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'''Ansel Martin Stroud, Jr.''', often called '''Buddy Stroud''' (April 5, 1927  – July 1, 2016), was a  [[United States Army]] [[major general]] from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], whose career extended from 1944 to 1997. He was particularly known as the [[adjutant general]] of the Louisiana National Guard during the administrations of [[governor of Louisiana|Governors]] [[Dave Treen|David C. Treen]], [[Edwin Edwards]], [[Buddy Roemer]], and [[Mike Foster]].

'''Ansel Martin Stroud, Jr.''', often called '''Buddy Stroud''' (April 5, 1927  – July 1, 2016), was a  [[United States Army]] [[major general]] from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], whose career extended from 1944 to 1997. He was particularly known as the adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard during the administrations of [[governor of Louisiana|Governors]] [[David C. Treen]], [[Edwin Edwards]], [[Buddy Roemer]], and Mike Foster.

==Background==

==Background==

Stroud was the younger of two children and the only son of A. M. Stroud, Sr. (1890-1968), who died in Cullen in Webster Parish, and the former Grace Killingsworth (1904-1988).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Stroud&GSfn=Ansel&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=95746937&df=all&|title=Ansel Martin Stroud|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 11, 2016}]/ref>

Stroud was the younger of two children and the only son of A. M. Stroud, Sr. (1890-1968), who died in Cullen in Webster Parish, and the former Grace Killingsworth (1904-1988).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Stroud&GSfn=Ansel&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=95746937&df=all&|title=Ansel Martin Stroud|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}/ref>

He was reared in Dixie, an [[unincorporated community]] in Caddo Parish and graduated from nearby Belcher High School in Belcher. In April 1944, at the age of seventeen, he enlisted in the Army. Two years later he was commissioned a second lieutenant after the completion of officer candidacy school. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]],  and [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station]].<ref name=obit/>

He was reared in Dixie, an unincorporated community in Caddo Parish and graduated from nearby Belcher High School in Belcher. In April 1944, at the age of seventeen, he enlisted in the Army. Two years later he was commissioned a second lieutenant after the completion of officer candidacy school. He attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]],  and [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station]].<ref name=obit/>

By his first wife, the former Barbara White, now deceased, he had four sons, Ansel Stroud, III, and wife Joan, Daniel Garber Stroud and wife Helen, William Lee Stroud and wife Lee Ann, and Michael Allyn Stroud and wife Lea. From his second marriage to the former Jane Smith Pearce (born June 1925), he acquired five step-children, Betty Pearce, Mary-Clyde Greene and husband, Wiley; Margaret Pearce Price, the widow of Richard Price; Louise Pearce; and Preston Pearce and wife, Karen, and seven grandchildren.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=a-m-stroud&pid=180534402&fhid=6593#sthash.kalJIGS7.dpuf|title=Ansel M. Stroud, Jr.|publisher=''[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Shreveport Times]]''|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>

By his first wife, the former Barbara White, now deceased, he had four sons, Ansel Stroud, III, and wife Joan, Daniel Garber Stroud and wife Helen, William Lee Stroud and wife Lee Ann, and Michael Allyn Stroud and wife Lea. From his second marriage to the former Jane Smith Pearce (born June 1925), he acquired five step-children, Betty Pearce, Mary-Clyde Greene and husband, Wiley; Margaret Pearce Price, the widow of Richard Price; Louise Pearce; and Preston Pearce and wife, Karen, and seven grandchildren.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=a-m-stroud&pid=180534402&fhid=6593#sthash.kalJIGS7.dpuf|title=Ansel M. Stroud, Jr.|publisher=''[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Shreveport Times]]''|accessdate=July 11, 2016}}</ref>