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{{Infobox person
|name=Edgar Claude Hathorn<br>
(Louisiana civic and political figure)
|birth_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]
|birth_date=February 13, 1921
|death_date=October 21, 1987 (aged 66)
|death_place=Alexandria, Louisiana<br>
Resting place: Alexandria Memorial Gardens
|spouse=Gladys Barnett "Monnie" Hathorn (married 1944-1987, his death)<br>
Children:<br>
Sherry Lynn Hathorn<br>
Marsha H. Hill<br>
Claudia Montriee "PeeWee" Hathorn<br>
William David "Bill" Hathorn<br>
Rhonda Renee Hathorn
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
}}
'''Edgar Claude Hathorn (February 13, 1921 – October 21, 1987)<ref name=ech>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Hathorn&GSfn=Edgar&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=114188801&df=all&|title=Edgar Claude Hathorn|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref> was a civic and political figure from his native [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]. He served until his death in office on the Rapides Parish Police Jury, the parish governing board.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pascal Hathorn, he was wounded as a private in the [[United States Army]] in [[France]] on July 15, 1944,<ref>"Alexandria soldier is wounded in France", ''Shreveport Times'', August 1, 1944.</ref>after having participated in the [[Normandy]] landing the previous month, He had just married the former Gladys Barnett (c. 1924-2010), the daughter of [[Mississippi]] farmer Stennis Marvin Barnett (1892-1957) and the former Madie Mae George (1895-1931).<ref name=gbh>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?pid=145396958|title=Gladys Barnett "Monnie" Hathorn obituary|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref>
On returning to Alexandria after the war, Hathorn in 1948 launched his Hathorn Transfer and Storage Company, the North American Van Lines dealership located at 620 Elliott Street in Alexandria,<ref name=transfer>{{cite web|url=https://www.alignable.com/alexandria-la/hathorn-transfer-storage-co|title=Hathorn Transfer & Storage Co.|publisher=Alignable.com|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref> since known as Hathorn Distribution Systems and owned and managed by his only son, William David "Bill" Hathorn (born July 18, 1951).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-hathorn-63261095|title=Bill Hathorn|publisher=LinkedIn.com|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref> In 1993, Bill Hathorn launched Hathorn Record Management System to warehouse all types of business, legal, and medical records.<ref name=transfer/>The Hathorns also had four daughters, Sherry Lynn Hathorn (born February 23, 1948) of Alexandria and formerly [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]; Marsha H. Hill (born March 25, 1949) of Portland, [[Oregon]]; Claudia Montricee "PeeWee" Hathorn (born March 29, 1950) of [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana, who is divorced from Bruce Alan McNeal (born December 11, 1948), a businessman in Mabndeville in St. Tammany Parish,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/bruce-mcneal/bamcneal32753fm|title=Bruce McNeal|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref>wed in 1970 while he was in the [[United States Navy]], based in Charleston, [[South Carolina]],<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7464871/hathorn_claudia_marries_bruce_alan/|title=Claudia Hathorn marries Bruce Alan McNeal|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=October 11, 1970|page=12|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref> and Rhonda Renee Hathorn (born July 3, 1964), also of Portland, Oregon.
In 1978, Hathorn held on to his police jury seat when he defeated a fellow incumbent, John Leo Bradas (born October 10, 1935), the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] to sit on the police jury, as seats moved from at-large to single-member districting. Hathorn and Bradas contested the newly-formed District G on the body.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/215806813/|title=Press to grill canddidates|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=August 6, 1978|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref> Serving with Hathorn on the jury were [[Leverne Perry]] and [[L. B. Henry]], both former presidents of the body. After several terms on the parish police jury, Hathorn died at the age of sixty-six and was succeeded on the governing council by his wife. She later married Lyman H. Adams of Alexandria and was living in Baton Rouge at the time of her death at the age of eighty-six.
Edgar and Monnie Hathorn are interred at Alexandria Memorial Gardens.<ref name=gbh/><ref name=ech/> The Hathorn Center, a shelter-care facility named for Edgar Hathorn, opened the year before his death at the Renaissance Home for Youth in Alexandria..
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]
|name=Edgar Claude Hathorn<br>
(Louisiana civic and political figure)
|birth_place=[[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]
|birth_date=February 13, 1921
|death_date=October 21, 1987 (aged 66)
|death_place=Alexandria, Louisiana<br>
Resting place: Alexandria Memorial Gardens
|spouse=Gladys Barnett "Monnie" Hathorn (married 1944-1987, his death)<br>
Children:<br>
Sherry Lynn Hathorn<br>
Marsha H. Hill<br>
Claudia Montriee "PeeWee" Hathorn<br>
William David "Bill" Hathorn<br>
Rhonda Renee Hathorn
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
}}
'''Edgar Claude Hathorn (February 13, 1921 – October 21, 1987)<ref name=ech>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Hathorn&GSfn=Edgar&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=114188801&df=all&|title=Edgar Claude Hathorn|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref> was a civic and political figure from his native [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]. He served until his death in office on the Rapides Parish Police Jury, the parish governing board.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. William Pascal Hathorn, he was wounded as a private in the [[United States Army]] in [[France]] on July 15, 1944,<ref>"Alexandria soldier is wounded in France", ''Shreveport Times'', August 1, 1944.</ref>after having participated in the [[Normandy]] landing the previous month, He had just married the former Gladys Barnett (c. 1924-2010), the daughter of [[Mississippi]] farmer Stennis Marvin Barnett (1892-1957) and the former Madie Mae George (1895-1931).<ref name=gbh>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?pid=145396958|title=Gladys Barnett "Monnie" Hathorn obituary|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref>
On returning to Alexandria after the war, Hathorn in 1948 launched his Hathorn Transfer and Storage Company, the North American Van Lines dealership located at 620 Elliott Street in Alexandria,<ref name=transfer>{{cite web|url=https://www.alignable.com/alexandria-la/hathorn-transfer-storage-co|title=Hathorn Transfer & Storage Co.|publisher=Alignable.com|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref> since known as Hathorn Distribution Systems and owned and managed by his only son, William David "Bill" Hathorn (born July 18, 1951).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-hathorn-63261095|title=Bill Hathorn|publisher=LinkedIn.com|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref> In 1993, Bill Hathorn launched Hathorn Record Management System to warehouse all types of business, legal, and medical records.<ref name=transfer/>The Hathorns also had four daughters, Sherry Lynn Hathorn (born February 23, 1948) of Alexandria and formerly [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]; Marsha H. Hill (born March 25, 1949) of Portland, [[Oregon]]; Claudia Montricee "PeeWee" Hathorn (born March 29, 1950) of [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana, who is divorced from Bruce Alan McNeal (born December 11, 1948), a businessman in Mabndeville in St. Tammany Parish,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/bruce-mcneal/bamcneal32753fm|title=Bruce McNeal|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref>wed in 1970 while he was in the [[United States Navy]], based in Charleston, [[South Carolina]],<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7464871/hathorn_claudia_marries_bruce_alan/|title=Claudia Hathorn marries Bruce Alan McNeal|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=October 11, 1970|page=12|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref> and Rhonda Renee Hathorn (born July 3, 1964), also of Portland, Oregon.
In 1978, Hathorn held on to his police jury seat when he defeated a fellow incumbent, John Leo Bradas (born October 10, 1935), the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] to sit on the police jury, as seats moved from at-large to single-member districting. Hathorn and Bradas contested the newly-formed District G on the body.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/215806813/|title=Press to grill canddidates|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=August 6, 1978|accessdate=July 22, 2018}}</ref> Serving with Hathorn on the jury were [[Leverne Perry]] and [[L. B. Henry]], both former presidents of the body. After several terms on the parish police jury, Hathorn died at the age of sixty-six and was succeeded on the governing council by his wife. She later married Lyman H. Adams of Alexandria and was living in Baton Rouge at the time of her death at the age of eighty-six.
Edgar and Monnie Hathorn are interred at Alexandria Memorial Gardens.<ref name=gbh/><ref name=ech/> The Hathorn Center, a shelter-care facility named for Edgar Hathorn, opened the year before his death at the Renaissance Home for Youth in Alexandria..
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hathorn, Edgar}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]