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*From 1968 to 1972, Womack and colleague S. S. DeWitt represented a combined district including Franklin, Madison, and Tensas parishes.<br>
*From 1968 to 1972, Womack and colleague S. S. DeWitt represented a combined district including Franklin, Madison, and Tensas parishes.<br>
* In his last term in House District 47, Womack also served as a delegate to the convention which produced the currently-used Louisiana Constitution of 1974.<br>
* In his last term in House District 47, Womack also served as a delegate to the convention which produced the currently-used Louisiana Constitution of 1974.<br>
*Womack and colleague [[L.D. "Buddy" Napper]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] were among Louisiana legislators who had previously played semi-professional [[baseball]].
*Womack and colleague [[L. D. "Buddy" Napper]] of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] were among Louisiana legislators who had previously played semi-professional [[baseball]].
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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>
Womack was a member of the board of directors of Franklin Memorial Hospital and a co-founder and chairman of the board of Progressive State Bank, both in Winnsboro. He was a member of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Winnsboro.<ref name=obit/>
==Two elections in 1972==
==Two elections of 1972==
Womack's closest election was in 1964, when fellow Democrat [[L. D. Knox]], a Winnsboro farmer and timber owner, came within 18 votes of unseating Womack, 3,544 to 3,526. Knox later legally changed his name to "None of the Above" Knox so that as a perennial candidate he could argue for the "None of the Above" option on ballots for those who reject all the declared candidates.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/29knox.html|title=L. D. Knox, Who Tried to Give Voters a Choice, Dies at 80|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=May 28, 2009|accessdate=June 6, 2009}}</ref>
Womack's closest election was in 1964, when fellow Democrat [[L. D. Knox]], a Winnsboro farmer and timber owner, came within 18 votes of unseating the incumbent, 3,544 to 3,526. Knox later legally changed his name to "None of the Above" Knox so that as a perennial candidate he could argue for the "None of the Above" option on ballots for those who reject all the declared candidates.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/29knox.html|title=L. D. Knox, Who Tried to Give Voters a Choice, Dies at 80|publisher=''The New York Times''|date=May 28, 2009|accessdate=June 6, 2009}}</ref>
In the [[general election]] held on February 1, 1972, Womack faced his first ever [[Republican Party|Republican]] opponent, Terry Clingan (1918–2007), a barber in Mangham in Richland Parish, later from Baskin in Franklin Parish. Womack won the race by a 67-33 percent margin, even though Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[David C. Treen]] ran particularly well in northeast Louisiana that year. Clingan was the stepfather of [[Robert Max Ross]], a businessman from Mangham,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20090917&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=90900159&Selected=3|title=Obituary of Robert Max Ross|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=September 17, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> who had been Treen's only opponent in Louisiana's first and only Republican [[primary]] for governor, held in December 1971.
In the [[general election]] held on February 1, 1972, Womack faced his first ever [[Republican Party|Republican]] opponent, Terry Clingan (1918–2007), a barber in Mangham in Richland Parish, later from Baskin in Franklin Parish. Womack won the race by a 67-33 percent margin, even though Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[David C. Treen]] ran particularly well in northeast Louisiana that year. Clingan was the stepfather of [[Robert Max Ross]], a businessman from Mangham,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20090917&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=90900159&Selected=3|title=Obituary of Robert Max Ross|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|accessdate=September 17, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> who had been Treen's only opponent in Louisiana's first and only Republican [[primary]] for governor, held in December 1971.