Person Record

Metadata

Name

Doles, John Jones, Jr.

Birthplace

Plain Dealing, LA

Born

6 Jan 1923

Children

Roberta Lane Stone Miller; Marguerite Adelle "Cissy" Babb; Mai Frances "Minou" Fritze; Madge Wyche Davis

Deceased

16 Apr 2004

Deceased where

Shreveport, LA

Education

Plain Dealing High School (graduated 1940); LSU (1948)

Father

John Jones Doles, Sr.

Mother

Madge Wyche Doles

Notes

Doles served briefly by filling an unexpired term on the Plain Dealing City Council and as acting mayor, but he did not seek regional or state office. In 1961, he managed the campaign of Plain Dealing Democrat Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., for a vacant seat in the United States House of Representatives.

A member of the LSU Reserve Officers Training Corps, he served in France and Germany during the war.

Occupation

banker; businessman. Doles was affiliated with First State Bank and Doles Insurance Company and Discus Oil Company, both at 301 East Palmetto Avenue in Plain Dealing