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==Family background==
==Family background==
Calhoun was the second youngest of five children born to Murry A. (born c. 1873) and Ruby Calhoun (born c. 1877). 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 in [[Shreveport]]. Little is known about Calhoun's career, but considerable information is available about his family. Calhoun's first wife, the former Clista Andrews (c. 1914 – February 1952), a native of [[Arkansas]], was reared in [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154950796/clista-calhoun|title=Clista Amdrews Calhoun|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 26, 2020}}</ref> Cista was orphaned at the age of ten. The couple had a daughter, Carolyn Huckaby (born March 9, 1935), a Shreveport real estate broker, 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 (1924-2020).
Calhoun was the second youngest of five children born to Murry A. (born c. 1873) and Ruby Calhoun (born c. 1877). 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 in [[Shreveport]]. Little is known about Calhoun's career, but considerable information is available about his family. Calhoun's first wife, the former Clista Andrews (c. 1914 – February 1952), a native of [[Arkansas]], was reared in [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154950796/clista-calhoun|title=Clista Amdrews Calhoun|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=December 26, 2020}}</ref> Cista was orphaned at the age of ten. The couple had a daughter, Carolyn Huckabay (born March 9, 1935),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/carolyn-huckabay/carolynhuckabay?valid=true&|title=Carolyn Huckabay|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 26, 2020}}</ref> a Shreveport real estate broker, 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 (1924-2020).
When the former Mansfield Female College, which had been constructed during the early 1850s, was offered for sale by the town of Mansfield, the Calhouns purchased the property. They made extensive renovations to the main building, removed the top two floors, and converted the structure into their own family home. In 2002, Hope Calhoun and the Calhoun children from the first marriage donated the building and grounds for use as a state museum. After a $1.2 million reconstruction, the building, known as the Clista A. Calhoun Center, opened in September 2012. A foundation fund is also established in Clista's memory. The mothers of both Riemer Calhoun, Sr., and Hope Calhoun attended the Mansfield Female College.<ref name=clistaac>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfnla.org/give-strategically/giving-stories/clista-andrews-calhoun-center|title=Clista Andrews Calhoun Center|publisher=cfnla.org|accessdate=October 26, 2014; information no longer on the website}}</ref>
When the former Mansfield Female College, which had been constructed during the early 1850s, was offered for sale by the town of Mansfield, the Calhouns purchased the property. They made extensive renovations to the main building, removed the top two floors, and converted the structure into their own family home. In 2002, Hope Calhoun and the Calhoun children from the first marriage donated the building and grounds for use as a state museum. After a $1.2 million reconstruction, the building, known as the Clista A. Calhoun Center, opened in September 2012. A foundation fund is also established in Clista's memory. The mothers of both Riemer Calhoun, Sr., and Hope Calhoun attended the Mansfield Female College.<ref name=clistaac>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfnla.org/give-strategically/giving-stories/clista-andrews-calhoun-center|title=Clista Andrews Calhoun Center|publisher=cfnla.org|accessdate=October 26, 2014; information no longer on the website}}</ref>