Dennis Freeman
| Harold Dennis Freeman | |
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| Mayor of Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA | |
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In office 1984–2007 |
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| Succeeded by | Katherine Thomas Freeman |
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| Born |
April 23, 1940 Joaquin, Shelby County, Texas |
| Died | November 23, 2007 (aged 67) Logansport, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic-turned-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Katherine Thomas Freeman (married 1961–2007) |
| Children | Pamela Kaye Freeman, Susan F. Simmons, Kathy F. Alger |
| Occupation | Insurance agent |
| Religion | Methodist |
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(1) Logansport Mayor Freeman worked for sixteen years to procure a new bridge over the Sabine River. (2) During Mayor Freeman's tenure, the Sabine River waterfront was revitalized with walking trails, a gazebo, picnic grounds, and a veterans' memorial. |
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(1) Logansport Mayor Freeman worked for sixteen years to procure a new bridge over the Sabine River.
Harold Dennis Freeman (April 23, 1940 – November 23, 2007), known as Dennis Freeman, was the mayor of Logansport, a town adjacent to the Sabine River in DeSoto Parish in northwestern Louisiana from 1984 until his death. His contributions were particularly significant considering the otherwise limited role of a small-town mayor. For some sixteen years, he worked patiently with highway officials in Louisiana and Texas to construct a new border bridge over the Sabine River, a project nearing fruition. Freeman also fought to keep the pending Interstate 69 route in western Louisiana closer to Logansport. He helped to establish the first fire and ambulance districts in DeSoto Parish.
Steve Stephens of Logansport said that his friend "did a magnificent job and will be sorely missed. Dennis understood problems and knew how to get things done in government. His death is a loss for this community and this area." Near the end of his life as he fought cancer, Freeman was also attempting to mitigate the closure of a Georgia Pacific plywood plant, the largest employer in Logansport. He worked with state and local agencies to help displaced workers and to procure solutions to the economic gap created from the loss of the plant.
Freeman was the youngest of six sons born to L.L. Freeman and Britt Annie Freeman in tiny Joaquin, located in Shelby County in east Texas across the Louisiana line from Logansport. He graduated from Northwestern State University in and earned his livelihood for nearly forty years as an independent insurance agent. As Logansport mayor, he worked to procure grants for water, streets, sanitary sewers, parks and local government operations. He was an officer of the Louisiana Municipal Association and a board member of the Sabine River Authority. He was a director for the Bank of Logansport.
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