Joe Lawler

began his life of service by serving in the United States Navy in 1948 and was immediately appointed as the Recruit Commander. After being honorably discharged from the Navy, he was hired by the Shreveport Fire Department and was assigned to the Central Fire Station in downtown Shreveport. After two years he was promoted to driver of the largest truck on the department—a 100' ladder truck. In 1965 he was appointed by Chief Dallas Greene to help organize the Louisiana State University Fire College in Baton Rouge. He retired from the Shreveport Fire Department as a captain after serving 21 years. He was then elected to three terms on the Caddo Parish Police Jury where he served as president one year and served as chairman of the Louisiana Police Jury Association's Criminal Justice Committee. He will long be remembered as one of the most effective Police Jury members in the history of Caddo Parish. He accomplished many major improvements to his district, including the construction of the Walter B. Jacobs Nature Park, the Richard Fleming Park & Boat Launch, the North Shreveport Industrial Park, and was instrumental in creating the first fire district in Caddo Parish, Caddo Parish Fire District No. 1. He also pushed for the change of the corrections facilities and responsibilities from the Police Jury to the Sheriff's Office. After serving on the Police Jury, he was appointed by the Caddo Parish Commission as a commissioner on the Caddo Parish 911 Communications District where he served for 17 years.

He was a businessman and president of Joe Lawler Construction Co., Inc., a construction company and land development company.

In 1983, he was awarded the "Most Outstanding Christian Businessman" award by the Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation.

He was an active member of the Blanchard United Methodist Church since 1950, which is now the NorthPoint United Methodist Church, and served on the administrative boards for many years. He was also active in the American Legion and served as first vice commander for a year.

He was most proud of his children, who all were successful business owners. He taught them the value of being tithing members of their churches, and he always encouraged them to be productive citizens.

The family would like to extend their sincere gratitude to Dr. Christopher Sneed and Dr. Bob Massingill and Lisa Massingill, the staff at Chateaus at Montclair, Home Instead and the Christus Schumpert Hospice for their wonderful care and compassion shown to their father.

Honoring Peepaw as pallbearers will be his grandsons.

The family suggests memorials may be made to NorthPoint United Methodist Church, 6675 North Market, Shreveport, LA 71107.

Published in Shreveport Times from Jan. 15 to Jan. 17, 2019

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began his life of service by serving in the United States Navy in 1948 and was immediately appointed as the Recruit Commander. After being honorably discharged from the Navy, he was hired by the Shreveport Fire Department and was assigned to the Central Fire Station in downtown Shreveport. After two years he was promoted to driver of the largest truck on the department—a 100' ladder truck. In 1965 he was appointed by Chief Dallas Greene to help organize the Louisiana State University Fire College in Baton Rouge. He retired from the Shreveport Fire Department as a captain after serving 21 years. He was then elected to three terms on the Caddo Parish Police Jury where he served as president one year and served as chairman of the Louisiana Police Jury Association's Criminal Justice Committee. He will long be remembered as one of the most effective Police Jury members in the history of Caddo Parish. He accomplished many major improvements to his district, including the construction of the Walter B. Jacobs Nature Park, the Richard Fleming Park & Boat Launch, the North Shreveport Industrial Park, and was instrumental in creating the first fire district in Caddo Parish, Caddo Parish Fire District No. 1. He also pushed for the change of the corrections facilities and responsibilities from the Police Jury to the Sheriff's Office. After serving on the Police Jury, he was appointed by the Caddo Parish Commission as a commissioner on the Caddo Parish 911 Communications District where he served for 17 years.

He was a businessman and president of Joe Lawler Construction Co., Inc., a construction company and land development company.

In 1983, he was awarded the "Most Outstanding Christian Businessman" award by the Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation.

He was an active member of the Blanchard United Methodist Church since 1950, which is now the NorthPoint United Methodist Church, and served on the administrative boards for many years. He was also active in the American Legion and served as first vice commander for a year.

He was most proud of his children, who all were successful business owners. He taught them the value of being tithing members of their churches, and he always encouraged them to be productive citizens.

The family would like to extend their sincere gratitude to Dr. Christopher Sneed and Dr. Bob Massingill and Lisa Massingill, the staff at Chateaus at Montclair, Home Instead and the Christus Schumpert Hospice for their wonderful care and compassion shown to their father.

Honoring Peepaw as pallbearers will be his grandsons.

The family suggests memorials may be made to NorthPoint United Methodist Church, 6675 North Market, Shreveport, LA 71107.

Published in Shreveport Times from Jan. 15 to Jan. 17, 2019

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began his life of service by serving in the United States Navy in 1948 and was immediately appointed as the Recruit Commander. After being honorably discharged from the Navy, he was hired by the Shreveport Fire Department and was assigned to the Central Fire Station in downtown Shreveport. After two years he was promoted to driver of the largest truck on the department—a 100' ladder truck. In 1965 he was appointed by Chief Dallas Greene to help organize the Louisiana State University Fire College in Baton Rouge. He retired from the Shreveport Fire Department as a captain after serving 21 years. He was then elected to three terms on the Caddo Parish Police Jury where he served as president one year and served as chairman of the Louisiana Police Jury Association's Criminal Justice Committee. He will long be remembered as one of the most effective Police Jury members in the history of Caddo Parish. He accomplished many major improvements to his district, including the construction of the Walter B. Jacobs Nature Park, the Richard Fleming Park & Boat Launch, the North Shreveport Industrial Park, and was instrumental in creating the first fire district in Caddo Parish, Caddo Parish Fire District No. 1. He also pushed for the change of the corrections facilities and responsibilities from the Police Jury to the Sheriff's Office. After serving on the Police Jury, he was appointed by the Caddo Parish Commission as a commissioner on the Caddo Parish 911 Communications District where he served for 17 years.

He was a businessman and president of Joe Lawler Construction Co., Inc., a construction company and land development company.

In 1983, he was awarded the "Most Outstanding Christian Businessman" award by the Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation.

He was an active member of the Blanchard United Methodist Church since 1950, which is now the NorthPoint United Methodist Church, and served on the administrative boards for many years. He was also active in the American Legion and served as first vice commander for a year.

He was most proud of his children, who all were successful business owners. He taught them the value of being tithing members of their churches, and he always encouraged them to be productive citizens.

The family would like to extend their sincere gratitude to Dr. Christopher Sneed and Dr. Bob Massingill and Lisa Massingill, the staff at Chateaus at Montclair, Home Instead and the Christus Schumpert Hospice for their wonderful care and compassion shown to their father.

Honoring Peepaw as pallbearers will be his grandsons.

The family suggests memorials may be made to NorthPoint United Methodist Church, 6675 North Market, Shreveport, LA 71107.

Published in Shreveport Times from Jan. 15 to Jan. 17, 2019

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{{Infobox person |name=Joe Kenneth Lawler (Businessman and police juror in Shreveport (Caddo Parish), Louisiana) |birth_date=July 10, 1930 |birth_place=Shreveport, Louisiana |death_date=January 13, 2019 (aged 88) |death_place=Shreveport, Louisiana
Resting place:
Blanchard Cemetery in Caddo Parish |religion=United Methodist |spouse=Mary Anne Attaway Lawler (deceased)
Children:
Linda Susan Lawler (deceased)
Tami Anne Herbert (deceased)
Kenneth Guy Lawler
Danny Joe Lawler
David Lawler
Ten grandchildren
Parents:
Harry See, Sr., and Rose Boutte' Lawler |party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat }} Joe Kenneth Lawler (July 1, 1930 – January 13, 2019) was a businessman in his native Shreveport, Louisiana who served for three four-year terms on the Caddo Parish Police Jury (now the Caddo Parish Commission]], the parish governing body.

He was one of six children of Harry See Lawler, Sr., and the former Rose Boutte'. at the since reconfigured Fair Park High School in Shreveport, he was remembered as a pole vaulting champion and track star. In 1948, he entered the United States Navy and was appointed as the recruit commander. After his military service, Lawler was hired by the Shreveport Fire Department and assigned to the central fire station in downtown Shreveport. After two years, he was promoted to driver of a 100' ladder truck, the largest in the department. In 1965, he was appointed by then Chief Dallas Greene to help organize the Louisiana State University Fire College in the capital city of Baton Rouge. He retired from the fire department as a captain after twenty-one years of duty.

A Democrat, Lawler was then elected to three terms on the police jury, was the president of the body for one year and chairman of the criminal justice committee of the Louisiana Police Jury Association. Juror Lawler pushed for completion of the Walter B. Jacobs Nature Park, the Richard Fleming Park and Boat Launch, and the North Shreveport Industrial Park. He was instrumental in the establishment of Fire District No. 1, the first such entity in Caddo Parish. He also backed the move of corrections facilities from the jurisdiction of the police jury to that of the sheriff's office. After he left the police jury, he was named by the Caddo Parish Commission as a commissioner on the 911 Communications District, of which he had served for seventeen years.

He owned Joe Lawler Construction Co., Inc., and was also engaged in land development. In 1983, the Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation named Lawler the "Most Outstanding Christian Businessman" in his state. He was an active member since 1950 of the Blanchard United Methodist Church, renamed NorthPoint United Methodist Church. He was for a year the first vice commander of the American Legion in Shreveport. He died at the age of eighty-eight after a long battle with lymphoma.