Frank Spooner
| William Frank Spooner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 9, 1937 Stephens, Arkansas, USA |
| Residence | Monroe, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Stephens High School University of Oklahoma |
| Occupation | Oil and natural gas producer |
| Political party | Republican nominee for Louisiana's 5th congressional district, 1976 |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Flippo Spooner |
| Children | Three daughters |
| Parent(s) | Harry, Sr., and Willie Green Spooner |
Stephens High School
Southern Arkansas University
William Franklin Spooner, known as Frank Spooner (born September 9, 1937), is an oil and natural gas producer in Monroe in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, who has been active since the early 1970s in his state's Republican Party. In the fall of 1976, Spooner waged a strong but losing race for the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 5th congressional district in a bid to succeed incumbent Otto Passman, who had been unseated in the Democratic primary by farmer/businessman Jerry Huckaby, then from Ringgold in Bienville Parish. Therefore, instead of facing Passman, as he had expected, Spooner competed with Huckaby for a relatively rare open seat in the state's congressional delegation.
Spooner's father, Harry Spooner, Sr. (1895–1965), originally from Buffalo, New York, was injured in France during World War I. A Republican, the senior Spooner came to Texas with the petroleum industry and settled in Arkansas, first El Dorado, then Smackover, and finally Stephens in Ouachita County, where he married the former Willie Green (1905–2000). Frank Spooner was born in Stephens and graduated in 1955 from Stephens High School. For two years thereafter he attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and then transferred to the University of Oklahoma at Norman, from which in 1960 he received a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum land management. After college, Spooner served in the United States Army and the Army Reserves, pre-Vietnam War. He worked for Humble Oil Company and at times was a business partner with his brother, Harry Spooner, Jr.
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