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Rodney Brent Mathews (deceased)
Rodney Brent Mathews (deceased)
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'''O'Hearn Lawrence Mathews''' (February 8, 1923 – February 15, 1975)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mathews&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1148&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=116130423&df=all&|title=O'Hearn Lawrence Mathews|publisher=Oldfindagrave.com|accessdate=April 29, 2018}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from his native [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]. He was the city marshal from 1960 to 1969, when he was elected to a single four-term as the Alexandria streets and parks commissioner, a post no longer in existence under the revised municipal charter, which too effect in 1977. Mathews was the next-to-the-last of the streets and parks commissioners.<ref name=ccharter>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/215567727/|title=City Charter Product of Hours of Planning|author=Billy Hathorn|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=March 29, 1977|page=57|accessdate=April 29, 2018}}</ref>
'''O'Hearn Lawrence Mathews''' (February 8, 1923 – February 15, 1975)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mathews&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1148&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=116130423&df=all&|title=O'Hearn Lawrence Mathews|publisher=Oldfindagrave.com|accessdate=April 29, 2018}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from his native [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]. He was the city marshal from 1960 to 1969, when he was elected to a single four-year term as the Alexandria streets and parks commissioner, a post no longer in existence under the revised municipal charter, which too effect in 1977. Mathews was the next-to-the-last of the streets and parks commissioners.<ref name=ccharter>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/215567727/|title=City Charter Product of Hours of Planning|author=Billy Hathorn|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=March 29, 1977|page=57|accessdate=April 29, 2018}}</ref>
In 1962, Mathews was a charter member and the first president of the newly-organized Louisiana City Marshals Association. He was the first president of the organization and the only one to serve two one-year terms in the top leadership. His successor as Alexandria city marshal, Clarence Otis Penny (1916-1990), was the association president from 1981 to 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lamarshals.org/imgs/By%20Laws.pdf|title=Louisiana City Marshals Association|publisher=lamarshals.org|accessdate=April 29, 2018}}</ref>
In 1962, Mathews was a charter member and the first president of the newly-organized Louisiana City Marshals Association. He was the first president of the organization and the only one to serve two one-year terms in the top leadership. His successor as Alexandria city marshal, Clarence Otis Penny (1916-1990), was the association president from 1981 to 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lamarshals.org/imgs/By%20Laws.pdf|title=Louisiana City Marshals Association|publisher=lamarshals.org|accessdate=April 29, 2018}}</ref>