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Joe Cornelius, Sr.
Joseph Burgess Cornelius, Sr., known as Joe Cornelius, Sr. (born September 9, 1942), is a businessman and community organizer in Minden, Louisiana, who is a former interim mayor of his city, located in Webster Parish in the northwestern portion of the state. He is the second African American in nearly a quarter century to succeed directly from the Minden City Council to the mayor's position after an unexpected vacancy developed.
==Background==
A native of Minden, Cornelius is one of five children of the late Sidney and Lucille Cornelius.〔''Minden Press-Herald'', March 6, 1990, p. 3〕 He graduated from the former historically black Webster High School in Minden, since incorporated into the desegregated Minden High School. At one time, he resided in The Bronx borough of New York City, where some of his children still live, and in Shreveport,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joe Cornelius in Minden, LA )〕 where he was formerly employed as a technician by Benevolent Funeral Home. He owns Mr. Joe's Ice Cream truck delivery in Minden.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joe Cornelius, Sr. )〕
Cornelius has long been involved in such community affairs as the annual Christmas and Martin Luther King, Jr. parades, and Black History Month each February. He is a former president of the Minden High School Booster Club and chairman of the group Concerned Citizens of Minden, which raised funds to carry more than five hundred youth to area lakes for recreation. As a city council member, Cornelius worked for additional street lights, including the lighting of school zones; water and sewer projects, and local streets. He is a former deputy for the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office and a former member of the parish Office of Community Services. Cornelius is a past recipient of the Distinguished Service Award presented by the Minden branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In 1998, he received a humanitarian award from the Association of Black Social Workers for the North Louisiana Region.〔
Cornelius is a steward and choir member at Mt. Zion CME Temple, an historically black Christian Methodist Episcopal congregation at 414 East Union Street in Minden. He is also a member of the Masonic lodge. Cornelius is married to the former Jacquelyn Williams. He has three living children, including Joe Cornelius, Jr. A daughter died in 2013 during his mayoral campaign.〔
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