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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=William Frank Spooner
| name=William Franklin Spooner
|birth_date =September 9, 1937
|birth_date =September 9, 1937
|birth_place =Stephens, Ouachita County<br>[[Arkansas]], USA
|birth_place =Stephens, Ouachita County<br>[[Arkansas]], USA
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.<ref>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.<ref>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>