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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>

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]].<ref name=dtmjrbio/> Oldest daughter Mildred Ellen "Mimi" Methvin (born October 4, 1952), a 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,  resides in [[Lafayette]] and is divorced from James Thomas "Jim" McManus (born February 1951); she is a Democratic candidate against [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Clay Higgins]] for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat in the nonpartisan blanket primary scheduled for November 6, 2018, in which she has confidently predicted victory in a "blue wave" of potential Democratic Party successes. When filing her qualification papers, Mimi Methvin ridiculed Higgins as "less Cajun John Wayne and more Cajun Barney Fife" in Congress. She argues that Higgins' votes for the [[Donald Trump]] agenda are often cast against the interests of district constituents.<ref>{{cite web|url=

DeWitt and Lallah Methvin had five children, including Lallah Anne (L'Anne) and husband, Joe Sciba of [[Plano]], [[Texas]].<ref name=dtmjrbio/> Oldest daughter Mildred Ellen "Mimi" Methvin (born October 4, 1952), a 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,  resides in [[Lafayette]] and is divorced from James Thomas "Jim" McManus (born February 1951). On November 6, 2016, she was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate against [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[Clay Higgins]] for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat. She had mistakenly predicted victory in a "blue wave" of potential Democratic Party successes. When filing her qualification papers, Mimi Methvin ridiculed Higgins as "less Cajun John Wayne and more Cajun Barney Fife" in Congress. She argues that Higgins' votes for the [[Donald Trump]] agenda are often cast against the interests of district constituents.<ref>{{cite web|url=

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_8ad49a60-8a8b-11e8-8c46-2f2cfc5d085d.html|title=Candidates for Louisiana Secretary of State, Congress begin to qualify for fall elections|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 18, 2018|author=Mark Ballard}}</ref>  

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_8ad49a60-8a8b-11e8-8c46-2f2cfc5d085d.html|title=Candidates for Louisiana Secretary of State, Congress begin to qualify for fall elections|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 18, 2018|author=Mark Ballard}}</ref>