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In 1973, Shoalmire co-authored with his MSU colleague, Roy Vernon Scott, ''The Public Career of Cully Cobb: A Study in Agricultural Leadership.''Originally a poor farmboy from [[Tennessee]], Cobb became a southern agricultural publisher and philanthropist. From 1933 to 1937, Cobb was a director of the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]], a [[New Deal]] agency which supervised the plowing under of [[cotton]] fields to reduce farm output in hopes of reversing the lagging prices paid to farmers. In the preparation of their book, Shoalmire and Scott used papers from the [[Henry A. Wallace]] Collection at the [[University of Iowa]] at Iowa City.<ref>Jimmy G. Shoalmire and Roy Vernon Scott, ''The Public Career of Cully Cobb: A Study in Agricultural Leadership,'' ([[Jackson]], Mississippi: University and College Press of Mississippi, 1973).</ref>
In 1973, Shoalmire co-authored with his MSU colleague, Roy Vernon Scott, ''The Public Career of Cully Cobb: A Study in Agricultural Leadership.''Originally a poor farmboy from [[Tennessee]], Cobb became a southern agricultural publisher and philanthropist. From 1933 to 1937, Cobb was a director of the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]], a [[New Deal]] agency which supervised the plowing under of [[cotton]] fields to reduce farm output in hopes of reversing the lagging prices paid to farmers. In the preparation of their book, Shoalmire and Scott used papers from the [[Henry A. Wallace]] Collection at the [[University of Iowa]] at Iowa City.<ref>Jimmy G. Shoalmire and Roy Vernon Scott, ''The Public Career of Cully Cobb: A Study in Agricultural Leadership,'' ([[Jackson]], Mississippi: University and College Press of Mississippi, 1973).</ref>
Shoalmire became associate professor of history at MSU and head of Special Collections at the Mitchell Memorial Library there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&docId=14478610|title=John F. Marszalek, ''Sherman's Other War: The General and the Civil War Press''|publisher=[[Kent, Ohio|Kent]], [[Ohio]]: [[Kent State University]] Press|date=1999|page=xiv|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref> As the head of Special Collections, he was also the [[curator]] of the archives of [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Stennis]]. In that capacity, he conducted oral history interviews with personal friends, staff, senatorial colleagues, and other observers of Stennis' long career in politics. Among the interviewees was Stennis' son, John Hampton Stennis, a [[Jackson]] attorney who lost his 1978 bid for the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref>John C. Stennis Oral History Collection, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi.</ref>
Shoalmire became associate professor of history at MSU and head of Special Collections at the Mitchell Memorial Library there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&docId=14478610|author=John F. Marszalek|title=''Sherman's Other War: The General and the Civil War Press''|publisher=Kent, [[Ohio]]: [[Kent State University]] Press|date=1999|page=xiv|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref> As the head of Special Collections, he was also the [[curator]] of the archives of [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Stennis]]. In that capacity, he conducted oral history interviews with personal friends, staff, senatorial colleagues, and other observers of Stennis' long career in politics. Among the interviewees was Stennis' son, John Hampton Stennis, a [[Jackson]] attorney who lost his 1978 bid for the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref>John C. Stennis Oral History Collection, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi.</ref>
Shoalmire left MSU in 1979 to work on Stennis' staff in [[Washington, D.C.]] Within a year, he became a [[lobbyist]], serving as director of legislative affairs for Gould, Inc., an electronics and defense weapons firm in Washington.<ref name=jgsobit>"Shreveport native dies in Virginia," ''The Shreveport Times,'' August 2, 1982.</ref><ref name=statement>Statement of Carol Ann Shoalmire, Ruston, Louisiana, July 5, 2010</ref>
Shoalmire left MSU in 1979 to work on Stennis' staff in [[Washington, D.C.]] Within a year, he became a [[lobbyist]], serving as director of legislative affairs for Gould, Inc., an electronics and defense weapons firm in Washington.<ref name=jgsobit>"Shreveport native dies in Virginia," ''The Shreveport Times,'' August 2, 1982.</ref><ref name=statement>Statement of Carol Ann Shoalmire, Ruston, Louisiana, July 5, 2010</ref>
Shoalmire's lobbying career was cut short, for he died suddenly at his residence in Alexandria in Fairfax County, Virginia, of a heart attack eight days after his 42nd birthday.
Shoalmire's lobbying career was cut short, for he died suddenly at his residence in Alexandria in Fairfax County, Virginia, of a heart attack eight days after his 42nd birthday.
In 1962, Shoalmire wed the former Carol Ann Shaughnessy (born 1942), a Ruston resident who also graduated from Fair Park High School. The marriage ended in divorce in 1979. Carol Shoalmire is the daughter of John Earl Shaughnessy, Sr. (born 1918), and the former Martha Leah Smith (born 1922), who is originally from Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ratcliff.rootsweb.ancestry.com/jn000001.htm|title=Descendants of John Ratcliff|publisher=ratcliff.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=July 19, 2010}}</ref> Three children came from the marriage, Alan Dean Shoalmire (born 1967) of Navasota, [[Texas]], Brent Thomas Shoalmire (born 1971) of Shreveport, and Rachel Lee Shoalmire Scriber (born 1972) of Ruston. Brent Shoalmire is a professor and associate dean at [[Louisiana Baptist University]], and senior pastor of Red River Baptist Church in Benton in Bossier Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lbu.edu/Bible_News.htm|title=July News: Louisiana Baptist University and Theological Seminary|publisher=lbu.edu|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref>
In 1962, Shoalmire wed the former Carol Ann Shaughnessy (born 1942), a Ruston resident who also graduated from Fair Park High School. The marriage ended in divorce in 1979. Carol Shoalmire is the daughter of John Earl Shaughnessy, Sr. (born 1918), and the former Martha Leah Smith (born 1922), who is originally from Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ratcliff.rootsweb.ancestry.com/jn000001.htm|title=Descendants of John Ratcliff|publisher=ratcliff.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=July 19, 2010}}</ref> Three children came from the marriage, Alan Dean Shoalmire (born 1967) of Navasota, [[Texas]], Brent Thomas Shoalmire (born 1971) of Shreveport, and Rachel Lee Shoalmire Scriber (born 1972) of Ruston. Brent Shoalmire is a professor and associate dean at [[Louisiana Baptist University]], and senior pastor of Red River Baptist Church in Benton in Bossier Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lbu.edu/Bible_News.htm|title=July News: Louisiana Baptist University and Theological Seminary|publisher=lbu.edu|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref>