scott Holland Crawford (born 1953), originally from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish and a grandson of Minden banker Castle Overstreet "C. O." Holland (1895-1981), and attorney William R. Boles, Jr. Boles had eleven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services were to be held on August 19 in the First [[Baptist]] Church of West Monroe, with entombment at Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum.<ref name=advo/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boles, Billy}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
[[Category:Inductees of the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame}}