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In 1936, Madden married the former Margaret Elizabeth Burt (1914-2010), also a native of Simsboro. She was the daughter of Robert Emmett Burt and the former Marie Strain. She graduated from Simsboro High School, attended [[Monroe Dodd|Dodd College]] in [[Shreveport]], and the obtained her degree from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston, where she was a member of Kappa Delta sorority. While Mrs. Madden was [[Southern Baptist]],<ref name=mrsmadden>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48623542|title=Margaret Elizabeth Burt Madden|publisher=findagrave.com|date=February 23, 2010|publisher=February 25, 2015}}</ref> Madden was a member of the [[United Methodist]] Church.<ref name=maddentorun/>​

In 1936, Madden married the former Margaret Elizabeth Burt (1914-2010), also a native of Simsboro. She was the daughter of Robert Emmett Burt and the former Marie Strain. She graduated from Simsboro High School, attended [[Monroe Dodd|Dodd College]] in [[Shreveport]], and the obtained her degree from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston, where she was a member of Kappa Delta sorority. While Mrs. Madden was [[Southern Baptist]],<ref name=mrsmadden>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48623542|title=Margaret Elizabeth Burt Madden|publisher=findagrave.com|date=February 23, 2010|publisher=February 25, 2015}}</ref> Madden was a member of the [[United Methodist]] Church.<ref name=maddentorun/>​

The Maddens had three surviving children, Dr. Ragan Burt Madden (born c. 1938) of [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]],  Betty Madden Harrison and husband, John; and Marilyn Madden Hill (born c. 1946), both of Shreveport. The Maddens are interred at Simsboro Cemetery.<ref name=mrsmadden/> A Madden granddaughter, Margaret Elizabeth Harrison (1966-2008), was a graduate of and a teacher at Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport who died of [[cancer]] three days before her 42nd birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-elizabeth-harrison&pid=111561624|title=Margaret Elizabeth Harrison|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 15, 2008|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref>​

The Maddens had three surviving children, Dr. Ragan Burt Madden (born c. 1938) of [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]],  Betty Madden Harrison and husband, John; and Marilyn Madden Hill (born c. 1946), both of Shreveport. The Maddens are interred at Simsboro Cemetery.<ref name=mrsmadden/> A Madden granddaughter, Margaret Elizabeth Harrison (1966-2008), was a graduate of and a teacher at Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport who died of [[cancer]] three days before her 42nd birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-elizabeth-harrison&pid=111561624|title=Margaret Elizabeth Harrison|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 15, 2008|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref>​

The firm Napper, Madden (Raymond Madden, a cousin of Ragan Madden), and Rogers continues to operate in Ruston. The third partner, Republican Thomas Wynn "Tommy" Rogers (born November 1952), was elected on December 6, 2014 to a seat on the 3rd Judicial District Court. He defeated Democrat Lewis Jones, 9,702 votes (52 percent) to 8,971 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Lincoln and Union parishes), December 6, 2014.</ref>

The firm Napper, Madden (Raymond Madden, a cousin of Ragan Madden), and Rogers continues to operate in Ruston. The third partner, Republican Thomas Wynn "Tommy" Rogers (born November 1952), was elected on December 6, 2014 to a seat on the 3rd Judicial District Court. He defeated Democrat Lewis Jones, 9,702 votes (52 percent) to 8,971 (48 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Lincoln and Union parishes), December 6, 2014.</ref>