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| term_end=September 11, 1983
| term_end=September 11, 1983
| preceded=James L. Cathey, Jr.
| preceded=James L. Cathey, Jr.
| succeeded=Frank Blackburn (interim)<br>
| succeeded=[[Frank Blackburn]] (interim)<br>
then Donald Edward Jones
then Donald Edward Jones
| birth_place=Adams County, [[Mississippi]], USA
| birth_place=Adams County, [[Mississippi]], USA
'''Marvin E. Anding''' (March 10, 1922 – September 11, 1983), was a former [[colonel]] in the [[United States Air Force]] who served from 1977 until his death in office as the [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]].
'''Marvin E. Anding''' (March 10, 1922 – September 11, 1983), was a former [[colonel]] in the [[United States Air Force]] who served from 1977 until his death in office as the [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]].
Anding was the son of Ellis (born 1893) and Lillian Anding (born 1902). He was born in Adams County in western [[Mississippi]] but moved as a child to Washington in Ouachita County, [[Arkansas]]. He served in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] and then the Air Force and fought in [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=meanding/>
Anding was the son of Ellis (born 1893) and Lillian Anding (born 1902). He was born in Adams County in western [[Mississippi]] but moved as a child to Washington in Ouachita County, [[Arkansas]]. He served in the [[United States Army]] Air Forces and then the Air Force and fought in [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=meanding/>
Anding was the retired commander at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City at the time of his election as mayor on April 2, 1977, when the city adopted the mayor-council form of government to replace the city commission. In the primary election, Anding finished with 26 percent of the vote and was placed in a runoff with fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Harold J. Bond (born 1926), the last of the municipal finance commissioners in Bossier City. [[Republican Party|Republican]] Fred M. "Freddy" Shewmake (born November 30, 1940), a member of the Bossier Parish Police Jury, placed third with 20.4 percent of the ballots cast. In the second balloting, Anding defeated Bond. In this same election, Chester "Buzz" Wojecki (born February 18, 1948), an [[insurance]] agent became the first Republican ever elected to the Bossier City Council, having filled one of the two at-large council seats.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns: Bossier Parish, April 2, 1977.</ref> In the fall of 1979, Wojecki served as interim mayor while Anding was recuperating from heart surgery.<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', October 12, 1979, p. 2.</ref>
Anding was the retired commander at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City at the time of his election as mayor on April 2, 1977, when the city adopted the mayor-council form of government to replace the city commission. In the primary election, Anding finished with 26 percent of the vote and was placed in a runoff with fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Harold J. Bond (born 1926), the last of the municipal finance commissioners in Bossier City. [[Republican Party|Republican]] Fred M. "Freddy" Shewmake (born November 30, 1940), a member of the Bossier Parish Police Jury, placed third with 20.4 percent of the ballots cast. In the second balloting, Anding defeated Bond. In this same election, Chester "Buzz" Wojecki (born February 18, 1948), an [[insurance]] agent became the first Republican ever elected to the Bossier City Council, having filled one of the two at-large council seats.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns: Bossier Parish, April 2, 1977.</ref> In the fall of 1979, Wojecki served as interim mayor while Anding was recuperating from heart surgery.<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', October 12, 1979, p. 2.</ref>