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==Background==

==Background==

Womack was born in Darnell in West Carroll Parish to Henry Wyche Womack (1876-1966) and the former Elma Crane. He had four brothers and three sisters. The Womacks moved to another small community, Goodwill, also in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana. In the middle 1930s, Womack played right field for the semi-professional Winnsboro Red Sox [[baseball]] team. Another future Louisiana state legislator, [[L. D. "Buddy" Napper]], who had played for [[Louisiana Tech University]] (then Louisiana Polytechnic Institute) in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], also played for Winnsboro for a time. Napper, a Democrat, represented [[Lincoln Parish, Louisiana|Lincoln Parish]] in the legislature from 1952–1964; for six years the terms of Womack and Napper overlapped. Still other semi-pro baseball players were former [[Lieutenant Governor]] [[Bill Dodd]] and [[Woodrow Wilson Dumas]], the [[mayor]]-president of East Baton Rouge Parish from 1965 to 1981.<ref>[[Bill Dodd]],  ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' ([[Baton Rouge]]: Claitor's Publishing, 1991).</ref>  

Womack was born in Darnell in West Carroll Parish to Henry Wyche Womack (1876-1966) and the former Elma Crane. He had four brothers and three sisters. The Womacks moved to another small community, Goodwill, also in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana. In the middle 1930s, Womack played right field for the semi-professional Winnsboro Red Sox [[baseball]] team. Another future Louisiana state legislator, [[L. D. "Buddy" Napper]], who had played for [[Louisiana Tech University]] (then Louisiana Polytechnic Institute) in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], also played for Winnsboro for a time. Napper, a Democrat, represented Lincoln Parish in the legislature from 1952–1964; for six years the terms of Womack and Napper overlapped. Still other semi-pro baseball players were former [[Lieutenant Governor]] [[Bill Dodd]] and [[Woodrow Wilson Dumas]], the [[mayor]]-president of East Baton Rouge Parish from 1965 to 1981.<ref>[[Bill Dodd]],  ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics'' ([[Baton Rouge]]: Claitor's Publishing, 1991).</ref>  

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In 1938, Womack married the former Alice Black, who was born on April 14, 1917, in Union County, [[Illinois]]. Mrs. Womack was reared in Delhi (pronounced DELL HIGH) in Richland Parish north of Winnsboro. She died in [[Longview, Texas|Longview]], [[Texas]], on January 9, 2002, from complications of open-heart surgery nearly four years after her husband's death.​<ref name=mrswomackobit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119514791/alice-womack|title=Alice Black Womack (1917-2002)|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 12, 2020}}</ref>

In 1938, Womack married the former Alice Black, who was born on April 14, 1917, in Union County, [[Illinois]]. Mrs. Womack was reared in Delhi (pronounced DELL HIGH) in Richland Parish north of Winnsboro. She died in [[Longview, Texas|Longview]], [[Texas]], on January 9, 2002, from complications of open-heart surgery nearly four years after her husband's death.​<ref name=mrswomackobit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119514791/alice-womack|title=Alice Black Womack (1917-2002)|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 12, 2020}}</ref>