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'''Jimmy Gayle Shoalmire''' (July 23, 1940 – July 31, 1982) was an [[historian]] of the American South originally from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who specialized in [[Reconstruction]] and agricultural studies.​

'''Jimmy Gayle Shoalmire''' (July 23, 1940 – July 31, 1982) was an [[historian]] of the American South originally from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who specialized in [[Reconstruction]] and agricultural studies.​

 

==Background==​

==Background==​

Shoalmire was born to Rube Robert Shoalmire (1913–1984), a welder, and the former Melba Agnes Elliott (1915–1995). He graduated in 1958 from the since downgraded Fair Park High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fairparkalumni.com/id1_honorary_and_memorial_gifts.htm|title=Fair Park High School Alumni Association|publisher=fairparkalumni.com|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref>​

Shoalmire was born to Rube Robert Shoalmire (1913–1984), a welder, and the former Melba Agnes Elliott (1915–1995). He graduated in 1958 from the since downgraded Fair Park High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fairparkalumni.com/id1_honorary_and_memorial_gifts.htm|title=Fair Park High School Alumni Association|publisher=fairparkalumni.com|accessdate=July 17, 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 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>​

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==Early death and family==​

==Early death and family==

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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. 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>​

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On October 26, 1980, Shoalmire married the former Betty Kathryn Buckner of Starkville, Mississippi, and Alexandria, Virginia, who was then a member of the staff of then U.S. Senator [[Thad Cochran]] of Mississippi.<ref name=jgsobit/>  The wedding ceremony was performed in Christ's [[Episcopal]] Church in Alexandria. Shoalmire's sister, Robbye Agnes McGuinn (1937–1982), succumbed fewer than three months after her brother's death. Their paternal grandmother, Ethel Wright Shoalmire (1889–1982), died during the short period between the deaths of Jimmy and Robbye. In addition to his spouse Kathryn Shoalmire, his children and their mother Carol, Shoalmire had a surviving brother, Jack Benny Shoalmire (1942-2011)<ref name=jbsobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=jack-b-shoalmire&pid=153503174|title=Jack B. Shoalmire|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 8, 2011|accessdate=September 8, 2011}}</ref> of Broken Arrow, near [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref ><ref>Net Detective People Search</ref> Jack Shoalmire was a 1960 Fair Park High School graduate and a [[Vietnam War]] veteran, recipient of a [[Purple Heart]] and three [[Bronze Star]]s,<ref name=jbsobit/> who retired after thirty-six years with [[Ford]] Motor Company at the title of superintendent​

On October 26, 1980, Shoalmire married the former Betty Kathryn Buckner of Starkville, Mississippi, and Alexandria, Virginia, who was then a member of the staff of then U.S. Senator [[Thad Cochran]] of Mississippi.<ref name=jgsobit/>  The wedding ceremony was performed in Christ's [[Episcopal]] Church in Alexandria. Shoalmire's sister, Robbye Agnes McGuinn (1937–1982), succumbed fewer than three months after her brother's death. Their paternal grandmother, Ethel Wright Shoalmire (1889–1982), died during the short period between the deaths of Jimmy and Robbye. In addition to his spouse Kathryn Shoalmire, his children and their mother Carol, Shoalmire had a surviving brother, Jack Benny Shoalmire (1942-2011)<ref name=jbsobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=jack-b-shoalmire&pid=153503174|title=Jack B. Shoalmire|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=September 8, 2011|accessdate=September 8, 2011}}</ref> of Broken Arrow, near [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref ><ref>Net Detective People Search</ref> Jack Shoalmire was a 1960 Fair Park High School graduate and a [[Vietnam War]] veteran, recipient of a [[Purple Heart]] and three [[Bronze Star]]s,<ref name=jbsobit/> who retired after thirty-six years with [[Ford]] Motor Company at the title of superintendent​