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Coincidentally, former Representative Bruce Lynn's wife died on the same day as Hollis Downs's mother. Margaret Lynn and Juel Downs Chappell hence shared three grandchildren, one of whom was Ross Alexander Lynn (1979–2013), a [[photographer]] and mountain climber killed in a farming accident on the Lynn plantation in Caddo Parish at the age of thirty-three.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-lynn&pid=172688600&fhid=10218#sthash.Q5qGNiY3.dpuf|title=Margaret Lynn|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=October 5, 2014}}</ref>The Ross Alexander Lynn Foundation was established in his honor in Ruston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=166685752|title=Ross Alexander Lynn|publisher=''Bozeman Daily Chronicle''|location=[[Bozeman, Montana|Bozeman]], [[Montana]]|date=August 30, 2013|accessdate=October 5, 2014}}</ref>
Coincidentally, former Representative Bruce Lynn's wife died on the same day as Hollis Downs's mother. Margaret Lynn and Juel Downs Chappell hence shared three grandchildren, one of whom was Ross Alexander Lynn (1979–2013), a [[photographer]] and mountain climber killed in a farming accident on the Lynn plantation in Caddo Parish at the age of thirty-three.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-lynn&pid=172688600&fhid=10218#sthash.Q5qGNiY3.dpuf|title=Margaret Lynn|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=October 5, 2014}}</ref>The Ross Alexander Lynn Foundation was established in his honor in Ruston.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=166685752|title=Ross Alexander Lynn|publisher=''Bozeman Daily Chronicle''|location=[[Bozeman, Montana|Bozeman]], [[Montana]]|date=August 30, 2013|accessdate=October 5, 2014}}</ref>
Like his mother, Downs graduated from Louisiana Tech. In 1968, after leaving college, he served in the [[United States Army]] until 1974, when he joined the Louisiana National Guard for a final two-year stint. Downs is a financial planner in Ruston, where he resides with his wife, Catherine "Cathy" Downs. He is a member of the [[United Methodist]] denomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ezpetition.com/congressorg/bio/id/141484|title=Rep. Hollis Downs, R-LA|publisher=ezpetition.com|accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref>
Like his mother, Downs graduated from Louisiana Tech. In 1968, after leaving college, he served in the [[United States Army]] until 1974, when he joined the Louisiana National Guard for a final two-year stint. Downs is a financial planner in Ruston, where he resides with his wife, Catherine "Cathy" Downs. He is a member of the [[United Methodist]] denomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ezpetition.com/congressorg/bio/id/141484|title=Rep. Hollis Downs, R-LA|publisher=ezpetition.com|accessdate=July 7, 2011; no longer on-line.}}</ref>
==Political life==
==Political life==