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Jerry and Sue Huckaby did not return to Louisiana after his congressional defeat. Instead Huckaby became a [[lobbyist]] but left after two months. "I was never comfortable sitting on the other side of the table," he said. "I wasn't comfortable asking members like (former [[U.S. Senator]]) [[John Breaux]] to see such and such a person or (former U.S. Representative) [[Bob Livingston]] to go to such and such a reception."<ref name="Louisiana History, p. 352"/>

Jerry and Sue Huckaby did not return to Louisiana after his congressional defeat. Instead Huckaby became a [[lobbyist]] but left after two months. "I was never comfortable sitting on the other side of the table," he said. "I wasn't comfortable asking members like (former [[U.S. Senator]]) [[John Breaux]] to see such and such a person or (former U.S. Representative) [[Bob Livingston]] to go to such and such a reception."<ref name="Louisiana History, p. 352"/>

   

   

Huckaby instead became president of his wife's residential real estate business in [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]], [[Virginia (U.S. state)|Virginia]]. Nationally, Mrs. Huckaby was ranked No. 10 of more than two million [[Realtor]]s in the United States in sales. For many years, she was the leading Realtor in northern Virginia. In her 30-year career, which began when he became a congressman, Mrs. Huckaby sold more than one thousand homes valued in excess of a billion dollars. She graduated from Ringgold High School in 1961 and attended [[Stephens College]] in [[Columbia, Missouri]] and [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. She graduated with a degree in [[human ecology]] from Louisiana Tech in Ruston, where the Sue Woodard Huckaby Endowed Professorship honors her memory. At the time of her death, the Huckabys lived in [[Great Falls, Virginia|Great Falls]] in [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]], Virginia. They had been active members of Trinity [[United Methodist]] Church in McLean for some three decades.<ref>''Louisiana History'', pp. 352-353</ref><ref name=swh>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=117310985|title=Suaanna Woodard "Sue" Huckaby obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 21, 2014}}</ref>

Huckaby instead became president of his wife's residential real estate business in McLean, [[Virginia]]. Nationally, Mrs. Huckaby was ranked No. 10 of more than two million [[Realtor]]s in the United States in sales. For many years, she was the leading Realtor in northern Virginia. In her 30-year career, which began when he became a congressman, Mrs. Huckaby sold more than one thousand homes valued in excess of a billion dollars. She graduated from Ringgold High School in 1961 and attended [[Stephens College]] in [[Columbia, Missouri]] and [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge. She graduated with a degree in [[human ecology]] from Louisiana Tech in Ruston, where the Sue Woodard Huckaby Endowed Professorship honors her memory. At the time of her death, the Huckabys lived in Great Falls, in |Fairfax County]], Virginia. They had been active members of Trinity [[United Methodist]] Church in McLean for some three decades.<ref>''Louisiana History'', pp. 352-353</ref><ref name=swh>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=117310985|title=Susanna Woodard "Sue" Huckaby obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 21, 2014}}</ref>

The Huckabys' daughter, Michelle Huckaby Lewis (born 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia), and their son-in-law, Todd Lewis, are physicians who live in the same house in Great Falls in which Jerry and Sue Huckaby had resided. Todd Lewis is a [[cardiologist]] in private practice in Fairfax County, and Michelle is on the staff of [[Johns Hopkins University]] Hospital] Both have undergraduate degrees from [[Stanford University]] in [Palo Alto, [[California]], and medical degrees from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. Michelle Lewis also has a [[law]] degree from [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. Her specialty centers upon legal issues involving genetic testing of newly-born babies. The Lewises have two sons, Carter (born 2002) and Spencer (born 2005).<ref name="Louisiana History, p. 353">''Louisiana History'', p. 353</ref>

The Huckabys' daughter, Michelle Huckaby Lewis (born 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia), and their son-in-law, Todd Lewis, are physicians who live in the same house in Great Falls in which Jerry and Sue Huckaby had resided. Todd Lewis is a cardiologist in private practice in Fairfax County, and Michelle is on the staff of [[Johns Hopkins University]] Hospital] Both have undergraduate degrees from [[Stanford University]] in [Palo Alto, [[California]], and medical degrees from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]]. Michelle Lewis also has a [[law]] degree from [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. Her specialty centers upon legal issues involving genetic testing of newly-born babies. The Lewises have two sons, Carter (born 2002) and Spencer (born 2005).<ref name="Louisiana History, p. 353">''Louisiana History'', p. 353</ref>

The Huckabys also had a son, Thomas Clay Huckaby (January 2, 1975 – June 1, 2002), who was born in Ringgold while his father operated the dairy farm and his mother taught school.<ref name="Louisiana History, p. 353"/> Mrs. Huckaby's funeral services were held on September 14, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church of Ringgold. She is interred at the Woodard family plot at Providence Cemetery in Ringgold.<ref name=swh/>

The Huckabys also had a son, Thomas Clay Huckaby (January 2, 1975 – June 1, 2002), who was born in Ringgold while his father operated the dairy farm and his mother taught school.<ref name="Louisiana History, p. 353"/> Mrs. Huckaby's funeral services were held on September 14, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church of Ringgold. She is interred at the Woodard family plot at Providence Cemetery in Ringgold.<ref name=swh/>