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Calhoun was the second youngest of five children born to Murray Ashby Calhoun  (1873-1944) and the former Ruby Allen (1874-1962).<ref>Murray Ashby Calhoun (1873-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial. accessed July 14, 2022.</ref> 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 of Louisiana in [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/thisiscentenary19421949/thisiscentenary19421949_djvu.txt|title=This Is Centenary: Alumni News|date=March 1942|publisher=archive.org|accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref>

Calhoun was the second youngest of five children born to Murray Ashby Calhoun  (1873-1944) and the former Ruby Allen (1874-1962).<ref>Murray Ashby Calhoun (1873-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial. accessed July 14, 2022.</ref> 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 of Louisiana in [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/thisiscentenary19421949/thisiscentenary19421949_djvu.txt|title=This Is Centenary: Alumni News|date=March 1942|publisher=archive.org|accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref>

Little is known about Calhoun's career, but considerable information is available about his family. Calhoun's first wife, the former Clista Andrews (1912-1952), a native of [[Arkansas]], was reared in [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clistacalhouncenter.com/clista-andrews-calhoun.html|title=Clista Andrews Calhoun|publisher=clistacalhouncenter.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref> Clista had been orphaned at the age of ten.<ref name=clistaac/> The couple had a daughter, Carolyn Calhoun Huckabay (1935-2023), who was born in Texarkana, Arkansas, and worked as <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/la/shreveport/carolyn-calhoun-huckabay-16035709|title=Carolyn Calhoun Huckabay obituary|publisher=echovista.com|accessdate=February 28, 2023}}</ref> a real estate broker in Shreveport, and two sons, both businessmen, Riemer Calhoun, Jr. (born 1937), of Mansfield, and Thomas Allen "Tommy" Calhoun (1943-2022) of Shreveport, who was married to the former Beverly Ann Presley; she died in 2021, and both outlived their three sons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/spt081970|title=Thomas Allen Calhoun obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 27, 2022|accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref><ref name=clistaac/> Calhoun's second wife and surviving widow was Evelyn Hope Ryder Calhoun (1924-2018).<ref name=mfcollege>{{cite web|url=http://www.claitors.com/veach/cajunsv1n3.htm|title=Some items from the Josh Logan Collection|publisher=claitors.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref>

Little is known about Calhoun's career, but considerable information is available about his family. Calhoun's first wife, the former Clista Andrews (1912-1952), a native of [[Arkansas]], was reared in [[Texarkana, Texas|Texarkana]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clistacalhouncenter.com/clista-andrews-calhoun.html|title=Clista Andrews Calhoun|publisher=clistacalhouncenter.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</ref> Clista had been orphaned at the age of ten.<ref name=clistaac/> The couple had a daughter, Carolyn Calhoun Huckabay (1935-2023), who was born in Texarkana, Arkansas, and worked as <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/la/shreveport/carolyn-calhoun-huckabay-16035709|title=Carolyn Calhoun Huckabay obituary|publisher=echovista.com|accessdate=February 28, 2023}}</ref> a real estate broker in Shreveport, and two sons, both businessmen, Riemer Calhoun, Jr. (1937-2026), of Mansfield, and Thomas Allen "Tommy" Calhoun (1943-2022) of Shreveport, who was married to the former Beverly Ann Presley; she died in 2021, and both outlived their three sons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/spt081970|title=Thomas Allen Calhoun obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 27, 2022|accessdate=August 29, 2022}}</ref><ref name=clistaac/> Calhoun's second wife and surviving widow was Evelyn Hope Ryder Calhoun (1924-2018).<ref name=mfcollege>{{cite web|url=http://www.claitors.com/veach/cajunsv1n3.htm|title=Some items from the Josh Logan Collection|publisher=claitors.com|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}</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.<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}}</ref> The mothers of both Riemer Calhoun, Sr., and Hope Calhoun attended the Mansfield Female College.<ref name=mfcollege/>

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.<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}}</ref> The mothers of both Riemer Calhoun, Sr., and Hope Calhoun attended the Mansfield Female College.<ref name=mfcollege/>

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 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>

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 former 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., first worked at Calhoun Builders for his father who was his business mentor and spiritual guide. When Riemer, Sr. later offered him the business with no assets and no guarantee of success, he accepted the challenge and became highly successful in developing subdivisions, building countless homes and commercial buildings before concentrating on the construction of apartments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/plou1463179|title=Maurice "Riemer" Calhoun, Jr., obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 25, 2026}}</ref> Calhoun, Jr., was 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>

In 2003, Calhoun, Jr., pleaded guilty to bilking the U.S. government and various investors out of $2.5 million;<ref name=stimes/> specifically, two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit equity skimming. He was fined $1 million and served two five-year prison sentences consecutively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-5th-circuit/1104651.html|title=United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. USA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maurice Riemer CALHOUN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant|publisher=caselaw.findlaw.com|date=

In 2003, Calhoun, Jr., who while still in his twenties, served for a time on the Mansfield City Council, pleaded guilty to bilking the U.S. government and various investors out of $2.5 million;<ref name=stimes/> specifically, two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit equity skimming. He was fined $1 million and served two five-year prison sentences consecutively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-5th-circuit/1104651.html|title=United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. USA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maurice Riemer CALHOUN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant|publisher=caselaw.findlaw.com|date=

August 26, 2004|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> Some of Calhoun's investors faced the loss of [[Internal Revenue Service]] tax credits received through the illegal business practices.<ref name=stimes/> Calhoun was released from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons on February 19, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/|title=Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Jr.|publisher=bop.gov|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref>

August 26, 2004|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref> Some of Calhoun's investors faced the loss of [[Internal Revenue Service]] tax credits received through the illegal business practices.<ref name=stimes/> Calhoun was released from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons on February 19, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/|title=Maurice Riemer Calhoun, Jr.|publisher=bop.gov|accessdate=October 26, 2014}}</ref>

The senior Calhoun died in 1994 at the age of eighty-five. He and both of his wives are interred at Highland Cemetery in Mansfield.<ref name=findagrave/>

The senior Calhoun died in 1994 at the age of eighty-five. He is interred along with both of his wives at Highland Cemetery in Mansfield.<ref name=findagrave/>

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