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| preceded=[[Marvin Anding]]
| preceded=[[Marvin Anding]]
| succeeded=Donald Edward Jones
| succeeded=Donald Edward Jones
| birth_place=Lamar County, [[Texas]]
| birth_place=Paris, Lamar County, [[Texas]]
| birth_date=February 11, 1944
| birth_date=February 11, 1944
| residence=Bossier City, Louisiana
| death_place=Bossier City Louisiana
| spouse=Angela Rae Harris Blackburn (married 1982; not first wife)
| death_date=March 26, 2021 (aged 77)
| children=Josh Barnett Blackburn
| spouse=Angela Rae Harris Blackburn (married 1982; not first wife; not married at the time of his death)
| children=Josh Barnett Blackburn<br>
Lindsey Blackburn<br>
Anna Crenshaw<br>
William Paul Blackburn (grandson)
William Paul Blackburn (grandson)
| occupation=[[Business]]man}}
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|alma_mate3r=Bossier High School
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]}}
'''Frank Barnett Blackburn''' (born February 11, 1944)<ref>Frank Blackburn, February 1944, Louisiana Secretary of State, accessdate=December 28, 2014.</ref> is a former interim [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. As one of the two at-large members of the Bossier City Council under the mayor-council form of government, Blackburn, a [[Democratic Party |Democrat]], became mayor in September 1983, upon the death in office of [[Marvin Anding]].
'''Frank Barnett Blackburn''' (February 11, 1944 – March 26, 2021) was the interim [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. As one of the two at-large members of the Bossier City Council under the mayor-council form of government,<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=frank-blackburn&pid=198256403|title=Frank Blackburn obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' Blackburn, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], became mayor in September 1983, upon the death in office of [[Marvin Anding]].
In August 19, 1971, Blackburn filed as a candidate for the Bossier Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body.<ref>''The Bossier Banner,'' August 19, 1971, p. 4d.</ref> On March 15, 1980, he was elected to the city council in a special election to fill the at-large seat on the city council created by the election of Robert Roy Adley to the Louisiana House of Representatives. In the council race, Blackburn defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, David Harold Broussard (1947-1998).<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', March 17, 1980, p. 2.</ref> He then won a full council term in 1981.
In August 19, 1971, Blackburn filed as a candidate for the Bossier Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body.<ref>''The Bossier Banner,'' August 19, 1971, p. 4d.</ref> On March 15, 1980, he was elected to the city council in a special election to fill the at-large seat on the city council created by the election of Robert Roy Adley to the Louisiana House of Representatives. In the council race, Blackburn defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, David Harold Broussard (1947-1998).<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', March 17, 1980, p. 2.</ref> He then won a full council term in 1981.
Blackburn was succeeded in the spring of 1984 by Donald Edward Jones, who in a heated [[special election]] defeated Marvin Anding's widow, Patricia Janelle Ball Anding (1935-2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/19861358482So2d876_11143.xml/GARRETT%20v.%20KNEASS|title=''Garrett v. Kneass''|date=March 21, 1986|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>
Blackburn was succeeded in the spring of 1984 by Donald Edward Jones, who in a heated [[special election]] defeated Marvin Anding's widow, Patricia Janelle Ball Anding (1935-2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/19861358482So2d876_11143.xml/GARRETT%20v.%20KNEASS|title=''Garrett v. Kneass''|date=March 21, 1986|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=frank-blackburn&pid=198256403lackburn has long been active in the Masonic lodge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mastermason.com/shreveportscottishrite/history.htm|title=The History of the Shreveport Scottish Rite Valley|publisher=mastermason.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref> He worked with the Bossier Parish Sheriffs' Office as a deputy and in the warrants division. He was a member and former executive director of the Caddo-Bossier Port Commission.<ref name=obit/>
Blackburn has long been active in the Masonic lodge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mastermason.com/shreveportscottishrite/history.htm|title=The History of the Shreveport Scottish Rite Valley|publisher=mastermason.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref> He is a native of Lamar County, [[Texas]]. Blackburn and his son, Josh Barnett Blackburn (born June 28, 1970), operate Blackburn Radiator Shop, which he established in Bossier City in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mmf95k3/blackburn-radiator-shop?ftoggle-frontend-prod-on=abTests.engagement.claim_drivers_d|title=Blackburn Radiator Shop|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>
He was born to Paul Byron and Eva June Blackburn in Paris in Lamar County, [[Texas]]. Blackburn and his son, Josh Barnett Blackburn (born June 28, 1970), operated Blackburn Radiator Shop, which he established in Bossier City in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mmf95k3/blackburn-radiator-shop?ftoggle-frontend-prod-on=abTests.engagement.claim_drivers_d|title=Blackburn Radiator Shop|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>
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