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==Family background==

==Family background==

Calhoun was the second youngest of five children born to Murray Ashby Calhoun  (1873-1944) and the former Ruby Allen (1874-1962)<br>.Murray Ashby Calhoun (1873-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial. accessed July 14, 2022.</ref> He was reared in Ward 4 of DeSoto Parish. A [[Farming|farmer]] and [[real estate]] broker, he graduated in 1930 from the [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College of Louisiana in [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/thisiscentenary19421949/thisiscentenary19421949_djvu.txt|title=This Is Centenary: Alumni News|date=March 1942|publisher=archive.org|accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref>

Calhoun was the second youngest of five children born to Murray Ashby Calhoun  (1873-1944) and the former Ruby Allen (1874-1962).<ref>Murray Ashby Calhoun (1873-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial. accessed July 14, 2022.</ref> He was reared in Ward 4 of DeSoto Parish. A [[Farming|farmer]] and [[real estate]] broker, he graduated in 1930 from the [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College of Louisiana in [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/thisiscentenary19421949/thisiscentenary19421949_djvu.txt|title=This Is Centenary: Alumni News|date=March 1942|publisher=archive.org|accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref>

Little is known about Calhoun's career, but considerable information is available about his family. Calhoun's first wife, the former Clista Andrews (1912-1952), a native of [[Arkansas]], was reared in [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clistacalhouncenter.com/clista-andrews-calhoun.html|title=Clista Andrews Calhoun|publisher=clistacalhouncenter.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref> Clista had been orphaned at the age of ten.<ref name=clistaac/> The couple had a daughter, Carolyn Huckabay (born March 9, 1935), a real estate broker in Shreveport, and two sons, both businessmen, Riemer Calhoun, Jr. (born 1937), of Mansfield, and Thomas Allen "Tommy" Calhoun (born May 1943) of Shreveport.<ref name=clistaac/> Calhoun's second wife and surviving widow was Evelyn Hope Ryder Calhoun (1924-2018).<ref name=mfcollege>{{cite web|url=http://www.claitors.com/veach/cajunsv1n3.htm|title=Some items from the Josh Logan Collection|publisher=claitors.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref>

Little is known about Calhoun's career, but considerable information is available about his family. Calhoun's first wife, the former Clista Andrews (1912-1952), a native of [[Arkansas]], was reared in [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clistacalhouncenter.com/clista-andrews-calhoun.html|title=Clista Andrews Calhoun|publisher=clistacalhouncenter.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref> Clista had been orphaned at the age of ten.<ref name=clistaac/> The couple had a daughter, Carolyn Huckabay (born March 9, 1935), a real estate broker in Shreveport, and two sons, both businessmen, Riemer Calhoun, Jr. (born 1937), of Mansfield, and Thomas Allen "Tommy" Calhoun (born May 1943) of Shreveport.<ref name=clistaac/> Calhoun's second wife and surviving widow was Evelyn Hope Ryder Calhoun (1924-2018).<ref name=mfcollege>{{cite web|url=http://www.claitors.com/veach/cajunsv1n3.htm|title=Some items from the Josh Logan Collection|publisher=claitors.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref>