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Cain was born in Pitkin in southeastern Vernon Parish to Alton J. Cain, Sr., and the former Mary Etta Thornton. He graduated from Pitkin High School and obtained his Bachelor of Science and [[Master of Science]] degrees in [[education]] from McNeese State University in [[Lake Charles]], Louisiana. He played [[basketball]] for the McNeese Cowboys. He served from 1958 to 1960 in the [[United States Army]]. He was a teacher and coach at Beauregard High School from 1962 until 1972. On six occasions, he was the District Coach of the Year. He held the statewide honor twice, and in 1992 was inducted into the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame.
Cain was born in Pitkin in southeastern Vernon Parish to Alton J. Cain, Sr., and the former Mary Etta Thornton. He graduated from Pitkin High School and obtained his Bachelor of Science and [[Master of Science]] degrees in [[education]] from McNeese State University in [[Lake Charles]], Louisiana. He played [[basketball]] for the McNeese Cowboys. He served from 1958 to 1960 in the [[United States Army]]. He was a teacher and coach at Beauregard High School from 1962 until 1972. On six occasions, he was the District Coach of the Year. He held the statewide honor twice, and in 1992 was inducted into the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame.
<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Cain, James David, ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004,'' 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 772.</ref>
<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Cain, James David, ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004,'' 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 772.</ref>
Cain is [[divorce]]d from the former Goldie Bonds of DeRidder, Louisiana<ref name=whoswho/> and currently married to the former Renee Cole of Ragley, Louisiana. He has two children: Melissa Cain Gill, James Cain, Jr.,<ref name=whoswho/> and two stepchildren, Angela Guglielmo, and Joseph Guglielmo.<ref name=whoswho/>
Cain is [[divorce]]d from the former Goldie Bonds of DeRidder, Louisiana<ref name=whoswho/> and currently married to the former Renee Cole of Ragley, Louisiana. He has two children: Melissa Cain Gill, James Cain, Jr.,<ref name=whoswho/> and two stepchildren, Angela Guglielmo, and Joseph Guglielmo.<ref name=whoswho/>
He is the brother of Burl Cain, the retired warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in West Feliciana Parish,<ref name=Ridgeway1>author=James Ridgeway|title=God's Own Warden," ''Mother Jones,''|date=July/August 2011; Issue. p. 11|url=http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/burl-cain-angola-prison?page=1 1]. Retrieved on March 23, 2013.</ref> who has since become the head of the Mississippi state penitentiary at Parchman, and Alton J. Cain, Jr., a retired farmer and veteran of the [[United States Air Force]].
Cain is affiliated with the [[Southern Baptist]] Church, the American [[Farm Bureau]] Federation]], the [[Chamber of Commerce]], the American Brahmin Breeders Association, the Beauregard Parish Cattleman's Association, and the McNeese State University Alumni Association.<ref name=whoswho/>
==State House service==
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