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| office= [[Mayor]] of Bossier City, [[Louisiana]], USA | | office= [[Mayor]] of Bossier City, [[Louisiana]], USA | ||
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Anding was the retired commander at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City at the time of his election as mayor in 1977. In January 1978, a devastating [[tornado]] struck Bossier City. Mayor Anding and [[Sheriff]] Vol Dooley went on a Louisiana National Guard [[helicopter]] flight to survey the damage. Then KEEL [[radio]] announcer John Lee of [[Shreveport]] recalled the "shock and disbelief that Anding and Dooley both exhibited that morning and the absolute heart-felt sympathy that they expressed to those who were most seriously impacted by the storm."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/long-time-bossier-parish-law-enforcement-officer-passes-away/?trackback=tsmclip|title=Long-Time Bossier Parish Law Enforcement Officer Passes Away|date=August 13, 2014|publisher=KEEL (AM)|accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref> | Anding was the retired commander at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City at the time of his election as mayor in 1977. In January 1978, a devastating [[tornado]] struck Bossier City. Mayor Anding and [[Sheriff]] Vol Dooley went on a Louisiana National Guard [[helicopter]] flight to survey the damage. Then KEEL [[radio]] announcer John Lee of [[Shreveport]] recalled the "shock and disbelief that Anding and Dooley both exhibited that morning and the absolute heart-felt sympathy that they expressed to those who were most seriously impacted by the storm."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/long-time-bossier-parish-law-enforcement-officer-passes-away/?trackback=tsmclip|title=Long-Time Bossier Parish Law Enforcement Officer Passes Away|date=August 13, 2014|publisher=KEEL (AM)|accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref> | ||
| − | Eleven months later, another destructive tornado struck Bossier City after first hitting | + | Eleven months later, another destructive tornado struck Bossier City after first hitting El Dorado, Arkansas. This twister did at least $100 million in damage. Mayor Anding said that only divine intervention could have kept the death toll so low: "He (God) must have been with us. I can't believe we only had two deaths with the miserable, miserable mess we have out there."<ref name=tornado/> The Bossier City tornado leveled a nearly vacant motor hotel on the city's east side near Louisiana Downs. It injured sixty persons. Anding was compelled to order the arrest of looters and ordered a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. The storm leveled homes, schools, trees, and businesses in an eight-mile path two-blocks wide.<ref name=tornado>{{cite web|url=http://www3.gendisasters.com/louisiana/13335/bossier-city-la-tornado-dec-1978?page=1|title=Bossier City, LA Tornado, Dec 1978|author=Stu Beitler|date=July 18, 2009|accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref> |
Anding was married to the former Patricia Janelle Ball (1935-2012), a paralegal secretary for the United States attorney for the Shreveport-based United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and a resident of Bossier City since 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88448020|title=Patricia Janelle Ball Anding|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref>Anding and his wife are interred at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Haughton in southeastern Bossier Parish.<ref name=meanding>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96212593|title=Marvin E. Anding|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref> Mrs. Anding ran in the special election to choose her husband's successor, buy victory went to businessman Don E. Jones, her fellow Democrat. | Anding was married to the former Patricia Janelle Ball (1935-2012), a paralegal secretary for the United States attorney for the Shreveport-based United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and a resident of Bossier City since 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88448020|title=Patricia Janelle Ball Anding|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref>Anding and his wife are interred at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Haughton in southeastern Bossier Parish.<ref name=meanding>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96212593|title=Marvin E. Anding|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref> Mrs. Anding ran in the special election to choose her husband's successor, buy victory went to businessman Don E. Jones, her fellow Democrat. | ||
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| Marvin E. Anding | |||
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| Mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana, USA of | |||
| Term of office July 1, 1977 – September 11, 1983 | |||
| Died | September 11, 1983 Bossier City, Louisiana | ||
| Political Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse | Patricia Janelle Ball Anding | ||
| Military Service | |||
| Service/branch | United States Army in World War II | ||
| Rank | Colonel | ||
Marvin E. Anding (March 10, 1922 – September 11, 1983), was a former colonel in the United States Air Force who served from 1977 until his death in office as the mayor of Bossier City in northwestern Louisiana. Anding was the son of Ellis (born 1893) and Lillian Anding (born 1902). He was born in Adams County in western Mississippi but moved as a child to Washington in Ouachita County, Arkansas. He served in the United States Army Air Forces and then the Air Force and fought in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.[1]
Anding was the retired commander at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City at the time of his election as mayor in 1977. In January 1978, a devastating tornado struck Bossier City. Mayor Anding and Sheriff Vol Dooley went on a Louisiana National Guard helicopter flight to survey the damage. Then KEEL radio announcer John Lee of Shreveport recalled the "shock and disbelief that Anding and Dooley both exhibited that morning and the absolute heart-felt sympathy that they expressed to those who were most seriously impacted by the storm."[2]
Eleven months later, another destructive tornado struck Bossier City after first hitting El Dorado, Arkansas. This twister did at least $100 million in damage. Mayor Anding said that only divine intervention could have kept the death toll so low: "He (God) must have been with us. I can't believe we only had two deaths with the miserable, miserable mess we have out there."[3] The Bossier City tornado leveled a nearly vacant motor hotel on the city's east side near Louisiana Downs. It injured sixty persons. Anding was compelled to order the arrest of looters and ordered a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. The storm leveled homes, schools, trees, and businesses in an eight-mile path two-blocks wide.[3]
Anding was married to the former Patricia Janelle Ball (1935-2012), a paralegal secretary for the United States attorney for the Shreveport-based United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and a resident of Bossier City since 1971.[4]Anding and his wife are interred at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Haughton in southeastern Bossier Parish.[1] Mrs. Anding ran in the special election to choose her husband's successor, buy victory went to businessman Don E. Jones, her fellow Democrat.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marvin E. Anding. findagrave.com. Retrieved on December 28, 2014.
- ↑ Long-Time Bossier Parish Law Enforcement Officer Passes Away. KEEL (AM) (August 13, 2014). Retrieved on December 28, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stu Beitler (July 18, 2009). Bossier City, LA Tornado, Dec 1978. Retrieved on December 28, 2014.
- ↑ Patricia Janelle Ball Anding. findagrave.com. Retrieved on December 28, 2014.