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| name=Elton Clark Pody
| name=Elton Clark Pody
| alma_mater=[[Louisiana Tech University]]
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'''Elton Clark Pody''' (December 1, 1938 – March 27, 2011) was from 1982 to 1990 the [[mayor]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] in Lincoln Parish in north [[Louisiana]] and thereafter the 20-year president of the Central Louisiana [[Chamber of Commerce]] based in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=149762670|title=Elton C. Pody|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk'', March 29, 2011|accessdate=October 28, 2013}}</ref>
'''Elton Clark Pody''' (December 1, 1938 – March 27, 2011) was from 1982 to 1990 the [[mayor]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] in Lincoln Parish in north [[Louisiana]] and thereafter the 20-year president of the Central Louisiana [[Chamber of Commerce]] based in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=149762670|title=Elton C. Pody|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=March 29, 2011|accessdate=October 28, 2013}}</ref>
Pody was the son of Tom Henry Pody (1910-2002) and the former Fannie Mae Bearden (1915-2001) of Farmerville in Union Paris].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58430943|title=Tom Henry Pody|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 28, 2013}}</ref> He spent the majority of his life in the Ruston/Farmerville area. He graduated from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston.<ref name=obit/> A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he was defeated on October 6, 1990 for a third term as mayor of Ruston by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Hilda Taylor Perritt, a former high school teacher. Pody polled 2,633 votes (42.2 percent) to Perritt's 3,612 (57.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10061990/10061990_31.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/6/1990 (Lincoln Parish)|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 28, 2013}}</ref>
Pody was the son of Tom Henry Pody (1910-2002) and the former Fannie Mae Bearden (1915-2001) of Farmerville in Union Paris].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58430943|title=Tom Henry Pody|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 28, 2013}}</ref> He spent the majority of his life in the Ruston/Farmerville area. He graduated from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston.<ref name=obit/> A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he was defeated on October 6, 1990 for a third term as mayor of Ruston by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Hilda Taylor Perritt, a former high school teacher. Pody polled 2,633 votes (42.2 percent) to Perritt's 3,612 (57.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10061990/10061990_31.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/6/1990 (Lincoln Parish)|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 28, 2013}}</ref>