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Jimmy Watson, Shreveport Times June 7, 2024 at 11:57 AM Longtime Captain Shreve teacher and principal Dr. Sandra McCalla died of heart failure at her home in Southern Trace Friday morning ...
In poor health, in 2002 the seventy-seven-year-old Franks undertook a liquidation of his horse racing and breeding operations. He died on December 31, 2003, at the WK Pierremont Health Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. In his memory, three racetracks have named races for him. In 1992, Franks was inducted into the Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame ...
Hazel Beard (née Fain; September 16, 1930 – December 26, 2022) was an American politician who was the first woman and the first Republican to have served as mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, since the era of Reconstruction.
Peacock was born in Shreveport to John William "Bill" Peacock (1931–2012) and the former Sidney Barrow. John Peacock graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, served in the United States Air Force in England, and was the president until his retirement in 1998 of Peacock Surgical and Company in Shreveport.
Greenwood Cemetery is an historic rural cemetery in Shreveport, Louisiana. It was established in 1893 and is the second oldest cemetery in the city. [1] [2] Notable ...
William Benedict Friend (October 22, 1931 – April 2, 2015) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Shreveport in Louisiana from 1986 to 2006.
Richard Sloan Folmer (February 13, 1942 – January 11, 2022) was an American actor who was based in Shreveport, Louisiana. [1] [2] He appeared in a variety of notable stage plays, television programs and films. [3] Folmer also co-founded "The Company", a theater company located in Shreveport.
The Shreveport Martyrs are five Roman Catholic priests who died while caring for individuals affected by the 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic of Shreveport, Louisiana. All five were missionary priests from Brittany , France, who came to serve the Diocese of Natchitoches under Augustus Marie Martin .