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===Marriage and family===
===Marriage and family===
In Mangham, Myrtis met DeWitt Talmage Methvin, Sr. (1894-1975), also a Mississippi native who had moved to Mangham to work as a railroad agent. Myrtis married DeWitt Methvin in 1923 in the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Mangham. They lived for several years in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in Rapides Parish in central Louisiana. They had a son and two daughters. Their son, [[DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr.]], was an [[attorney]] in Alexandria, where he practiced law for more than a half-century.
In Mangham, Myrtis met DeWitt Talmage Methvin, Sr. (1894-1975), also a Mississippi native who had moved to Mangham to work as a railroad agent. Myrtis married DeWitt Methvin in 1923 in the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Mangham. They lived for several years in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in Rapides Parish in central Louisiana. They had a son and two daughters. Their son, [[DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr.]], was an [[attorney]] in Alexandria, where he practiced law for more than a half-century.
==The Castor years===
==The Castor years===
The Methvins relocated to Castor in 1929, where they remained until their deaths. DeWitt, Sr., was engaged in selling timber to the Alexandria-based Roy O. Martin, Jr., company and its sawmill in the Roy community south of Castor. Methvin also operated his own portable sawmill.<ref name=dtmjrbio>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012034600/http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0001.htm|title=DeWitt Talmage Methvin, Jr.|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdateMay 22, 2020}}</ref>
The Methvins relocated to Castor in 1929, where they remained until their deaths. DeWitt, Sr., was engaged in selling timber to the Alexandria-based Roy O. Martin, Jr., company and its sawmill in the Roy community south of Castor. Methvin also operated his own portable sawmill.<ref name=dtmjrbio>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012034600/http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/e/t/Mildred-Methvin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0001.htm|title=DeWitt Talmage Methvin, Jr.|publisher=genealogy.com|accessdate=May 22, 2020}}</ref>
Not long after their arrival in Castor, Myrtis Methvin had a dispute with a neighbor, Henry Rufus "Hal" Lacy, Sr., over his cow invading and eating produce in her vegetable garden. She "jailed" the cow until Lacy agreed to keep the animal confined to his own property. Methvin's success in handling Lacy prompted citizens to urge her to run for mayor, a position to which she was elected in 1933.<ref>Mary K. Hamner, "Castor Women Take Politics Seriously (1930-1940)," ''Bienville Democrat/Ringgold Record,'' Arcadia and Ringgold, Louisiana, September 28, 2006.</ref>
Not long after their arrival in Castor, Myrtis Methvin had a dispute with a neighbor, Henry Rufus "Hal" Lacy, Sr., over his cow invading and eating produce in her vegetable garden. She "jailed" the cow until Lacy agreed to keep the animal confined to his own property. Methvin's success in handling Lacy prompted citizens to urge her to run for mayor, a position to which she was elected in 1933.<ref>Mary K. Hamner, "Castor Women Take Politics Seriously (1930-1940)," ''Bienville Democrat/Ringgold Record,'' Arcadia and Ringgold, Louisiana, September 28, 2006.</ref>
DeWitt Methvin, Sr., was elected as a short-term member of the Bienville Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body.
DeWitt Methvin, Sr., was elected as a short-term member of the Bienville Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body.