Frank T. Norman
| Frank Toadvin Norman | |
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| Mayor of Minden, Louisiana, USA | |
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In office 1958–1966 |
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| Preceded by | Jasper Goodwill |
| Succeeded by | Tom Colten |
| Minden City Council member | |
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In office 1952–1958 |
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| Succeeded by | H. T. "Jack" Crisler |
| President of the Louisiana Municipal Association | |
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In office 1964–1965 |
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| Preceded by | W.H. "Booty" Scott |
| Succeeded by | J. Rayburn Bertrand |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 21, 1914 Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana |
| Died | November 20, 1994 (aged 79) Minden, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Minden Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Mildred Bryant Norman (married, 1937-his death) |
| Children |
Frankie Norman Thompkins (1939-1975) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
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(1) Norman led the move to establish a municipally-owned power plant in his small city of Minden, rather than reliance on a private company supplying electricity. (2) Norman became one of the first Democrats in Louisiana to be unseated by a Republican, as the two-party system slowly began to emerge in the 1960s. (3) Norman was particularly active in the Masonic lodge and the Baptist Church. (4) Norman became the first student to enroll at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, where he studied under Ben Earl Looney, a Minden native. |
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Frankie Norman Thompkins (1939-1975)
(1) Norman led the move to establish a municipally-owned power plant in his small city of Minden, rather than reliance on a private company supplying electricity.
(2) Norman became one of the first Democrats in Louisiana to be unseated by a Republican, as the two-party system slowly began to emerge in the 1960s.
(3) Norman was particularly active in the Masonic lodge and the Baptist Church.
Francis Toadvin Norman, known as Frank T. Norman (November 21, 1914 – November 20, 1994), was from 1958 to 1966 the mayor of the small city of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. From 1952 to 1958, Norman served on the Minden City Council as the then public safety commissioner under the since disbanded city commission form of government. He was also a high official in the Louisiana Masonic lodge.
Norman was born in Homer in Claiborne Parish, from which Webster Parish was carved in 1871, to the physician Bertram Allen Norman (March 5, 1886 – December 6, 1949), and the former Pearl Toadvin (January 17, 1892 – May 4, 1941). At the time of Pearl Norman's death, the couple was residing in Cotton Valley north of Minden. Dr. Norman was a first lieutenant in the Louisiana Medical Corps in World War I. Norman's maternal uncle, Clyde Toadvin, was a son-in-law of the Minden judge, Lynn Kyle Watkins.
Frank Norman was reared in Minden and graduated in 1931 from Minden High School. He attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston ln Lincoln Parish but did not graduate. Norman was the first student to register at the new Ringling School of Art, a part of the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida, where another Minden High School graduate, Ben Earl Looney, was a member of the founding faculty. Norman's enrollment at the Ringling school was mentioned in Time magazine in 1931.
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