Frank Blackburn

Frank Barnett Blackburn

12th Mayor (interim) of Bossier City, Louisiana, USA
In office September 1983 – 1984
Preceded by	Marvin Anding
Succeeded by	Don Jones
Personal details
Born	(1944-02-11) February 11, 1944 Lamar County, Texas, USA
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Not first wife: Angela Rae Harris Blackburn (married 1982)
Children	Josh Barnett Blackburn Grandson William Paul Blackburn
Residence	Bossier City, Louisiana
Occupation	Businessman

Frank Barnett Blackburn (born February 11, 1944)^[1] is a former interim mayor of Bossier City in northwestern Louisiana. As one of the two at-large members of the Bossier City Council under the mayor-council form of government, Blackburn, a Democrat, became mayor in September 1983, upon the death in office of Marvin Anding.

In August 19, 1971, Blackburn filed as a candidate for the Bossier Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body.^[2] On March 15, 1980, he was elected to the city council in a special election to fill the at-large seat on the city council created by the election of Robert Adley to the Louisiana House of Representatives. In the council race, Blackburn defeated the Republican David Harold Broussard (1947-1998).^[3] He then won a full council term in 1981.

Blackburn was succeeded in the spring of 1984 by Don Jones, who in a heated special election defeated Marvin Anding's widow, Patricia Janelle Ball Anding (1935-2012).^[4]

Blackburn has long been active in the Masonic lodge.^[5] He is a native of Lamar County, Texas. Blackburn and his son, Josh Barnett Blackburn (born June 1970), operate Blackburn Radiator Shop, which was established in Bossier City in 1965.^[6]

References

↑ "Frank Blackburn, February 1944". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
↑ The Bossier Banner, August 19, 1971, p. 4d
↑ Shreveport Journal, March 17, 1980, p. 2
↑ "Garrett v. Kneass". leagle.com. March 21, 1986. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
↑ "The History of the Shreveport Scottish Rite Valley". mastermason.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
↑ "Blackburn Radiator Shop". manta.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.

Preceded by Marvin Anding	Mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana Frank Barnett Blackburn 1983–19834	Succeeded by Don Jones

Bossier City, Louisiana Mayors

Ewald Max Hoyer (Incorporation, 1907–1910)
M. B. Woodward (1910–1919)
T. M. Yarbrough (1919–1921)
G. B. Smith (1921–1925)
Thomas Hickman (1925–1937)
Hoffman L. Fuller (1937–1953)
Burgess McCranie (1953–1957)
Jake W. Cameron (1957–1961)
George Nattin (1961–1973)
James L. Cathey, Jr. (1973–1977)
Marvin Anding (1977–1983)
Frank Blackburn (1983–1984, interim)
Don E. Jones (1984–1989)
George Dement (1989–2005)
Lo Walker (2005– ) (R)

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