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'''Raymond Julian Laborde, I''' (August 18, 1927 – January 17, 2016), a department store owner and a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] in his native Marksville in Avoyelles Parish south of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]. He was often called "Mr. Marksville."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/avoyelles/2016/01/18/mr-marksville-raymond-laborde-dies-age-88/78963462/|author=Richard P. Sharkey|title='Mr. Marksville' Raymond Laborde dies at age of 88|publisher=''The [[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|date=January 17, 2016|accessdate=November 2, 2019}}</ref>
The Marksville mayor from 1958 to 1970, Laborde thereafter served five terms from 1972 to 1992 in the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref name=listing>{{cite web|url=