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Line 19: + − '''Hollis Homer Downs''' (born October 2, 1946) is an [[United States|American]] academic and [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state legislator who represented District 12 (Lincoln and Union parishes) in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2003 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012: Lincoln and Union parishes|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=August 3, 2015}}</ref> He is a finance professor at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. − − +
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'''Hollis Homer Downs''' (born October 2, 1946) is an [[United States|American]] academic and [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state legislator who represented District 12 (Lincoln and Union parishes) in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2003 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012: Lincoln and Union parishes|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=August 3, 2015}}</ref> He is a finance professor at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].
The District 12 seat is currently held by another Republican, [[Chris Turner (Louisiana politician)|Christopher Lyle "Chris" Turner]].
The District 12 seat is currently held by another Republican, [[Chris Turner (Louisiana politician)|Christopher Lyle "Chris" Turner]].
==Background==
==Background==
A native of Farmerville in Union Parish, Downs is the second of three children of Woodrow Alexander Downs and Juel Meredith Downs Chappell (1919–2014), a native of Grayson in Caldwell Parish and a daughter of James Monroe Downs and the former Pearl Jane Hearne. After Woodrow Downs's death, Juel married Dr. William Chappell, Jr., since deceased, from whom she acquired a step-daughter, Nancy Oviatt and her husband Steve of Catharpin, [[Virginia]], and a step-son, William Chappell, III, of Pearisburg in Giles County, Virginia. In her later years, Juel, who had worked for the office of state social services in Farmerville, moved to Ruston. She instituted the first [[Girl Scouts]] chapter in Farmerville.<ref name=juelobit/>
A native of Farmerville in Union Parish, Downs is the second of three children of Woodrow Alexander Downs and Juel Meredith Downs Chappell (1919–2014), a native of Grayson in Caldwell Parish and a daughter of James Monroe Downs and the former Pearl Jane Hearne. After Woodrow Downs's death, Juel married Dr. William Chappell, Jr., since deceased, from whom she acquired a step-daughter, Nancy Oviatt and her husband Steve of Catharpin, [[Virginia]], and a step-son, William Chappell, III, of Pearisburg in Giles County, Virginia. In her later years, Juel, who had worked for the office of state social services in Farmerville, moved to Ruston. She instituted the first [[Girl Scouts]] chapter in Farmerville.<ref name=juelobit/>