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In June 1966, Calhoun became an original stockholder in the firm Modern Electronics, Inc., which manufactured equipment for use in pecan-shelling plants. In 1971, Tommy Calhoun acquired the shares of the company owned by his father and his sister to obtain majority ownership. The company underwent reorganization after the death of a partner in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.me-equip.com/history.php|title=Supporting the Pecan Industry: Company History|publisher=me-equip.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref>

In June 1966, Calhoun became an original stockholder in the firm Modern Electronics, Inc., which manufactured equipment for use in pecan-shelling plants. In 1971, Tommy Calhoun acquired the shares of the company owned by his father and his sister to obtain majority ownership. The company underwent reorganization after the death of a partner in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.me-equip.com/history.php|title=Supporting the Pecan Industry: Company History|publisher=me-equip.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref>

In 1990, Carolyn Huckabay, then married to Douglas Cecil Whitehurst (1932-2022), an astrophysicist who worked in the early missile and space programs at Red Stone Arsenal in Huntsville, [[Alabama]].<ref>Douglas Cecil Whitehurst Obituary - Shreveport Times. accessed July 14, 2022}}</ref>Known then as Carolyn C. Whitehurst, she ran as a Republican candidate for [[mayor]] of Shreveport, but she was eliminated with 7.5 percent of the vote in a 12-candidate field by another Republican woman, Hazel Fain Beard (born 1930), the aunt of long-term Caddo Parish Sheriff [[Steve Prator]]. Hazel Beard won the runoff election to become the first woman mayor of Shreveport and the first of only three Republican mayors of the heavily Democrat city since [[Reconstruction]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 6, 1990.</ref>

In 1990, Carolyn Huckabay, then married to Douglas Cecil Whitehurst (1932-2022), an astrophysicist who worked in the early missile and space programs at Red Stone Arsenal in Huntsville, [[Alabama]].<ref>Douglas Cecil Whitehurst Obituary - Shreveport Times. accessed July 14, 2022}}</ref>Known then as Carolyn C. Whitehurst, she ran as a Republican candidate for [[mayor]] of Shreveport, but she was eliminated with 7.5 percent of the vote in a 12-candidate field by another Republican woman, [[Hazel Beard]], the aunt of long-term Caddo Parish Sheriff [[Steve Prator]]. Hazel Beard won the runoff election to become the first woman mayor of Shreveport and the first of only three Republican mayors of the heavily Democrat city since [[Reconstruction]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 6, 1990.</ref>

Older son Riemer Calhoun, Jr., developed and managed hundreds of apartment complexes throughout Louisiana and the [[Southern United States|American South]].<ref name=stimes>"Mansfield businessman admits widespread fraud", ''The Shreveport Times,'' March 27, 2003.</ref> He was from 1990 to 1992 the president of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America, the first person from Louisiana to head the organization. In his capacity as president, Calhoun established an outreach program to enhance communications. He adopted the motto, "Tell the Longhorn story."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tlbaa.org/tlbaa/history.html|title=History of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America|publisher=tlbaa.org|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> Calhoun, Jr., is married to the former Marcia Copeland (born 1938), the daughter of Nile Bailey Copeland (1909-1953) and Marian Smith Copeland Cooper (1913-2002) of Mansfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68900832|title=Marian Smith Copeland Cooper obituary|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 13, 2014}}</ref>

Older son Riemer Calhoun, Jr., developed and managed hundreds of apartment complexes throughout Louisiana and the [[Southern United States|American South]].<ref name=stimes>"Mansfield businessman admits widespread fraud", ''The Shreveport Times,'' March 27, 2003.</ref> He was from 1990 to 1992 the president of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America, the first person from Louisiana to head the organization. In his capacity as president, Calhoun established an outreach program to enhance communications. He adopted the motto, "Tell the Longhorn story."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tlbaa.org/tlbaa/history.html|title=History of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America|publisher=tlbaa.org|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> Calhoun, Jr., is married to the former Marcia Copeland (born 1938), the daughter of Nile Bailey Copeland (1909-1953) and Marian Smith Copeland Cooper (1913-2002) of Mansfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68900832|title=Marian Smith Copeland Cooper obituary|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 13, 2014}}</ref>