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'''Frank Barnett Blackburn''' (February 11, 1944 – March 26, 2021) was the interim [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]].<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''|accessdate=April 6, 2021}}</ref> 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]].<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''|accessdate=April 6, 2021}}</ref> 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><ref>Frank Blackburn's obituary does not mention service on the Bossier Parish Police Jury; so presumably he lost that election.</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><ref>Frank Blackburn's obituary does not mention service on the Bossier Parish Police Jury; so presumably he lost that election.</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 Adley (Louisiana politician)|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=April 6, 2021}}</ref>
Blackburn was succeeded in the spring of 1984 by Donald Edward "Don" 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=April 6, 2021}}</ref>
3lackburn was a former president of the Bossier Jaycees and a member of Lions International. He also 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/>
3lackburn was a former president of the Bossier Jaycees and a member of Lions International. He also 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/>