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==Background==
==Background==
Looney was born in the Yellow Pine community, located south of Sibley in Webster Parish, Louisiana, to Julian A. Looney (1871–1958) and the former Mollie McKinney (1872–1932).<ref>Earlene Mendenhall Lyle, ''The Minden Cemetery: A Pleasant Resting Place,'' June 2004, p. 65.</ref> The community was so named because the original buildings were all constructed in yellow pine timber. Julian and Mollie Looney shared a July 17 birthday but one year apart.
Looney was born in the Yellow Pine community, located south of Sibley in Webster Parish, Louisiana, to Julian A. Looney (1871–1958) and the former Mollie McKinney (1872–1932).<ref>Earlene Mendenhall Lyle, ''The Minden Cemetery: A Pleasant Resting Place,'' June 2004, p. 65.</ref> The community was so named because the original buildings were all constructed in yellow pine timber. Julian and Mollie Looney shared a July 17 birthday but a year apart.
Looney graduated in 1923 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]] in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], the seat of government for Webster Parish, where he was known as "Earl." His artistic talent was already apparent, as he was the art editor of the MHS yearbook, ''The Grig.'' One of his classmates was [[Leland Mims]], a 1921 graduate who was later a small [[business]]man in Minden and a veteran member and president of the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing council.
Looney graduated in 1923 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]] in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], the seat of government for Webster Parish, where he was known as "Earl." His artistic talent was already apparent, as he was the art editor of the MHS yearbook, ''The Grig.'' One of his classmates was [[Leland Mims]], a 1921 graduate who was later a small [[business]]man in Minden and a veteran member and president of the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing council.