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==Background==
==Background==
Burrell is a native of Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana. He is the eighth of fourteen children of the late Woodrow and Margretter Feazell Burrell. His father was a farmer who carried neighborhood children to and from school in the bed of a pickup truck before he was hired as a school bus driver for the West Carroll Parish School Board. Both of his parents were known for a spirit of community which they inculcated to their children.<ref name=labi>{{cite web|url=http://labi.org/legislature-info/legislator-detail/burrell-roy|title=Representative Roy A. Burrell|publisher=Louisiana Association of Business and Industry|accessdate=April 29, 2015}}</ref>
Burrell is a native of Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana. He is the eighth of fourteen children of the late Woodrow and Margretter Feazell Burrell. His father was a farmer who carried neighborhood children to and from school in the bed of a pickup truck before he was hired as a school bus driver for the West Carroll Parish School Board. Both of his parents were known for a spirit of community which they inculcated to their children.<ref name=labi>Representative Roy A. Burrell, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, accessed April 29, 2015; no longer on-line.</ref>
Burrell received a Bachelor of Science degree in [[Mathematics]] from the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]. He and his wife, Cathy Faye Ellis Burrell (born September 1953), originally from [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], reside in [[Shreveport]].<ref name=pvs/> The Burrells met in college but did not marry until 2009. They have five adult children combined from previous marriages: Shon Dixon Pendleton, Roy Louis Burrell (born February 1977), Kenya Ellis (born December 1977), Neiman Allen Burrell (born October 1980), and Ryan Woodrow Burrell (born May 1982).<ref name=pvs/><ref name=labi/>
Burrell received a Bachelor of Science degree in [[Mathematics]] from the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]. He and his wife, Cathy Faye Ellis Burrell (born September 1953), originally from [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], reside in [[Shreveport]].<ref name=pvs/> The Burrells met in college but did not marry until 2009. They have five adult children combined from previous marriages: Shon Dixon Pendleton, Roy Louis Burrell (born February 1977), Kenya Ellis (born December 1977), Neiman Allen Burrell (born October 1980), and Ryan Woodrow Burrell (born May 1982).<ref name=pvs/><ref name=labi/>