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|spouse =Mary Flippo Spooner<br>
|spouse =Mary Flippo Spooner<br>
|children=Three daughters
|children=Three daughters
|parents=Harry, Sr., and Willie Green Spooner
|parents=Harry, Sr., and Willie Green Spooner}}
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'''William Franklin Spooner''', known as '''Frank Spooner''' (born September 9, 1937), is an [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] producer in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in [[Ouachita Parish]] in northeastern [[Louisiana]], who has been active since the early 1970s in his state's [[Republican Party]]. In the fall of 1976, Spooner waged a strong but losing race for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 5th congressional district in a bid to succeed incumbent Otto Ernest Passman, who had been unseated in the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] by [[farmer]]/[[business]]man Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby, then from Ringgold in Bienville Parish. Therefore, instead of facing Passman, as he had expected, Spooner competed with Huckaby for a relatively rare open seat in the state's congressional delegation.
'''William Franklin Spooner''', known as '''Frank Spooner''' (born September 9, 1937), is an [[oil]] and [[natural gas]] producer in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]], who has been active since the early 1970s in his state's [[Republican Party]]. In the fall of 1976, Spooner waged a strong but losing race for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 5th congressional district in a bid to succeed incumbent Otto Ernest Passman, who had been unseated in the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] by [[farmer]]/[[business]]man Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby, then from Ringgold in Bienville Parish. Therefore, instead of facing Passman, as he had expected, Spooner competed with Huckaby for a relatively rare open seat in the state's congressional delegation.
Spooner's father, Harry Spooner, Sr. (1893–1964), originally from [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York]], was injured in [[France]] during [[World War I]]. The senior Spooner came to [[Texas]] with the petroleum industry and settled in [[Arkansas]], first El Dorado, Smackover, and finally Stephens in Ouachita County.
Spooner's father, Harry Spooner, Sr. (1893–1964), originally from [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York]], was injured in [[France]] during [[World War I]]. The senior Spooner came to [[Texas]] with the petroleum industry and settled in [[Arkansas]], first El Dorado, Smackover, and finally Stephens in Ouachita County.
He married the former Willie Green (1905–2000). Frank Spooner was born in Stephens<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Frank Spooner", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007–2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), p. 672.</ref> and graduated in 1955 from Stephens High School] For two years thereafter he attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and then transferred to the [[University of Oklahoma]] at Norman, [[Oklahoma]], from which in 1960 he received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in Petroleum Land Management. After college, Spooner served in the [[United States Army]] and the Army Reserves, pre-[[Vietnam War]]. From 1960 to 1965, he worked for Humble Oil Company.<re>Billy Hathorn, "Otto Passman, Jerry Huckaby, and Frank Spooner: The Louisiana Fifth Congressional District Election of 1976", ''Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association'', LIV No. 3 (Summer 2013), p. 346.</ref>
He married the former Willie Green (1905–2000). Frank Spooner was born in Stephens<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Frank Spooner", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007–2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), p. 672.</ref> and graduated in 1955 from Stephens High School] For two years thereafter he attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and then transferred to the [[University of Oklahoma]] at Norman, [[Oklahoma]], from which in 1960 he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Land Management. After college, Spooner served in the [[United States Army]] and the Army Reserves, pre-[[Vietnam War]]. From 1960 to 1965, he worked for Humble Oil Company.<re>Billy Hathorn, "Otto Passman, Jerry Huckaby, and Frank Spooner: The Louisiana Fifth Congressional District Election of 1976", ''Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association'', LIV No. 3 (Summer 2013), p. 346.</ref>
After several years in [[Shreveport]], Spooner moved to Monroe in 1967, and entered into a partnership with his brother, Harry Spooner, Jr. They discovered several natural gas fields in Northeast Louisiana. After 1971, Spooner operated under his own name until 1980, when he formed Spirit Petroleum Company. The company name was changed to Mark V Petroleum Company in 1997. Over the years these entities were successful in developing additional gas and oil fields, including the first commercial coal seam methane gas production in Louisiana in 2004.<ref>''Louisiana History'', p. 346.</ref>
After several years in [[Shreveport]], Spooner moved to Monroe in 1967, and entered into a partnership with his brother, Harry Spooner, Jr. They discovered several natural gas fields in Northeast Louisiana. After 1971, Spooner operated under his own name until 1980, when he formed Spirit Petroleum Company. The company name was changed to Mark V Petroleum Company in 1997. Over the years these entities were successful in developing additional gas and oil fields, including the first commercial coal seam methane gas production in Louisiana in 2004.<ref>''Louisiana History'', p. 346.</ref>