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==Supporting the handicapped==
==Supporting the handicapped==
Hudson and his first wife, the former Lucy North (1919-1997), were the parents of a mentally disabled daughter, also named Lucy North Hudson (1951-2025).<ref>{{cite wb|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/plou1270988|title=Lucy North Hudson obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=September 6, 2025}}</ref> He became a founding member of both the Shreveport and the Louisiana Association for Retarded Children, and he was a director of the National Association for Retarded Citizens. He was vice chairman of the Louisiana Governor's Commission for Employment of the Handicapped, and was appointed by President Ford to the 24-member President's Committee on Mental Retardation. He delighted in playing [[Santa Claus]] at the White House [[Christmas]] party for handicapped children of the Washington area. He was a founder of the Evergreen [[Presbyterian]] Vocational School north of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish and the Evergreen House, the forerunner of what became Providence House in Shreveport. His favorite hobby was [[dancing]].<ref name=obit>Morley Hudson obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' June 16, 2001.</ref>
Hudson and his first wife, the former Lucy North (1919-1997), were the parents of a mentally disabled daughter, also named Lucy North Hudson (1951-2025).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/plou1270988|title=Lucy North Hudson obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=September 6, 2025}}</ref> He became a founding member of both the Shreveport and the Louisiana Association for Retarded Children, and he was a director of the National Association for Retarded Citizens. He was vice chairman of the Louisiana Governor's Commission for Employment of the Handicapped, and was appointed by President Ford to the 24-member President's Committee on Mental Retardation. He delighted in playing [[Santa Claus]] at the White House [[Christmas]] party for handicapped children of the Washington area. He was a founder of the Evergreen [[Presbyterian]] Vocational School north of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish and the Evergreen House, the forerunner of what became Providence House in Shreveport. His favorite hobby was [[dancing]].<ref name=obit>Morley Hudson obituary, ''The Shreveport Times,'' June 16, 2001.</ref>
==Death==
==Death==