Eugene S. Eason

Infobox_State Representative
name= F. Eugene Eason
caption= Eugene Eason
office= Louisiana State Representative from District 10 (Webster Parish)
term_start=March 23, 1991
term_end=--1992
preceded=Bruce Martin Bolin
succeeded=Everett Gail Doerge
birth_date= birth date|1928|05|28
birth_place= Clarks in Caldwell Parish
death_date= death date and age|2007|03|25|1928|05|28
death_place=Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
residence=Springhill, Webster Parish
spouse= Frances Smith Eason (1928-2006)
children= John Wesley Eason of Victoria, Texas, Joy Kathleen Langston of Magnolia, Arkansas, David Eugene Eason of Houston, and Barbara Jean Dees of Springhill, Louisiana
party= Republican
religion= Baptist
occupation= Businessman
footnotes=(1) Businessman Eason was a civic leader in his adopted city of Springhill, having served twice on the city council and on the Webster Parish Library Board.

F. Eugene Eason (May 28, 1928 - March 25, 2007) was a businessman from Springhill who ran as a Republican in four elections for the Louisiana House of Representatives in calendar year 1991. He won the special election runoff on March 23 for a 9-month unexpired term from District 10, encompassing all of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.

Eason defeated Patti Lou Cook Odom of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish, 3,659 to 3,309 votes. Odom, the daughter of H. Boe Cook, a Minden radio station owner, and the wife of Charles Odom, a parish police juror, had been elected in 1987 to the Democratic State Central Committee. Eason, however, lost the regular general election on November 16 by seventy-one votes to the Democrat, Everett Doerge, a retired school administrator from Minden. Doerge received 8,389 votes to Eason's 8,318. Eason was the only Republican since Reconstruction ever to have held this particular legislative seat. He was particularly known for his efforts in promoting economic and highway expansion in his area.

Eason was born in Clarks, a lumbering town in Caldwell Parish, to Fulton Fillmore Eason and the former Jewel Parker, but he lived most of his life in Springhill, where he managed a chemical company. Prior to his legislative service, Eason was a Springhill City Council member from 1966-1970 and 1987-1991. He was a member of the Webster Parish Library Board from 1975-2006. He was a member of the Louisiana Highway 7 Corridor Commission and the North Webster Parish Industrial Board. He was a member of Rotary International and the Central Baptist Church of Springhill.

Eason died in Shreveport. He was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-four years, the former Frances Smith (September 29, 1928 - January 8, 2006). He was survived by his children, John Wesley Eason and wife Juana of Victoria, Texas, Joy Kathleen Langston of Magnolia, Arkansas, David Eugene Eason of Houston, Texas, and Barbara Jean Dees and husband Ronnie of Springhill; grandchildren, Daniel J Barnard and wife Rebecca of Springhill, LA, Matthew McDonald and wife Brittany of Dumas, AR, Michael McDonald, Christina Langston of Magnolia, AR, Archie Eason of Victoria, TX, and Audrey Eason of Victoria, TX; and six great-grandchildren; three sisters, Elizabeth Burch of Springhill, Ima Clements of Shreveport, and Virginia Perry and husband Raymond of Houston; one brother, Everett Eason and wife Winona of Camden, Arkansas. The Easons are interred in Springhill Cemetery.

References

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