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In 1950, DeWitt Methvin married the former Lallah Hill Cunningham (1929-2012), a [[Roman Catholic]]. Her father was the [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] attorney and former state Representative William Peyton Cunningham, Sr (1901-1971).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0094.html|title=William Peyton Cunningham, Sr.|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 7, 2014}}</ref> Her grandfather, Charles Milton Cunningham (1877-1936), was the editor of ''The Natchitoches Times'' [[newspaper]] and a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1915 to 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/index.html|title=Charles Milton Cunningham|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=October 1, 2014}}</ref> Her great grandfather Milton Joseph Cunningham (1842-1916), had been the state attorney general for three terms prior to 1900.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0108.html|title=Milton Joseph Cunningham|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 1, 2014}}</ref>

In 1950, DeWitt Methvin married the former Lallah Hill Cunningham (1929-2012), a [[Roman Catholic]]. Her father was the [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] attorney and former state Representative William Peyton Cunningham, Sr (1901-1971).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0094.html|title=William Peyton Cunningham, Sr.|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 7, 2014}}</ref> Her grandfather, Charles Milton Cunningham (1877-1936), was the editor of ''The Natchitoches Times'' [[newspaper]] and a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1915 to 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/index.html|title=Charles Milton Cunningham|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=October 1, 2014}}</ref> Her great grandfather Milton Joseph Cunningham (1842-1916), had been the state attorney general for three terms prior to 1900.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0108.html|title=Milton Joseph Cunningham|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 1, 2014}}</ref>

DeWitt and Lallah Methvin had five children, including Lallah Anne (L'Anne) and husband, Joe Sciba of [[Plano]], [[Texas]], Mildred Ellen "Mimi" Methvin, an attorney, retired United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and the 2014 interim judge of the Louisiana 27th Judicial District Court in St. Landry Parish, who resides in [[Lafayette]] and is divorced from James Thomas "Jim" McManus (born February 1951); Elizabeth "Lisa" Murrell (born December 1954) and husband, Jack Clary "Jay" Murrell, Jr., of [[Shreveport]], Louisiana; DeWitt, III, and wife Stacy Methvin of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], and Mary Ceil Methvin of Boone, [[North Carolina]]. There are twelve Methvin grandchildren.<ref name=dtmjrbio/> Son-in-law Jay Murrell (born February 1949) is an [[oil]]man and a  [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Caddo Parish Commission and an unsuccessful candidate in 2007 for the Louisiana State Senate, having been defeated by the retired educator and former state Representative [[B. L. "Buddy" Shaw]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s8acNnP28g|title=Jay Murrell on ''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]''|date=August 30, 2007|accessdate=October 10, 2014}}</ref>

DeWitt and Lallah Methvin had five children, including Lallah Anne (L'Anne) and husband, Joe Sciba of [[Plano]], [[Texas]].<ref name=dtmjrbio/> Oldest daughter Mildred Ellen "Mimi" Methvin (born October 4, 1952), a retired United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and the 2014 interim judge of the Louisiana 27th Judicial District Court in St. Landry Parish, resides in [[Lafayette]] and is divorced from James Thomas "Jim" McManus (born February 1951); she is a Democratic candidate against [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Clay Higgins]] for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat in the nonpartisan blanket primary scheduled for November 6, 2018, in which she has confidently predicted victory in a [[blue wave]] of potential Democratic Party successes. When filing her qualification papers, Mimi Methvin ridiculed Higgins as "less Cajun John Wayne and more Cajun Barney Fife" in Congress. She argues that Higgins' votes for the [[Donald Trump]] agenda are often cast against the interests of district constituents.<ref>{{cite web|url=

 

Another daughter, Elizabeth "Lisa" Murrell (born December 1954), is married to Jack Clary "Jay" Murrell, Jr., of [[Shreveport]], Louisiana. Son DeWitt, III, and wife Stacy Methvin live in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], and daughter Mary Ceil Methvin in Boone, [[North Carolina]]. There are twelve Methvin grandchildren.<ref name=dtmjrbio/> Son-in-law Jay Murrell (born February 1949) is an [[oil]]man and a  Republican former member of the Caddo Parish Commission and an unsuccessful candidate in 2007 for the Louisiana State Senate, having been defeated by the retired educator and former state Representative [[B. L. "Buddy" Shaw]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s8acNnP28g|title=Jay Murrell on ''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]''|date=August 30, 2007|accessdate=October 10, 2014}}</ref>

A sportsman, Methvin leased a small island with a camp house on Cane River Lake halfway between Alexandria and Natchitoches. With his grandchildren, who called him "Pop", the Methvins spent many summer weekends there. He also hunted ducks in the marshes of Cameron Parish in far southwestern coastal Louisiana and quail at Black Lake near Creston in Natchitoches Parish.<ref name=dtmjrbio/>

A sportsman, Methvin leased a small island with a camp house on Cane River Lake halfway between Alexandria and Natchitoches. With his grandchildren, who called him "Pop", the Methvins spent many summer weekends there. He also hunted ducks in the marshes of Cameron Parish in far southwestern coastal Louisiana and quail at Black Lake near Creston in Natchitoches Parish.<ref name=dtmjrbio/>