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| | '''Fred Lyle Schiele, Sr.''', known also as '''Buddy Schiele''' (November 28, 1933 – January 24, 2002), served from 1964 to 1968 as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Concordia Parish in eastern [[Louisiana]] adjacent to the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1880-2020|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 30, 2019}}</ref> | | '''Fred Lyle Schiele, Sr.''', known also as '''Buddy Schiele''' (November 28, 1933 – January 24, 2002), served from 1964 to 1968 as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Concordia Parish in eastern [[Louisiana]] adjacent to the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1880-2020|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 30, 2019}}</ref> |
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| − | Schiele (pronounced SHE LEE) did not seek reelection in the 1967 primary election but instead unsuccessfully opposed [[incumbent]] [[Sheriff]] Noah W. Cross of Ferriday, also in Concordia Parish. He won the sheriff's position in April 1973. | + | Schiele (pronounced SHE LEE) did not seek reelection in the 1967 primary election but instead unsuccessfully opposed [[incumbent]] [[Sheriff]] Noah W. Cross of Ferriday, also in Concordia Parish. He won the sheriff's position in 1973 after Cross resigned. |
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| | Schiele was one of four sons born in Vidalia in Concordia Parish, to Catesby Edward Schiele and the former Lucille Rountree (1897-1977). In 1951, he graduated from Vidalia High School. Thirty years later, at the age of forty-eight, he procured his bachelor’s degree in [[business administration]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>Statement of Fred Schiele, Jr., July 2008.</ref> Prior to his involvement in politics, Schiele ran a [[cotton]] gin in Ferriday. He also served on the board of First Federal Savings and Loan in Vidalia.<ref name=cs/> | | Schiele was one of four sons born in Vidalia in Concordia Parish, to Catesby Edward Schiele and the former Lucille Rountree (1897-1977). In 1951, he graduated from Vidalia High School. Thirty years later, at the age of forty-eight, he procured his bachelor’s degree in [[business administration]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>Statement of Fred Schiele, Jr., July 2008.</ref> Prior to his involvement in politics, Schiele ran a [[cotton]] gin in Ferriday. He also served on the board of First Federal Savings and Loan in Vidalia.<ref name=cs/> |
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| − | In 1954, Schiele married the former Maxine Smith (1937-2009), a 1955 graduate of Vidalia High School. The couple had five children: Fred Schiele, Jr. (born 1955), a former deputy sheriff for his father and the appointed chief of police in Ferriday, who later entered the trucking business in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]; Carole Ann Schiele Rice (born 1960) and Patricia Leigh Schiele (born 1962), both of Loranger in Tangipahoa Parish; Alan Maxwell Schiele (born 1964), a deputy sheriff in East Baton Rouge Parish, and Steven Lowery Schiele, II (born 1975) of Port Vincent, a [[village]] in Livingston Parish. Steven is named for Steven Schiele, I, a first cousin who was killed in an [[automobile]] accident in 1971. There were also three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.<ref>'Fred Schiele, ''The Alexandria Town Talk ,'' January 5, 2002; statement of Maxine Smith Schiele, July 2008.</ref> | + | In 1954, Schiele married the former Maxine Smith (1937-2009), a 1955 graduate of Vidalia High School. The couple had five children: Fred Schiele, Jr. (born 1955), a former deputy sheriff for his father and the appointed chief of police in Ferriday, who later entered the trucking business in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]; Carole Ann Schiele Rice (born 1960) and Patricia Leigh Schiele (born 1962), both of Loranger in Tangipahoa Parish; Alan Maxwell Schiele (born 1964), a deputy sheriff in East Baton Rouge Parish, and Steven Lowery Schiele, II (born 1975) of Port Vincent, a [[village]] in Livingston Parish. Steven is named for Steven Schiele, I, a first cousin who was killed in an [[automobile]] accident in 1971. There were also three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.<ref>'Fred Schiele, ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' January 5, 2002; statement of Maxine Smith Schiele, July 2008.</ref> |
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| | McGlothin resigned midway in his second term as sheriff as a result of a criminal conviction. The Concordia Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body, then appointed Randy Maxwell, effective August 31, 1990, to serve until a special election was held on March 21, 1991. In that all-Democrat contest, Maxwell defeated Schiele, 4,619 (62.9 percent) to 1,900 (25.9 percent). Two other candidates shared the remaining 11.3 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 23, 1991.</ref> Maxwell was unopposed in the nonpartisan blanket primary for sheriff on October 19, 1991, and has since remained in the position though he has had close elections.<ref>{{cite web |url= | | McGlothin resigned midway in his second term as sheriff as a result of a criminal conviction. The Concordia Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body, then appointed Randy Maxwell, effective August 31, 1990, to serve until a special election was held on March 21, 1991. In that all-Democrat contest, Maxwell defeated Schiele, 4,619 (62.9 percent) to 1,900 (25.9 percent). Two other candidates shared the remaining 11.3 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 23, 1991.</ref> Maxwell was unopposed in the nonpartisan blanket primary for sheriff on October 19, 1991, and has since remained in the position though he has had close elections.<ref>{{cite web |url= |
| − | http://www.concordiasentinel.com/news.php?id=807|title=Joey Martin|title=Randy Maxwell: 'Still a lot to do'|publisher=''The Concordia Sentine''|date=October 18, 2007}}</ref> | + | http://www.concordiasentinel.com/news.php?id=807|title=Joey Martin|title=Randy Maxwell: 'Still a lot to do'|publisher=''The Concordia Sentine''|date=October 18, 2007; no longer on-line}}</ref> |
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| | ==Death== | | ==Death== |