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Though Fuselier's political career occurred while he was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], the office of the Louisiana Secretary of State in 2013 listed Fuselier and his wife, the former Lyndahl Hobgood (born June 1943), as [[Republican Party|Republican]] voters.
Though Fuselier's political career occurred while he was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], the office of the Louisiana Secretary of State in 2013 listed Fuselier and his wife, the former Lyndahl Hobgood (born June 1943), as [[Republican Party|Republican]] voters.
As a student from 1953 to 1959 at St. Martinville Senior High School, an entity of the St. Martin Parish School Board, Fuselier was active in [[4-H]]. Thereafter, as sheriff he was heavily involved in the promotionof 4-H programs. In 1981, he established the Charles Fuselier Livestock Award, named for his father, and the subsequent Charles Fuselier Scholarship in 2002. In 2008, he was inducted into the 4-H Hall of Fame, housed in a museum in Avoyelles Parish south of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]].<ref name=fourhclubs/>
In 2003, Fuselier was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield, . As of 2014, only four other sheriffs have received this designation, Cat Doucet, L [[Leonard R. "Pop" Hataway, Harry Lee, and Jessel Ourso.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220072323/http://www.louisianapoliticalmuseum.com/fame.php|title=Hall of Fame listing|publisher=Louisianapoliticalmuseum.com|accessdate=February 22, 2019}}</ref>
In 2003, Fuselier was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield, . As of 2014, only four other sheriffs have received this designation, Cat Doucet, L [[Leonard R. "Pop" Hataway, Harry Lee, and Jessel Ourso.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianapoliticalmuseum.com/fame.php|title=Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame|publisher=louisianapoliticalmuseum.com|accessdate=December3, 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220072323/http://www.louisianapoliticalmuseum.com/fame.php|archivedate=December 20, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Fuselier died at the age of seventy-three in La Grange in Fayette County, [[Texas]]. His remains are at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in New Iberia, Louisiana.
Fuselier died at the age of seventy-three in La Grange in Fayette County, [[Texas]]. His remains are at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in New Iberia, Louisiana.
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