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'''Earl Guyton Williamson, Sr.''' (November 15, 1903 – December 9, 1992), was a prominent businessman and politician from the 1930s to the 1970s in Vivian in northern Caddo Parish in far northwestern [[Louisiana]]. He was originally affiliated with the Long faction within his state's dominant [[Democratic Party]] and was a personal friend of both [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], and Earl Kemp Long.[1]
{{Infobox person
|name=Earl Guyton Williamson, Sr.
|birth_date=November 15, 1903
|birth_place=Carthage, Leake County<br>[[Mississippi]]
|death_date=December 9, 1992
|death_place=Vivian, Caddo Parish<br>[[Louisiana]]
|religion=[[Baptist]]-turned-[[United Methodist]]
|spouse=(1) Mamie A. Greer Williamson (married 1922-1948, her death)<br>
Mary Jane Hearne Williamson (died March 1992)
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
}}
'''Earl Guyton Williamson, Sr.''' (November 15, 1903 – December 9, 1992), was a prominent businessman and politician from the 1930s to the 1970s in Vivian in northern Caddo Parish in far northwestern [[Louisiana]]. He was originally affiliated with the Long faction within his state's dominant [[Democratic Party]] and was a personal friend of both [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], and [[Governor]] Earl Kemp Long.[1]
==A second family==
==A second family==
After the first Mrs. Williamson died, Earl Williamson remarried. The second match to the former Mary Jane Hearne (September 12, 1926 – March 26, 1992), also her second marriage, produced Earl Williamson's two younger sons. Tedford Fielden Williamson (born 1957), is a businessman and a former city council member in Round Rock, Texas, coincidentally located in populous Williamson County north of Austin. Clayton Lamar Williamson (born 1952) of Montgomery, Texas, in the [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] metro area, is a counselor and a former city manager of three small Texas communities. Both Tedford and Clayton Williamson share the interests of their father and half-brothers in government and politics.[14] With his second marriage, Earl Williamson switched membership from the [[Baptist]] Church to her preferred [[Methodist]] denomination. In addition to her homemaking duties, the second Mrs. Williamson was a school secretary and a McKeithen-appointed member of the Caddo Parish Levee Board.[13]
After the first Mrs. Williamson died, Earl Williamson remarried. The second match to the former Mary Jane Hearne (September 12, 1926 – March 26, 1992), also her second marriage, produced Earl Williamson's two younger sons. Tedford Fielden Williamson (born 1957), is a businessman and a former city council member in Round Rock, Texas, coincidentally located in populous Williamson County north of [[Austin]]. Clayton Lamar Williamson (born 1952) of Montgomery, Texas, in the [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] metro area, is a counselor and a former city manager of three small Texas communities. Both Tedford and Clayton Williamson share the interests of their father and half-brothers in government and politics.[14] With his second marriage, Earl Williamson switched membership from the [[Baptist]] Church to her preferred [[Methodist]] denomination. In addition to her homemaking duties, the second Mrs. Williamson was a school secretary and a McKeithen-appointed member of the Caddo Parish Levee Board.[13]
==Death==
==Death==
==References==
==References==
*1. Billy Hathorn, "The Williamsons of Caddo Parish: The Unfolding of a Political 'Mini-dynasty'", ''North Louisiana History'' (publication of the North Louisiana Historical Association, Winter 2008, hereinafter cited as Hathorn 2008), pp. 25-43.
*1. Billy Hathorn, "The Williamsons of Caddo Parish: The Unfolding of a Political 'Mini-dynasty'", ''[[North Louisiana History]]'' (publication of the North Louisiana Historical Association, Winter 2008, hereinafter cited as Hathorn 2008), pp. 25-43.
*2. Hathorn 2008, pp. 26–27.
*2. Hathorn 2008, pp. 26–27.
*3."James Williamson obituary," ''The Shreveport Times,'', November 17, 2008.
*3."James Williamson obituary," ''The Shreveport Times,'', November 17, 2008.