M. B. Woodward
| M. B. Woodward | |
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| 2nd Mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana, USA | |
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In office 1910–1919 |
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| Preceded by | Ewald Max Hoyer |
| Succeeded by | T. M. Yarbrough |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | Mrs. Neill Albert Yarborough, Sr. |
| Occupation | Businessman |
M. B. Woodward was the second mayor of Bossier City in northwestern Louisiana, with service extending from 1910 to 1919.
About 1896, the Woodwards were among the first families to move to Bossier City. He was the manager of Southland Cotton Company. Woodward was elected mayor to succeed Ewald Max Hoyer, the appointee of Governor Newton Blanchard and the founding mayor at the time Bossier City was incorporated as a village. It did not become a town until the middle-1920s.
Little is available on Woodward's life. A son-in-law, Neill Albert Yarborough, Sr. (1893-1925), a member of the Louisiana State Police, was shot to death in the line of duty by a fugitive, Joe Airey, whom he had sought to arrest while the suspect was hiding out in a house. Upon Woodward's death, a mob lynched Airey and riddled him with bullets.
Woodward's grandson, Neill A. Yarborough, Jr. (1915-2009), graduated in 1932 from Bossier High School and returned in 1963 to his native Bossier City after extensive service as a colonel in the United States Army before, during, and after World War II, assigned to North African Campaign and the European Theater of Operations in Italy and southern France. His last military assignment was as the Army liaison officer at Barksdale Air Force Base. Yarborough was later the personnel director and assistant administrator for Bossier City Medical Center until his second retirement in 1979. Having developed an interest in city history, Yarborough in 2007 published A History of Bossier City from the Early Years (1833-2006). He lectured before civic groups on Bossier City topics, including details about the five city halls that were used since the founding of the municipality. Then Mayor George Dement declared Yarborough "Mr. Bossier City".
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