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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Earl Guyton Williamson, Sr.
|name=Earl Guyton Williamson, Sr.
|birth_date=November 15, 1903
|birth_date=November 15, 1903
Mary Jane Hearne Williamson (died March 1992)
Mary Jane Hearne Williamson (died March 1992)
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|office=[[Mayor]] of Vivian, Louisiana
|term_start=1938
|term_end=1946
|term_start2=1962
|term_end2=1966
|succeeded2=James "Jimmy" Wilson
| office3=Member of the Caddo Parish Police Jury
|term_start3=1933
|term_end3=1972
|term_start4=1979
|term_end4=1980
}}
}}
'''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]
'''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]
== Early years, self-education, family==
== Early years, self-education, family==
Williamson was born in tiny Carthage in Leake County in central [[Mississippi]] near the larger city of Kosciusko, to John and Mary Bertha Williamson. When his father died, Earl, went to work as a laborer to help support his mother and siblings. He was self-educated, even in the field of law. "He was always reading, studying, he was a great speaker and his English diction was perfect," recalled Donald Wayne "Don" Williamson (born 1927), one of his seven children and the one who established a lengthy political career of his own. For a time, the Vivian attorney Jasper K. Smith (June 20, 1905 - May 18, 1992), a subsequent member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, tutored Williamson and others in the law. Though Williamson never became a lawyer himself, his legal studies proved invaluable in the three political offices, two elected and one appointed, which he held.[2]
Williamson was born in tiny Carthage in Leake County in central [[Mississippi]] near the larger city of Kosciusko, to John and Mary Bertha Williamson. When his father died, Earl, went to work as a laborer to help support his mother and siblings. He was self-educated, even in the field of law. "He was always reading, studying, he was a great speaker and his English diction was perfect," recalled Donald Wayne "Don" Williamson (born 1927), one of his seven children and the one who established a lengthy political career of his own. For a time, the Vivian attorney Jasper K. Smith (June 20, 1905 – May 18, 1992), a subsequent member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, tutored Williamson and others in the law. Though Williamson never became a lawyer himself, his legal studies proved invaluable in the three political offices, two elected and one appointed, which he held.[2]
On August 3, 1922, Williamson wed the former Mamie A. Greer (February 28, 1904 – July 9, 1948). In addition to Don Williamson, they had three other sons: Earl G. Williamson, Jr. (born 1923), James Whitfield Williamson (June 12, 1925 – November 15, 2008),[3] and David Williamson (born 1930) of Orange, [[Florida]], and a daughter, Velma Jean Williamson Bright (born 1932) of Longview, [[Texas]]. Williamson joined the United States Army Air Corps after World War I ended, and he learned to be a pilot. Thereafter, he and a brother-in-law, Joe Greer, entered the crop-dusting business. After living for a time in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], Williamson relocated his family to Vivian, north of [[Shreveport]], where there was a demand for crop dusting. Thereafter, he became the Chevrolet dealer in Vivian and successfully operated Williamson Motors for several decades.[4]
On August 3, 1922, Williamson wed the former Mamie A. Greer (February 28, 1904 – July 9, 1948). In addition to Don Williamson, they had three other sons: Earl G. Williamson, Jr. (born 1923), James Whitfield Williamson (June 12, 1925 – November 15, 2008),[3] and David Williamson (born 1930) of Orange, [[Florida]], and a daughter, Velma Jean Williamson Bright (born 1932) of Longview, [[Texas]]. Williamson joined the United States Army Air Corps after World War I ended, and he learned to be a pilot. Thereafter, he and a brother-in-law, Joe Greer, entered the crop-dusting business. After living for a time in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], Williamson relocated his family to Vivian, north of [[Shreveport]], where there was a demand for crop dusting. Thereafter, he became the Chevrolet dealer in Vivian and successfully operated Williamson Motors for several decades.[4]