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In 1990, Carolyn Huckabay, then married to Douglas Whitehurst and known as Carolyn C. Whitehurst, ran as a Republican candidate for [[mayor]] of Shreveport, but she was eliminated with 7.5 percent of the vote in a 12-candidate field by another Republican woman, Hazel F. Beard, who won the runoff election to become the first woman mayor of Shreveport and the first of only two Republican mayors of the city since [[Reconstruction]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 6, 1990.</ref>
 
In 1990, Carolyn Huckabay, then married to Douglas Whitehurst and known as Carolyn C. Whitehurst, ran as a Republican candidate for [[mayor]] of Shreveport, but she was eliminated with 7.5 percent of the vote in a 12-candidate field by another Republican woman, Hazel F. Beard, who won the runoff election to become the first woman mayor of Shreveport and the first of only two Republican mayors of the city since [[Reconstruction]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 6, 1990.</ref>
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Older son Riemer Calhoun, Jr., developed and managed hundreds of apartment complexes throughout Louisiana and the American South.<ref name=stimes>"Mansfield businessman admits widespread fraud," ''The Shreveport Times,'' March 27, 2003.</ref> He was from 1990 to 1992 the president of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America, the first person from Louisiana to head the organization. In his capacity as president, Calhoun established an outreach program to enhance communications. He adopted the motton, "Tell the Longhorn story".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tlbaa.org/tlbaa/history.html|title=History of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America|publisher=tlbaa.org|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> Calhoun, Jr., is married to the former Marcia Copeland (born 1938), the daughter of Nile Bailey Copeland (1909-1953) and Marian Smith Copeland Cooper (1913-2002) of Mansfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68900832|title=Marian Smith Copeland Cooper obituary|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 13, 2014}}</ref>
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Older son Riemer Calhoun, Jr., developed and managed hundreds of apartment complexes throughout Louisiana and the American South.<ref name=stimes>"Mansfield businessman admits widespread fraud," ''The Shreveport Times,'' March 27, 2003.</ref> He was from 1990 to 1992 the president of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America, the first person from Louisiana to head the organization. In his capacity as president, Calhoun established an outreach program to enhance communications. He adopted the motton, "Tell the Longhorn story".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tlbaa.org/tlbaa/history.html|title=History of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America|publisher=tlbaa.org|accessdate=October 26, 2014; information no longer on-line}}</ref> Calhoun, Jr., is married to the former Marcia Copeland (born 1938), the daughter of Nile Bailey Copeland (1909-1953) and Marian Smith Copeland Cooper (1913-2002) of Mansfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68900832|title=Marian Smith Copeland Cooper obituary|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 26, 2020}}</ref>
    
In 2003, Calhoun, Jr., pleaded guilty to bilking the U.S. government and various investors out of $2.5 million;<ref name=stimes/> specifically, two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit equity skimming. He was fined $1 million and served two five-year prison sentences consecutively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-5th-circuit/1104651.html|title=United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. USA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maurice Riemer CALHOUN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant|publisher=caselaw.findlaw.com|date=
 
In 2003, Calhoun, Jr., pleaded guilty to bilking the U.S. government and various investors out of $2.5 million;<ref name=stimes/> specifically, two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit equity skimming. He was fined $1 million and served two five-year prison sentences consecutively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-5th-circuit/1104651.html|title=United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. USA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maurice Riemer CALHOUN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant|publisher=caselaw.findlaw.com|date=
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