'''James Edward Sudduth, I''', known as '''Jim Sudduth''' (August 15, 1917 – September 11, 1995),<ref name=searchancestry>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gss=sfs28_ms_r_f-2_s&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=James&gsln=Sudduth&mswpn__ftp=Lake%20Charles%2C%20Calcasieu%2C%20Louisiana%2C%20USA&mswpn=34088&mswpn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C3246%7C21%7C0%7C441%7C34088%7C0%7C&MSAV=1&msbdy=1917&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=upc|title=James E. Sudduth|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=August 31, 2020}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who served two stints as the [[mayor]] of [[Lake Charles]] in far southwestern [[Louisiana]]. The 7,400-seat Sudduth Coliseum, which opened in 1972, is named in his honor, as is the James Sudduth Parkway.
[[File:James E. Sudduth Coliseum.jpg|350px400px|left|thumb|Inside the Sudduth Coliseum]]
==Career==