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| | |birth_place=Baskin, Franklin Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA | | |birth_place=Baskin, Franklin Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA |
| | |death_date=January 31, 2007 (aged 87) | | |death_date=January 31, 2007 (aged 87) |
| − | |death_place=[[Tyler, Texas]] | + | |death_place=Tyler, [[Texas]] |
| | |resting_place=Gwin Memorial Cemetery in Mangham | | |resting_place=Gwin Memorial Cemetery in Mangham |
| | |spouse=Marjorie Wooten Reese | | |spouse=Marjorie Wooten Reese |
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| | Marshall Quinn Blackwell, Sr. (stepson) | | Marshall Quinn Blackwell, Sr. (stepson) |
| | |alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]] | | |alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]] |
| − | |occupation=[[Lieutenant-Colonel]] in the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]], with service in [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]] | + | |occupation=[[Lieutenant Colonel]] in the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]], with service in [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]] |
| | |office=[[Mayor]] of Mangham, Richland Parish, [[Louisiana]] | | |office=[[Mayor]] of Mangham, Richland Parish, [[Louisiana]] |
| | |term_start=1980 | | |term_start=1980 |
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| | '''Frellsen Reese''' (March 19, 1919 – January 31, 2007) <ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Reese&GSfn=Frellsen&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=32381009&df=all& | | '''Frellsen Reese''' (March 19, 1919 – January 31, 2007) <ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Reese&GSfn=Frellsen&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=32381009&df=all& |
| − | |title=LTC Frellsen Reese|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref>was a [[Lieutenant-Colonel|lieutenant-colonel]] in the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] who was the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[mayor]] from 1980 to 1990 of the [[village]] of Mangham in Richland Parish, [[Louisiana]], population 672 in the 2010 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zip-codes.com/m/city/la-mangham-2010-census.asp|title=2010 Census data for City of Mangham, LA|publisher=zip-codes.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> | + | |title=LTC Frellsen Reese|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref>was a [[Lieutenant Colonel|lieutenant colonel]] in the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] who was the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[mayor]] from 1980 to 1990 of the [[village]] of Mangham in Richland Parish, [[Louisiana]], population 672 in the 2010 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zip-codes.com/m/city/la-mangham-2010-census.asp|title=2010 Census data for City of Mangham, LA|publisher=zip-codes.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> |
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| | Reese was the youngest of nine children of [[Alabama]] native Hillard Hudson Reese (1876-1970) and the former Claudia Coyle (1878-1940). The family resided in Baskin in Franklin Parish, and the parents are interred there at the Coax Baptist Church Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30937839|title=Hillard Hudson Reese|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> Reese graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] with a degree in [[civil engineering]]. His 29-year career in the Army Corps of Engineer included service in [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]]. He was a [[United Methodist]], a rancher, and a passionate hunter.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/boards/topics.obits/79866/mb.ashx|title=Frellsen Reese - Message Boards|publisher=ancestry.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> | | Reese was the youngest of nine children of [[Alabama]] native Hillard Hudson Reese (1876-1970) and the former Claudia Coyle (1878-1940). The family resided in Baskin in Franklin Parish, and the parents are interred there at the Coax Baptist Church Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30937839|title=Hillard Hudson Reese|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> Reese graduated from [[Louisiana State University]] with a degree in [[civil engineering]]. His 29-year career in the Army Corps of Engineer included service in [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]]. He was a [[United Methodist]], a rancher, and a passionate hunter.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/boards/topics.obits/79866/mb.ashx|title=Frellsen Reese - Message Boards|publisher=ancestry.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> |
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| | |title=Keith Owen Munyan|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> who served as a [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marine]] in the [[Korean War]], played football and baseball for Louisiana College in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], and as the Mangham High School [[football]] coach netted 204 wins, 78 losses, and 6 ties in a 27-year career. Munyan led his Mangham teams to sixteen district championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lcwildcats.net/hof.aspx?hof=37&kiosk=|title=Hall of Fame: Keith "Moose" Munyan|publisher=Louisiana College|location=[[Pineville, Louisiana]]|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> As Reese left the mayor's office, another Republican, Royce Vernon Lowery (born September 1927), was elected to the village council, which then had two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] and two [[Independent voter|Independents]] serving as aldermen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns: Richland Parish|date=October 6, 1990|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> Another Mangham Republican, [[Robert Max Ross]], launched losing bids for [[governor]] In 1971 and 1983 and for the [[United States Senate]] in 1984 and 1986. | | |title=Keith Owen Munyan|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> who served as a [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marine]] in the [[Korean War]], played football and baseball for Louisiana College in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], and as the Mangham High School [[football]] coach netted 204 wins, 78 losses, and 6 ties in a 27-year career. Munyan led his Mangham teams to sixteen district championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lcwildcats.net/hof.aspx?hof=37&kiosk=|title=Hall of Fame: Keith "Moose" Munyan|publisher=Louisiana College|location=[[Pineville, Louisiana]]|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> As Reese left the mayor's office, another Republican, Royce Vernon Lowery (born September 1927), was elected to the village council, which then had two [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] and two [[Independent voter|Independents]] serving as aldermen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns: Richland Parish|date=October 6, 1990|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> Another Mangham Republican, [[Robert Max Ross]], launched losing bids for [[governor]] In 1971 and 1983 and for the [[United States Senate]] in 1984 and 1986. |
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| − | Reese died at the age of eighty-seven in [[Tyler, Texas]], where his son, businessman Robert Jeffery Reese and wife, Janie, reside. He was also survived by a stepson, Marshall Quinn Blackwell, Sr. (c. 1941-2011), an [[attorney]] in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] who resided in Mangham. He was the son of Reese's wife, the former Marjorie Wooten (1918-2000), from her previous marriage to Charles Quinn "C. Q." Blackwell, Jr. (1917-1985), a native of Jasper County in [[suburb]]an [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=181055098|title=Marshall Quinn Blackwell, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Blackwell&GSfn=Charles&GSmn=Quinn+&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=23666152&df=all& | + | Reese died at the age of eighty-seven in Tyler, [[Texas]], where his son, businessman Robert Jeffery Reese and wife, Janie, reside. He was also survived by a stepson, Marshall Quinn Blackwell, Sr. (c. 1941-2011), an [[attorney]] in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] who resided in Mangham. He was the son of Reese's wife, the former Marjorie Wooten (1918-2000), from her previous marriage to Charles Quinn "C. Q." Blackwell, Jr. (1917-1985), a native of Jasper County in [[suburb]]an [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=181055098|title=Marshall Quinn Blackwell, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Blackwell&GSfn=Charles&GSmn=Quinn+&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=23666152&df=all& |
| − | |title=Charles Quinn Blackwell, Jr.|publisher=''Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?pid=149400810|title=Marshall Blackwell obituary|publisher=''Monroe News-Star''|date=March 18, 2011|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> Charles Blackwell was an insurance claims adjuster who lost an appeal in 1969 before the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in [New Orleans]] in his challenge to a five-count conviction, including [[mail fraud]] and crossing state lines to engage in [[arson]]. At the time, the 5th Circuit covered Georgia, since transferred to the 11th Circuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openjurist.org/405/f2d/625/blackwell-v-united-states|title=''Charles Quinn Blackwell, Jr. v. United States of America''|publisher=Openjurist.org|date=January 16, 1969|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> Charles Blackwell's second wife, Margaret M. Blackwell, resides in Albany in Dougherty County, Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Margaret-Blackwell/Albany-GA|title=Margaret Blackwell|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> | + | |title=Charles Quinn Blackwell, Jr.|publisher=''Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?pid=149400810|title=Marshall Blackwell obituary|publisher=''Monroe News-Star''|date=March 18, 2011|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> Charles Blackwell was an insurance claims adjuster who lost an appeal in 1969 before the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in [[New Orleans]] in his challenge to a five-count conviction, including [[mail fraud]] and crossing state lines to engage in [[arson]]. At the time, the 5th Circuit covered Georgia, since transferred to the 11th Circuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openjurist.org/405/f2d/625/blackwell-v-united-states|title=''Charles Quinn Blackwell, Jr. v. United States of America''|publisher=Openjurist.org|date=January 16, 1969|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> Charles Blackwell's second wife, Margaret M. Blackwell, resides in Albany in Dougherty County, Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Margaret-Blackwell/Albany-GA|title=Margaret Blackwell|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=September 22, 2017}}</ref> |
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| | Frellsen and Marjorie Reese and Marshall Blackwell, Sr., are interred at Gwin Memorial Cemetery in Mangham.<ref name=findagrave/> | | Frellsen and Marjorie Reese and Marshall Blackwell, Sr., are interred at Gwin Memorial Cemetery in Mangham.<ref name=findagrave/> |