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==Background==

==Background==

Hodges was born in the [[village]] of Shongaloo in Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]], to Oscar Henry Haynes, Sr., and the former Mary Lynn Burns (1889-1971).<ref>Hodges's grandparents were  John Oscar Haynes (1848-1918), a native of [[Georgia]], and his second wife, the former Julia Ann Butts (1862-1935), and Andrew Jackson Burns (1851-1946) and Isabelle Burns (1853-1910).</ref> O. H. and Lynn Haynes relocated south to [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], the seat of government of Webster Parish. Haynes, Sr. was elected Webster Parish [[sheriff]] in 1933 and served until 1952. His son and Cleone's younger brother, O. H. Haynes, Jr., held the same position from 1964 to 1980.<ref>Sandwiched between the two terms of O. H. Haynes, Sr., and O. H. Haynes, Jr., was their [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] intraparty rival, Sheriff J. D. Batton.</ref> Hodges had two other brothers, J. Y. Haynes and his wife, the former Edith Henry, both deceased, and Delmus Wells Haynes (1918-1919), who died prior to his second birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=

Hodges was born in the [[village]] of Shongaloo in Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]], to [[O. H. Haynes, Sr.|Oscar Henry Haynes, Sr.]], and the former Mary Lynn Burns (1889-1971).<ref>Hodges's grandparents were John Oscar Haynes (1848-1918), a native of [[Georgia]], and his second wife, the former Julia Ann Butts (1862-1935), and Andrew Jackson Burns (1851-1946) and Isabelle Burns (1853-1910).</ref> O. H. and Lynn Haynes relocated south to [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], the seat of government of Webster Parish. Haynes, Sr. was elected Webster Parish [[sheriff]] in 1933 and served in that position until 1952. His son and Cleone's younger brother, O. H. Haynes, Jr., held the same position from 1964 to 1980.<ref>Sandwiched between the two terms of O. H. Haynes, Sr., and O. H. Haynes, Jr., was their [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] intraparty rival, Sheriff J. D. Batton.</ref> Hodges had two other brothers, J. Y. Haynes and his wife, the former Edith Henry, both deceased, and Delmus Wells Haynes (1918-1919), who died prior to his second birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=

http://wileyfamilyofshongaloo.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I03467&tree=T1|title=Mary Lynn Burns|publisher=Wiley Family of Shongaloo|accessdate=September 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52850384|title=John Oscar Haynes (grandfather of Cleone Hodges)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 15, 2014}}</ref>

http://wileyfamilyofshongaloo.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I03467&tree=T1|title=Mary Lynn Burns|publisher=Wiley Family of Shongaloo|accessdate=September 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52850384|title=John Oscar Haynes (grandfather of Cleone Hodges)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 15, 2014}}</ref>