https://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Graydon_K._Kitchens,_Jr.&feed=atom&action=historyGraydon K. Kitchens, Jr. - Revision history2024-03-28T18:17:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.24.2https://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Graydon_K._Kitchens,_Jr.&diff=1870068&oldid=prevBHathorn at 11:03, July 3, 20222022-07-03T11:03:10Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>According to his obituary, "he was a good and faithful servant, discipling countless people and praying faithfully for his family, friends, and co-workers, as well as for those who entered his courtroom during his decades on the bench." He served on the board of trustees for the publication, ''The Baptist Message'' from 1981 to 1987, and was a member of the board of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1982 to 1992. He was known as an excellent story-teller.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/spt080992|title=Obituary of Graydon Kelly Kitchens, Jr.|publisher=''the Shreveport Times''|date=June 13, 2022|accessdate=June 13, 2022}}</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>According to his obituary, "he was a good and faithful servant, discipling countless people and praying faithfully for his family, friends, and co-workers, as well as for those who entered his courtroom during his decades on the bench." He served on the board of trustees for the publication, ''The Baptist Message'' from 1981 to 1987, and was a member of the board of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1982 to 1992. He was known as an excellent story-teller.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/spt080992|title=Obituary of Graydon Kelly Kitchens, Jr.|publisher=''the Shreveport Times''|date=June 13, 2022|accessdate=June 13, 2022}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Graydon Kitchens, Jr., is or has been affiliated with Lions International, the Jaycees, the [[Chamber of Commerce]], and the [[Boy Scouts]].<ref name=pherald76/>  He is married to the former Roberta Carroll (born April 1938), originally from Baton Rouge and regionally known as a gospel singer. In 1981, Mrs. Kitchens, who was involved in the writing of some fifty songs and in the production of four television specials, was named "Minden Woman of the Year".<ref>Margie Dale, "Roberta Kitchens Is Woman of Year<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"</del>, ''Minden Press-Herald''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>February 12, 1981, p. 1.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Graydon Kitchens, Jr., is or has been affiliated with Lions International, the Jaycees, the [[Chamber of Commerce]], and the [[Boy Scouts]].<ref name=pherald76/>  He is married to the former Roberta Carroll (born April 1938), originally from Baton Rouge and regionally known as a gospel singer. In 1981, Mrs. Kitchens, who was involved in the writing of some fifty songs and in the production of four television specials, was named "Minden Woman of the Year".<ref>Margie Dale, "Roberta Kitchens Is Woman of Year,<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins>''Minden Press-Herald<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins>'' February 12, 1981, p. 1.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Kitchenses' son, Graydon, III, is married to the former Kimberly Bennett (born March 1967). The Kitchenses' older daughter, Amy Lynn Kitchens Butler (born April 1968), is married to James Bryan Butler (born October 1967); they reside in Bossier City.  The Kitchenses' younger daughter, Allison Lee Copple (born May 1970), is the wife of Eric Blaine Copple (born July 1972); they reside in Shreveport. Graydon and Roberta Kitchens have long been active in the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Minden. Kitchens was also involved with the Baptist Student Union while at LSU.<ref name=pherald76>''Minden Press-Herald'', May 27, 1976, p. 5.</ref </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Graydon Kitchens, Jr., is or has been affiliated with Lions International, the Jaycees, the [[Chamber of Commerce]], and the [[Boy Scouts]].<ref name=pherald76/>  He is married to the former Roberta Carroll (born April 1938), originally from Baton Rouge and regionally known as a gospel singer. In 1981, Mrs. Kitchens, who was involved in the writing of some fifty songs and in the production of four television specials, was named "Minden Woman of the Year".<ref>Margie Dale, "Roberta Kitchens Is Woman of Year", ''Minden Press-Herald'', February 12, 1981, p. 1.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Graydon Kitchens, Jr., is or has been affiliated with Lions International, the Jaycees, the [[Chamber of Commerce]], and the [[Boy Scouts]].<ref name=pherald76/>  He is married to the former Roberta Carroll (born April 1938), originally from Baton Rouge and regionally known as a gospel singer. In 1981, Mrs. Kitchens, who was involved in the writing of some fifty songs and in the production of four television specials, was named "Minden Woman of the Year".<ref>Margie Dale, "Roberta Kitchens Is Woman of Year", ''Minden Press-Herald'', February 12, 1981, p. 1.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Kitchenses' son, Graydon, III, is married to the former Kimberly Bennett (born March 1967). The Kitchenses' older daughter, Amy Lynn Kitchens Butler (born April 1968), is married to James Bryan Butler (born October 1967); they reside in Bossier City.  The Kitchenses' younger daughter, Allison Lee Copple (born May 1970), is the wife of Eric Blaine Copple (born July 1972); they reside in Shreveport. Graydon and Roberta Kitchens have long been active in the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Minden. Kitchens was also involved with the Baptist Student Union while at LSU.<ref name=pherald76>''Minden Press-Herald'', May 27, 1976, p. 5.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Kitchenses' son, Graydon, III, is married to the former Kimberly Bennett (born March 1967). The Kitchenses' older daughter, Amy Lynn Kitchens Butler (born April 1968), is married to James Bryan Butler (born October 1967); they reside in Bossier City.  The Kitchenses' younger daughter, Allison Lee Copple (born May 1970), is the wife of Eric Blaine Copple (born July 1972); they reside in Shreveport. Graydon and Roberta Kitchens have long been active in the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Minden. Kitchens was also involved with the Baptist Student Union while at LSU.<ref name=pherald76>''Minden Press-Herald'', May 27, 1976, p. 5.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2003, Judge Kitchens, representing the Minden Family Forum, led the unsuccessful opposition to a referendum to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages in Minden restaurants. The community had been previously [[prohibition|dry]] for many decades.<ref name=zoominfo>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Graydon-Kitchens/215534559|title=Mr. Graydon K. Kitchens Jr., managing partner|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=November 27, 2013}}</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2003, Judge Kitchens, representing the Minden Family Forum, led the unsuccessful opposition to a referendum to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages in Minden restaurants. The community had been previously [[prohibition|dry]] for many decades.<ref name=zoominfo>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Graydon-Kitchens/215534559|title=Mr. Graydon K. Kitchens Jr., managing partner|publisher=zoominfo.com|accessdate=November 27, 2013}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The senior Kitchens graduated from the LSU Law Center in 1926. He then joined his friend Robert Kennon, at the time the [[mayor]] of Minden for a two-year term, in the Kennon & Kitchens law practice. From 1930 to 1941, Kennon was the district attorney of the 26th Judicial District. Kitchens was Kennon's assistant DA. Like Kennon, Kitchens was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He became the acting DA from 1941 to 1942, after Kennon unseated Judge [[Harmon Caldwell Drew]] for a seat on the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal, based in [[Shreveport]]. Kitchens was defeated for a full term as DA by Arthur M. Wallace[3] and did not thereafter seek public office. However, the senior Kitchens remained a powerful figure in his adopted community.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The senior Kitchens graduated from the LSU Law Center in 1926. He then joined his friend Robert Kennon, at the time the [[mayor]] of Minden for a two-year term, in the Kennon & Kitchens law practice. From 1930 to 1941, Kennon was the district attorney of the 26th Judicial District. Kitchens was Kennon's assistant DA. Like Kennon, Kitchens was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He became the acting DA from 1941 to 1942, after Kennon unseated Judge [[Harmon Caldwell Drew]] for a seat on the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal, based in [[Shreveport]]. Kitchens was defeated for a full term as DA by Arthur M. Wallace[3] and did not thereafter seek public office. However, the senior Kitchens remained a powerful figure in his adopted community.  </div></td></tr>
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