| − | '''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. | + | '''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> | | 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= | + | 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 Mandeville 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. | | 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. |