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Fant was cited as "Louisiana's Mayor of the Year" in 1953 by the Louisiana Municipal Association, which he headed for three consecutive years. In 1948, with fewer than two years of mayoral experience, he had been among four mayors in the [[United States]] invited to [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]], for the annual conference of the World Conference of Mayors, an occasion which rendered him national recognition. Fant's success as Shreveport's mayor was attributed to his commitment to his city, his interpersonal skills, and the approval in his first term of a $9.6 million capital improvements bond issue that set the stage for municipal growth in the post-[[World War II]] era. Shreveport was the second most populous city in Louisiana until the 1970s, when [[Baton Rouge]] pushed it into third place.

Fant was cited as "Louisiana's Mayor of the Year" in 1953 by the Louisiana Municipal Association, which he headed for three consecutive years. In 1948, with fewer than two years of mayoral experience, he had been among four mayors in the [[United States]] invited to [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]], for the annual conference of the World Conference of Mayors, an occasion which rendered him national recognition. Fant's success as Shreveport's mayor was attributed to his commitment to his city, his interpersonal skills, and the approval in his first term of a $9.6 million capital improvements bond issue that set the stage for municipal growth in the post-[[World War II]] era. Shreveport was the second most populous city in Louisiana until the 1970s, when [[Baton Rouge]] pushed it into third place.

 

==Background==​

==Background==

 

Clyde Fant was a native of Linden in Cass County, [[Texas]]. He was one of six children of Mr. and Mrs. John Preston Fant. John Fant was a cotton gin owner and a one-time Texas state representative. Clyde Fant graduated in 1925 from the former Marshall (Texas) College, now East Texas Baptist University. He taught school for a year in Blocker, a since abandoned community near Marshall in Harrison County. He then worked for a [[lumber]] company in East Texas and was thereafter associated with Southwestern Gas and Electric Company. He was an executive with Interstate Electric Company, with seven years of service with the firm, when he was transferred to Shreveport.<ref name=fantremembered>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Fant&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=11&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=41118253&df=all&|title=Our History: Early Image of Clyde Fant discovered|author=John Andrew Prime|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 30, 2015|accessdate=March 30, 2015}}</ref>​

Clyde Fant was a native of Linden in Cass County in east [[Texas]]. He was one of six children of Mr. and Mrs. John Preston Fant. John Fant was a cotton gin owner and a one-time Texas state representative. Clyde Fant graduated in 1925 from the former Marshall (Texas) College, now East Texas Baptist University. He taught school for a year in Blocker, a since abandoned community near Marshall in Harrison County. He then worked for a [[lumber]] company in East Texas and was thereafter associated with Southwestern Gas and Electric Company. He was an executive with Interstate Electric Company, with seven years of service with the firm, when he was transferred to Shreveport.<ref name=fantremembered>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Fant&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=11&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=41118253&df=all&|title=Our History: Early Image of Clyde Fant discovered|author=John Andrew Prime|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 30, 2015|accessdate=March 30, 2015}}</ref>​

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Fant was married to the former Margaret Moos (1909-2009); they had two sons, Clyde E. Fant, Jr., [[Th.D]]. (born 1934), a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man and author of the "Great Preaching" series, and John Frank Fant (born 1937), an [[attorney]] in Texas.<ref name=fantremembered/>​  

Fant was married to the former Margaret Moos (1909-2009); they had two sons, Clyde E. Fant, Jr., [[Th.D]]. (born 1934), a [[Southern Baptist]] [[clergy]]man and author of the "Great Preaching" series, and John Frank Fant (born 1937), an [[attorney]] in Texas.<ref name=fantremembered/>​  

Fant is interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport. Mrs. Fant, who died in 2009 a month before her 100th birthday, is buried instead at Oakdale Cemetery in DeLand, Florida, where her older son lives. She had also lived in her later years in DeLand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Fant&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=11&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=41118253&df=all&|title=Margaret Fant|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 30, 2015}}</ref>​

Fant is interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport. Mrs. Fant, who died in 2009 a month before her 100th birthday, is buried instead at Oakdale Cemetery in DeLand, Florida, where her older son lives. She had also lived in her later years in DeLand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Fant&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=11&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=41118253&df=all&|title=Margaret Fant|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 30, 2015}}</ref>​

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==References==​

==References==

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Clyde Fant obituary, ''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' July 6, 1973.​

Clyde Fant obituary, ''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' July 6, 1973.​

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