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===Personal life===

===Personal life===

In 1950, DeWitt Methvin married the former Lallah Hill Cunningham (1929-2012), a [[Roman Catholic]] . Her father was the [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] attorney and former state Representative William Peyton Cunningham, Sr (1901-1971).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0094.html|title=William Peyton Cunningham, Sr.|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 7, 2014}}</ref> Her grandfather, Charles Milton Cunningham (1877-1936), was the editor of ''The Natchitoches [[newspaper]] and a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1915 to 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/index.html|title=Charles Milton Cunningham|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=October 1, 2014}}</ref> Her great grandfather Milton Joseph Cunningham (1842-1916), had been the state attorney general for three terms prior to 1900.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0108.html|title=Milton Joseph Cunningham|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 1, 2014}}</ref>

In 1950, DeWitt Methvin married the former Lallah Hill Cunningham (1929-2012), a [[Roman Catholic]] . Her father was the [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] attorney and former state Representative William Peyton Cunningham, Sr (1901-1971).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0094.html|title=William Peyton Cunningham, Sr.|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 7, 2014}}</ref> Her grandfather, Charles Milton Cunningham (1877-1936), was the editor of ''The Natchitoches Times'' [[newspaper]] and a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1915 to 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/index.html|title=Charles Milton Cunningham|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=October 1, 2014}}</ref> Her great grandfather Milton Joseph Cunningham (1842-1916), had been the state attorney general for three terms prior to 1900.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0108.html|title=Milton Joseph Cunningham|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=October 1, 2014}}</ref>

DeWitt and Lallah Methvin had five children, including Lallah Anne (L'Anne) and husband, Joe Sciba of [[Plano]], [[Texas]], Mildred Ellen "Mimi" Methvin, an attorney, retired United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and the 2014 interim judge of the Louisiana 27th Judicial District Court in St. Landry Parish, who resides in [[Lafayette]] and is divorced from James Thomas "Jim" McManus (born February 1951); Elizabeth "Lisa" Murrell (born December 1954) and husband, Jack Clary "Jay" Murrell, Jr., of [[Shreveport], Louisiana]; DeWitt, III, and wife Stacy Methvin of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], and Mary Ceil Methvin of Boone, [[North Carolina]]. There are twelve Methvin grandchildren.<ref name=dtmjrbio/>Son-in-law Jay Murrell (born February 1949) is an [[oil]]man and a  [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Caddo Parish Commission and an unsuccessful candidate in 2007 for the Louisiana State Senate, having been defeated bythe retired educator and former state Representative [[B. L. "Buddy" Shaw]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s8acNnP28g|title=Jay Murrell on '[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]''|date=August 30, 2007|accessdate=October 10, 2014}}</ref>

DeWitt and Lallah Methvin had five children, including Lallah Anne (L'Anne) and husband, Joe Sciba of [[Plano]], [[Texas]], Mildred Ellen "Mimi" Methvin, an attorney, retired United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, and the 2014 interim judge of the Louisiana 27th Judicial District Court in St. Landry Parish, who resides in [[Lafayette]] and is divorced from James Thomas "Jim" McManus (born February 1951); Elizabeth "Lisa" Murrell (born December 1954) and husband, Jack Clary "Jay" Murrell, Jr., of [[Shreveport], Louisiana]; DeWitt, III, and wife Stacy Methvin of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], and Mary Ceil Methvin of Boone, [[North Carolina]]. There are twelve Methvin grandchildren.<ref name=dtmjrbio/>Son-in-law Jay Murrell (born February 1949) is an [[oil]]man and a  [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Caddo Parish Commission and an unsuccessful candidate in 2007 for the Louisiana State Senate, having been defeated bythe retired educator and former state Representative [[B. L. "Buddy" Shaw]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s8acNnP28g|title=Jay Murrell on '[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]''|date=August 30, 2007|accessdate=October 10, 2014}}</ref>