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Shreveport Businessman and Close Friend of Edwin Edwards has Died

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Gus Mijalis, a Shreveport businessman and noted close friend of former Gov. Edwin Edwards, has died. Mijalis family owned the Farmers Seafood Company which opened in 1918. Former Governor Edwin Edwards remembers Mijalis in an adversarial position when they first met. But things quickly changed.

 

Edwards says he never shied away from Mijalis even when Gus was in trouble.

 

Edwards says during his four terms as Louisiana’s governor he met plenty of friends. But few like Mijalis.

 

A memorial service is scheduled for Monday and he says he will attend.