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==Career==

==Career==

 

 

At the age of twenty, Terry returned to Shreveport, where less than a year later he obtained his high school diploma through the Hope Street High School for returning veterans but is listed in his obituary as a 1945 Byrd graduate. He worked part-time for the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Department and was made a regular deputy in December 1947, under then Sheriff J. Howell Flournoy. He was a deputy for thirty-four years.<ref name=terryobit/> Having attended various law-enforcement training schools, Terry rose to the rank of [[captain]] and then [[lieutenant]]. From March 2, 1961, until her death, he was married to the former Jane Willis (1926-2009), the daughter of Thomas Morris Willis and the former Pinkie Langlow (1902-1993).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Willis&GSfn=Pinkie&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=13487936&df=all&|title=Pinkie Langlow Willis|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 8, 2016}}</ref> It was the second marriage for each. Like her husband, Jane was an expert marksman and certified rifle instructor.<ref name=janeobit/> Terry had one child from each marriage, the late David Bryan Terry and Shannon Terry Wiley and her husband, Kenneth, of The Woodlands, Texas.<ref name=terryobit/>

At the age of twenty, Terry returned to Shreveport, where less than a year later he obtained his high school diploma through the Hope Street High School for returning veterans but is listed in his obituary as a 1945 Byrd graduate. He worked part-time for the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Department and was made a regular deputy in December 1947, under then Sheriff [[J. Howell Flournoy]]. He was a deputy for thirty-four years.<ref name=terryobit/> Having attended various law-enforcement training schools, Terry rose to the rank of [[captain]] and then [[lieutenant]]. From March 2, 1961, until her death, he was married to the former Jane Willis (1926-2009), the daughter of Thomas Morris Willis and the former Pinkie Langlow (1902-1993).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Willis&GSfn=Pinkie&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=13487936&df=all&|title=Pinkie Langlow Willis|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 8, 2016}}</ref> It was the second marriage for each. Like her husband, Jane was an expert marksman and certified rifle instructor.<ref name=janeobit/> Terry had one child from each marriage, the late David Bryan Terry and Shannon Terry Wiley and her husband, Kenneth, of The Woodlands, Texas.<ref name=terryobit/>

Terry won competitions in pistols and shoulder-fired weapons. Under Sheriff Flournoy,  with the subsequent assistance of his wife Jane, Terry supervised the popular Junior Rifle Program to teach marksmanship to the young. He was the departmental firearms training officer in charge of the sheriff's pistol team.<ref name=sheriffsdepartment/> He also taught marksmanship to the [[Boy Scouts of America]].<ref name=terryobit/> In 1961, Terry was invited to display his marksmanship at the former Arkla Village, a re-creation of a 19th-century frontier town located near Emmet, Arkansas, off U.S. Highway 67. The park operated from the late 1950s until the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arkansasacer.tripod.com/id67.html|title=Arkla Village|publisher=arkansasacer.tripod.com|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref>''The Hope Star'' newspaper, in an article announcing his appearance at the roundup, called Terry "one of the Southwest's outstanding shooting experts with pistol, rifle, and shotgun."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/8181794/|title="Arkla Village Roundup to Feature Crack Shot Capt. Harold M. Terry"|publisher=''The Hope Star''|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref>

Terry won competitions in pistols and shoulder-fired weapons. Under Sheriff Flournoy,  with the subsequent assistance of his wife Jane, Terry supervised the popular Junior Rifle Program to teach marksmanship to the young. He was the departmental firearms training officer in charge of the sheriff's pistol team.<ref name=sheriffsdepartment/> He also taught marksmanship to the [[Boy Scouts]].<ref name=terryobit/> In 1961, Terry was invited to display his marksmanship at the former Arkla Village, a re-creation of a 19th-century frontier town located near Emmet, Arkansas, off U.S. Highway 67. The park operated from the late 1950s until the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arkansasacer.tripod.com/id67.html|title=Arkla Village|publisher=arkansasacer.tripod.com|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref>''The Hope Star'' newspaper, in an article announcing his appearance at the roundup, called Terry "one of the Southwest's outstanding shooting experts with pistol, rifle, and shotgun."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/8181794/|title="Arkla Village Roundup to Feature Crack Shot Capt. Harold M. Terry"|publisher=''The Hope Star''|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref>

After service as the chief deputy under Flournoy's successor, Sheriff James M. Goslin, Terry was himself elected sheriff in the fall of 1975 in the first ever nonpartisan blanket primary election held in Louisiana. Nine days after taking office as the sheriff, Terry had to inform the family in Shreveport of the assassination in [[Baton Rouge]] of public relations consultant Jim Leslie in the evening of July 9, 1976. Josiah Lee "J. L." Wilson, III (1940-2015),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=josiah-wilson-iii-jl&pid=176981437|title=Josiah Lee "J. L." Wilson, III|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 23, 2015}}</ref> then a reporter for ''The Shreveport Times'' reported that deputies told him that Sheriff Terry's eyes were red from weeping as he left his office to meet with Mrs. Carolyn S. Leslie (born April 30, 1934) and the couple's two sons, D. Scott Leslie (born November 11, 1968) and Mickey Leslie. Terry never commented on how the Leslies handled the tragedy to protect their privacy.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NvpN1t9TMrgC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Sheriff+Harold+Terry+of+Caddo+Parish&source=bl&ots=FLpFpz8sBI&sig=CiYKwwaCvjQP3tfXSYdiOVQqKZc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aaccVJbbIpSgyATF5oFg&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Sheriff%20Harold%20Terry%20of%20Caddo%20Parish&f=false|title=The Commissioner: A True Story of Deceit, Dishonor, and Death|author=Bill Keith|publisher=Pelican Publishing Company|location=Gretna, Louisiana|date=2009|pages=28|isbn=978-1-58980-655-9|accessdate=February 11, 2016}}</ref>  

After service as the chief deputy under Flournoy's successor, Sheriff James M. Goslin, Terry was himself elected sheriff in the fall of 1975 in the first ever nonpartisan blanket primary election held in Louisiana. Nine days after taking office as the sheriff, Terry had to inform the family in Shreveport of the assassination in [[Baton Rouge]] of public relations consultant Jim Leslie in the evening of July 9, 1976. Josiah Lee "J. L." Wilson, III (1940-2015),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=josiah-wilson-iii-jl&pid=176981437|title=Josiah Lee "J. L." Wilson, III|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 23, 2015}}</ref> then a reporter for ''The Shreveport Times'' reported that deputies told him that Sheriff Terry's eyes were red from weeping as he left his office to meet with Mrs. Carolyn S. Leslie (born April 30, 1934) and the couple's two sons, D. Scott Leslie (born November 11, 1968) and Mickey Leslie. Terry never commented on how the Leslies handled the tragedy to protect their privacy.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NvpN1t9TMrgC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Sheriff+Harold+Terry+of+Caddo+Parish&source=bl&ots=FLpFpz8sBI&sig=CiYKwwaCvjQP3tfXSYdiOVQqKZc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aaccVJbbIpSgyATF5oFg&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Sheriff%20Harold%20Terry%20of%20Caddo%20Parish&f=false|title=The Commissioner: A True Story of Deceit, Dishonor, and Death|author=Bill Keith|publisher=Pelican Publishing Company|location=Gretna, Louisiana|date=2009|pages=28|isbn=978-1-58980-655-9|accessdate=February 11, 2016}}</ref>  

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==Death==

==Death==

Harold Terry died in Shreveport at the age of ninety. Services were held at the [[Roman Catholic]] St. John Berchmans Cathedral. Harold and Jane Terry are interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=terryobit/>

Harold Terry died in Shreveport at the age of ninety. Services were held at the [[Roman Catholic]] St. John Berchmans Cathedral. Harold and Jane Terry are interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=terryobit/>