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At forty-four, Aulds on December 31, 1969, married 20-year-old Katherin B. Aulds in Harrison County, Texas. [11] Katherin Aulds was a florist for twenty-five years until she became a funeral home owner after completion of the course in mortuary science at Southern University at Shreveport. Their son is James Linard Aulds (born c. 1972). [12]
Joshua Logan (1908–1988), Broadway director of South Pacific and Mister Roberts; born in Texarkana, Texas, but raised in Shreveport. Dottye Dimple Brown Mason (1920 – 2003), was working as a stewardess when she was noticed for her looks and demeanor, which led to a role in the 1947 Jimmie Davis film "Louisiana."
Leycester Doyle "Leslie" Aulds [a] (December 28, 1920 – October 13, 1999), also known as "Tex" Aulds, was an American professional baseball catcher. He appeared in three major-league games, all for the 1947 Boston Red Sox .
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
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 ...
Frank Page (1925–2013), radio broadcaster, KWKH in Shreveport; James George Palmer (1875–1952), Mayor of Shreveport (1930–32); Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals (1932–33) Jonathan Papelbon (born 1980), closer for the Philadelphia Phillies; Robert Parish (born 1953), Hall of Fame basketball player
Louisiana Hayride is a radio and later television country music show that was broadcast from the Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana; during its heyday from 1948 to 1960, it helped to launch the careers of some of the greatest names in American country and western music.
The city's proximity to the nearby cities makes it North Louisiana and the Ark-La-Tex's transportation hub. Shreveport is the parish seat of Caddo Parish. Portions of the city extend into neighboring Bossier Parish, bordering Bossier City. Shreveport sits on a low elevation overlooking the Red River. [53]