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==Background==
==Background==
Boucher was born to Henry Havis Boucher (1882-1952) and the former Mary Ella Dixie" Coyle (1892-1940), in the Bodcau community near Springhill. Boucher attended Shiloh School and graduated in 1931 from Springhill High School, as did all members of his immediate family. On September 11, 1940, he married the former Mary Eloise Herrington (1923-2021), who was born in Crossett in Ashley County in southern Arkansas. She grew up in Bastrop in Morehouse Parish, where her grandfather was the chief of police. Her family moved to Springhill in 1938, where her father continued his work at the since closed International Paper Company mill. he and Jesse married on September 11, 1940 after she graduated from Springhill High School. After graduation from Springhill High School, she married Jesse Boucher on September 11, 1940.<ref name=eloiseobit>{{cite web40|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=eloise-herrington-boucher&pid=198051875|title=Eloise Boucher obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 15, 2021|accessdate=March 16, 2021}}</ref>
Boucher was born to Henry Havis Boucher (1882-1952) and the former Mary Ella Dixie" Coyle (1892-1940), in the Bodcau community near Springhill. Boucher attended Shiloh School and graduated in 1931 from Springhill High School, as did all members of his immediate family. On September 11, 1940, he married the former Mary Eloise Herrington (1923-2021), who was born in Crossett in Ashley County in southern Arkansas. She grew up in Bastrop in Morehouse Parish, where her grandfather was the chief of police. Her family moved to Springhill in 1938, where her father continued his work at the since closed International Paper Company mill. he and Jesse married on September 11, 1940 after she graduated from Springhill High School. After graduation from Springhill High School, she married Jesse Boucher on September 11, 1940.<ref name=eloiseobit>{{cite web40|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=eloise-herrington-boucher&pid=198051875|title=Eloise Boucher obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 15, 2021|accessdate=March 16, 2021}}</ref>
His brother, Augustus Ely Boucher (1924-1940), died of appendicitis at the age of fifteen on the day after Jesse Boucher's 28th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115414955|title=Jesse L. Boucher|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref> The death caused their mother great grief and depresson, and she committed suicide a month after Eli's passing. Henry Boucher donated the "Boucher Cemetery," now known as the Springhill Cemetery, to the city in her honor. The entire Boucher family is interred there.
His brother, Augustus Ely Boucher (1924-1940), died of appendicitis at the age of fifteen on the day after Jesse Boucher's 28th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=115414955|title=Jesse L. Boucher|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 10, 2017}}</ref> The death caused their mother great grief and depresson, and she committed suicide a month after Eli's passing. Henry Boucher donated the "Boucher Cemetery," now known as the Springhill Cemetery, to the city in her honor. The entire Boucher family is interred there.