Given the question: Facts: - residence: longview , gregg county , texas , usa - preceded: don w. williamson - party: democratic - spouse: -lrb- -lrb- 2 -rrb- frances lowayne sloan keith -lrb- divorced -rrb- 1 -lrb- 3 -rrb- vivian marie mendez keith -rrb- mona pigg keith -lrb- divorced -rrb- - office: louisiana -rrb- state senator for district 39 -lrb- caddo parish - term end: 1984 - succeeded: gregory tarver - term start: 1980 - birth date: 19 august 1934 - name: billy p. keith - children: tara richard keith , lindsay keith lebell , miguel mendez , keith marisa mendez murphy rose , kimberly keith westfall , paul - footnotes: keith after a single term , as his 39th district became 's majority african american , and voters replaced keith with a career black funeral home owner and shreveport city council member gregory in tarver . the louisiana state senate ended - birth place: tahlequah , oklahoma - religion: southern baptist - alma mater: wheaton college - occupation: author ; journalist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bill keith -lrb- politician -rrb- .
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billy p. keith , known as bill keith -lrb- born august 19 , 1934 -rrb- , currently resides in longview , texas with his wife , vivian .a writer of fiction and nonfiction , he served from 1980 to 1984 as a democratic member of the louisiana state senate .as a legislator , he was particularly known for his promotion of a state law requiring balanced treatment in the instruction of creation science and evolution in public schools .a tahlequah , oklahoma native , keith graduated from wheaton college , a private american four-year christian liberal arts college in wheaton , illinois , with a bachelor of arts in journalism .he received a master of divinity degree from southwestern baptist theological seminary in fort worth , texas .while at swbts , he worked in the public relations office with bill moyers , later the press secretary to u.s. president lyndon b. johnson .after the publication of keith 's most recent book in 2009 , moyers sent him a note of goodwill .