Grady A. Dugas, M.D. (October 24, 1923 - March 25, 2007), was a Louisiana physician who invented the "Safer Automatic Wheelchair Wheel Locks", a patented device designed for those who sometimes forget to lock their wheelchairs. For four decades Dugas was engaged in a family medical practice in tiny Marion in Union Parish, a part of the Monroe Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, in northeast Louisiana.

Randy Lew Ewing (born February 10, 1944) is a Jackson Parish businessman who, as a Democrat, represented District 35 (Jackson, Lincoln, Union, and part of Ouachita parishes) in the Louisiana State Senate from 1988-2000. He was the State Senate President in his last term from 1996-2000, which corresponded with the first term of Republican Governor Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr. Ewing recalls his humble roots.

John David Crow (born July 8, 1935, in Marion in Union Parish, Louisiana) was the Heisman Trophy winner and running back from Texas A&M University in 1957. He was not one of the "Junction Boys," but played for Bear Bryant at Texas A&M and later played professional football for the Chicago & St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers between 1958 and 1968. Crow received the annual "Len Eshmont Award" on two occasions, 1966 and 1967.

Louise Brazzel Johnson (October 6, 1924 -- January 6, 2002) was a little-known insurance agent in Bernice in Union Parish who rocketed to state prominence when she upset the Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives in the 1971 Democratic primary. Johnson unseated 24-year incumbent John Sidney Garrett of Haynesville in Claiborne Parish to win the nomination for the District 11 seat in the legislature. After she defeated Garrett, Mrs.

Robert Jocelyn Barham (born January 25, 1949) is a farmer and a term-limited Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate who represents Claiborne, Morehouse, Union, and West Carroll parishes, all of which border Arkansas in the northernmost section of his state. At the conclusion of his last regular legislative session in 2007, Barham told an interviewer that Louisiana should concentrate on anti-litter efforts and highway construction.

William Crosson Feazel (June 10, 1895 - March 16, 1965) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born near Farmerville in Union Parish, he attended the public schools and engaged as an independent oil and gas producer. Feazel was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1932 to 1936. He was appointed by Governor Earl Kemp Long on May 18, 1948, as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Overton.

Leon Charles Weiss (December 10, 1882 - April 1, 1953) was the politically-connected architect who designed most major monuments of the Huey Pierce Long, Jr., gubernatorial administration in Louisiana, including the skyscraper-shaped capitol, the governor's mansion, and Louisiana State University buildings, all in Baton Rouge, and the LSU Medical School in New Orleans. Weiss was born in Farmerville, the seat of Union Parish, north of Ruston.

Charles Emmett "Cap" Barham (September 26, 1905 -- February 23, 1972), was the Democratic lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1952 - 1956, who is credited with having established the office independent from that of the governor. He was frequently at odds with then Governor Robert F. Kennon of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish.

I work full-time, take night classes when I can, do whatever I want to on the weekends depending upon the mood I am in. I have two kids (a girl 10 yrs old and a boy 8 yrs old). When everyone else comes and goes in your life, your kids are always still there for you. Treat them with respect and tell them you love them everyday.