Ollie Tyler
| Ollie Mae Spearman Tyler | |
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| Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana | |
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Assumed office December 27, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Cedric Glover |
| Louisiana State Superintendent of Education (interim) | |
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In office May 2011 – January 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Pastorek |
| Succeeded by | John C. White |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 6, 1945 Blanchard, Caddo Parish Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Clyde Edward Harris (1967-1968, his shooting death) |
| Children |
Bruce Anthony "Tony" Tyler |
| Parents | Leroy and Ida Haley Spearman |
| Alma mater |
Herndon High School |
| Profession | Educator |
(1) Clyde Edward Harris (1967-1968, his shooting death)
Bruce Anthony "Tony" Tyler
Stepdaughter Wanda Tyler Kimble
Herndon High School
Grambling State University (Bachelor of Science)
Louisiana State University (Master of Education)
Other graduate studies:
Southern University at Shreveport
Northwestern State University
Ollie Mae Spearman Tyler (born January 6, 1945) is the mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana. On December 27, 2014, she succeeded the term-limited Cedric Glover, her fellow Democrat, in the highest position in Shreveport municipal government.
Tyler is the seventh of nine children of Leroy and Ida Haley Spearman. She was born in Blanchard northwest of Shreveport and reared on a dairy farm. She picked cotton as a girl and ironed and cleaned a residence to earn her lunch money. She graduated as valedictorian from Herndon High School, now Herndon Magnet School in Belcher, and earned a National Merit Scholarship to the Grambling State University in Grambling, west of Ruston, Louisiana, from which she received a Bachelor of Science degree. She taught at Youree Drive Middle School for twenty-three years until she was appointed as the school's first African-American and woman principal.
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