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 [[United States Army]] in [[World War II]]
 | spouse=Mildred Russell Futrell (married 1940-1993, his death)
-| children=Ronnie Elmo Futrell
+| children=Ronnie Elmo Futrell (deceased)<br>
 Russell W. Futrell<br>
 Sandra Gail Futrell Kirkpatrick

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 | religion=[[Southern Baptist]]}}
-'''Perry Elmo Futrell, Jr.''' (October 7, 1916 &ndash; December 4, 1993),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57123775|title=Perry Elmo Futrell Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=December 6, 1993|accessdate=May 25, 2015}}</ref> was a [[real estate]] broker and appraiser who served from 1962 to 1966 as the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor]] of  [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name=futrellservices>"Services set for former Pineville Mayor Futrell", ''The Alexandria Town Talk'', December 6, 1993, p. D-3.</ref>
+'''Perry Elmo Futrell, Jr.''' (October 7, 1916 &ndash; December 4, 1993),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57123775|title=Perry Elmo Futrell Jr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=December 6, 1993|accessdate=May 25, 2015}}</ref> was a [[real estate]] broker and appraiser who served from 1962 to 1966 as the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor]] of  [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name=futrellservices>"Services set for former Pineville Mayor Futrell", ''[[Alexandria Town Talk]],'' December 6, 1993, p. D-3.</ref>
 ==Background==

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 In 1963, after less than a year in office, Futrell and the five-member city council faced a [[recall]] attempt after Pineville police began the shooting on sight of stray dogs, a policy issued because of several instances of dog bites. The petition signers also objected to the city having initiated a street improvement campaign which charged residents directly for the costs of paving. Johnnie A. Mounce, who owned seven dogs and operated an outboard motor business, launched a petition to remove the officials. "It's awful the way they’ve been running down and shooting dogs in streets and in yards. They’ve already hit one child. And then, they're forcing people to pay for paving their streets. People who can't pay can lose their homes. I just don’t think it's right. So I’m trying to call for another election," Mounce said. Futrell said that the law calling for the shooting of stray dogs has been on the books for years but rarely previously enforced. Futrell ordered the crackdown but stressed only dogs whose owners could not be located or those animals which could not be caught were being shot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/89293199/|title=Angry Canine Owner's Recall Drive Pushed|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=April 18, 1963|page=21|accessdate=July 11, 2015}}</ref>
-In 1964, his third year in office, Futrell was named "Mayor of the Year" by the Louisiana Municipal Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/89115329/|title=Four from Area Get LMA Honors|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=March 23, 1964|page=5|accessdate=July 5, 2015}}</ref> Despite weathering the recall attempt and "Mayor of the Year" honors, Futrell was narrowly unseated in the Democratic [[primary election]] in the spring of 1966 by his fellow Democrat, [[Floyd Smith]], a native of Winnfield.<ref name=futrellservices/> After a single term as mayor, Smith was succeeded in 1970 by [[Fred Baden]], who held the post for twenty-eight consecutive years.
+In 1964, his third year in office, Futrell was named "Mayor of the Year" by the Louisiana Municipal Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/89115329/|title=Four from Area Get LMA Honors|publisher=''The Monroe News Star''|date=March 23, 1964|page=5|accessdate=July 5, 2015}}</ref> Despite weathering the recall attempt and "Mayor of the Year" honors, Futrell was narrowly unseated in the Democratic [[primary election]] in the spring of 1966 by his fellow Democrat, [[Floyd Smith]], a native of Winnfield.<ref name=futrellservices/> After a single term as mayor, Smith was succeeded in 1970 by [[Fred Baden]], who held the post for twenty-eight consecutive years.
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 ==Term as mayor==
-In the Democratic [[primary]] elections held on April 7, 1962, Futrell unseated the one-term  Mayor George B. Hoffman<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/85144493/|title=Municipal; Election Returns Cited|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=April 9, 1962|page=5|accessdate=July 16, 2015}}</ref> (May 16, 1910 &ndash; January 14, 2000),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocavo.com/George-Hoffman-1910-2000-Social-Security-Death-Index/17576662752942911856|title=George Hoffman|publisher=mocavo.com|accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>Cemetery records, Greenwood Memorial Park, [[Pineville, Louisiana]]</ref> previously the city marshal and a [[United Methodist]] layman. Hoffman's wife, the former Lorraine Carmen Barron (1911-1996), was the organist at the First United Methodist Church in Pineville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinevillefumc.org/clientimages/45029/churchhistory/completehistory.pdf|title=History of Pineville United Methodist Church|publisher=pinevillefumc.org|author=William Simpson|pages=51–52|date=May 2006|accessdate=July 16, 2015}}</ref>
+In the Democratic [[primary]] elections held on April 7, 1962, Futrell unseated the one-term  Mayor George B. Hoffman<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/85144493/|title=Municipal; Election Returns Cited|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|date=April 9, 1962|page=5|accessdate=July 16, 2015}}</ref> (May 16, 1910 &ndash; January 14, 2000),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocavo.com/George-Hoffman-1910-2000-Social-Security-Death-Index/17576662752942911856|title=George Hoffman|publisher=mocavo.com|accessdate=July 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>Cemetery records, Greenwood Memorial Park, [[Pineville, Louisiana]]</ref> previously the city marshal and a [[United Methodist]] layman. Hoffman's wife, the former Lorraine Carmen Barron (1911-1996), was the organist at the First United Methodist Church in Pineville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinevillefumc.org/clientimages/45029/churchhistory/completehistory.pdf|title=History of Pineville United Methodist Church|publisher=pinevillefumc.org|author=William Simpson|pages=51–52|date=May 2006|accessdate=July 16, 2015}}</ref>
 In 1963, after less than a year in office, Futrell and the five-member city council faced a [[recall]] attempt after Pineville police began the shooting on sight of stray dogs, a policy issued because of several instances of dog bites. The petition signers also objected to the city having initiated a street improvement campaign which charged residents directly for the costs of paving. Johnnie A. Mounce, who owned seven dogs and operated an outboard motor business, launched a petition to remove the officials. "It's awful the way they’ve been running down and shooting dogs in streets and in yards. They’ve already hit one child. And then, they're forcing people to pay for paving their streets. People who can't pay can lose their homes. I just don’t think it's right. So I’m trying to call for another election," Mounce said. Futrell said that the law calling for the shooting of stray dogs has been on the books for years but rarely previously enforced. Futrell ordered the crackdown but stressed only dogs whose owners could not be located or those animals which could not be caught were being shot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/89293199/|title=Angry Canine Owner's Recall Drive Pushed|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=April 18, 1963|page=21|accessdate=July 11, 2015}}</ref>

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 In 1963, after less than a year in office, Futrell and the five-member city council faced a [[recall]] attempt after Pineville police began the shooting on sight of stray dogs, a policy issued because of several instances of dog bites. The petition signers also objected to the city having initiated a street improvement campaign which charged residents directly for the costs of paving. Johnnie A. Mounce, who owned seven dogs and operated an outboard motor business, launched a petition to remove the officials. "It's awful the way they’ve been running down and shooting dogs in streets and in yards. They’ve already hit one child. And then, they're forcing people to pay for paving their streets. People who can't pay can lose their homes. I just don’t think it's right. So I’m trying to call for another election," Mounce said. Futrell said that the law calling for the shooting of stray dogs has been on the books for years but rarely previously enforced. Futrell ordered the crackdown but stressed only dogs whose owners could not be located or those animals which could not be caught were being shot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/89293199/|title=Angry Canine Owner's Recall Drive Pushed|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=April 18, 1963|page=21|accessdate=July 11, 2015}}</ref>
-In 1964, his third year in office, Futrell was named "Mayor of the Year" by the Louisiana Municipal Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/89115329/|title=Four from Area Get LMA Honors|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=March 23, 1964|page=5|accessdate=July 5, 2015}}</ref> Despite weathering the recall attempt and "Mayor of the Year" honors, Futrell was narrowly unseated in the Democratic [[primary election]] in the spring of 1966 by his fellow Democrat, [[Floyd Smith]], a native of Winnfield.<ref name=futrellservices/> After a single term as mayor, Smith was succeeded in 1970 by Fred H. Baden, who held the post for twenty-eight consecutive years.
+In 1964, his third year in office, Futrell was named "Mayor of the Year" by the Louisiana Municipal Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/89115329/|title=Four from Area Get LMA Honors|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=March 23, 1964|page=5|accessdate=July 5, 2015}}</ref> Despite weathering the recall attempt and "Mayor of the Year" honors, Futrell was narrowly unseated in the Democratic [[primary election]] in the spring of 1966 by his fellow Democrat, [[Floyd Smith]], a native of Winnfield.<ref name=futrellservices/> After a single term as mayor, Smith was succeeded in 1970 by [[Fred Baden]], who held the post for twenty-eight consecutive years.
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-Of [[Germany|German]] descent,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houseofnames.com/futrell-family-crest|title=Futrell Family Crest, Coat of Arms|publisher=houseofnames.com|accessdate=July 11, 2015}}</ref> Futrell was married to the former Mildred Russell (1921-2011), a native of Jena in LaSalle Parish, whom he met at Northwestern State University. After his death, she left Pineville to live in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=152797611|title=Mildred Futrell obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=July 29, 2011|accessdate=May 25, 2015}}</ref> The couple had two sons, Ronnie Elmo Futrell (1949-2015), a [[Louisiana College]] graduate and warden at the Work Training Facility-North, who was married to the former Elizabeth Gay Sontag;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=ronnie-e-futrell&pid=174924002&fhid=12059|title=Ronnie E. Futrell|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=May 25, 2015}}</ref> and Russell W. Futrell (born 1953) of Baton Rouge, who was in [[Saudi Arabia]] at the time of his father's death. Their daughter, Sandra Gail Futrell Kirkpatrick (born 1945) of Baton Rouge, is the widow of Thomas Killgore Kirkpatrick (1944–2009), a son of political figures Claude and Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick.. The couple married in 1965 at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist Church]] of Pineville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/90454803/|title=Miss Futrell is bride of Thomas Kirkpatrick|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=August 15, 1965|page=25|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref>
+Of [[Germany|German]] descent,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.houseofnames.com/futrell-family-crest|title=Futrell Family Crest, Coat of Arms|publisher=houseofnames.com|accessdate=July 11, 2015}}</ref> Futrell was married to the former Mildred Russell (1921-2011), a native of Jena in LaSalle Parish, whom he met at Northwestern State University. After his death, she left Pineville to live in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=152797611|title=Mildred Futrell obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=July 29, 2011|accessdate=May 25, 2015}}</ref> The couple had two sons, Ronnie Elmo Futrell (1949-2015), a [[Louisiana College]] graduate and warden at the Work Training Facility-North, who was married to the former Elizabeth Gay Sontag;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=ronnie-e-futrell&pid=174924002&fhid=12059|title=Ronnie E. Futrell|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|accessdate=May 25, 2015}}</ref> and Russell W. Futrell (born 1953) of Baton Rouge, who was in [[Saudi Arabia]] at the time of his father's death. Their daughter, Sandra Gail Futrell Kirkpatrick (born 1945) of Baton Rouge, is the widow of Thomas Killgore Kirkpatrick (1944–2009), a son of political figures [[Claude Kirkpatrick]] and Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick. The couple married in 1965 at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist Church]] of Pineville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/90454803/|title=Miss Futrell is bride of Thomas Kirkpatrick|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=August 15, 1965|page=25|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref>
 Futrell had two surviving sisters, Pauline F. Cain and Gladys F. Morrison, both of Pineville, and five grandchildren.<ref name=obit/> Grandson William Marshall "Bill" Futrell (1972-2009), one of two sons of Ronnie and Elizabeth Futrell, a veteran of the Louisiana National Guard, and a law enforcement officer, died in Pineville at the age of thirty-seven.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54050806|title=William Marshall "Bill" Futrell|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 5, 2015}}</ref>

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-Futrell performed appraisal work for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. In 1975, in a suit regarding five acres of property off U.S. Highway 71 northwest of Campti in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]], the state sought to declare Futrell as an expert appraiser. The trial judge immediately agreed that Futrell had the qualifications to appraise the property: "I don't want to cut you short, but Mr. Futrell has been qualified numerous times in this court, and I would be willing to accept him on the basis of what I already know about him."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/19751176324So2d852_11076.xml/STATE,%20DEPARTMENT%20OF%20HIGHWAYS%20v.%20SMITH|title=''State, Department of Highways v. Smith'' (1975)|publisher=leagle.com|date=January 28, 1976|accessdate=July 16, 2015}}</ref>
+Futrell performed appraisal work for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. In 1975, in a suit regarding five acres of property off U.S. Highway 71 northwest of Campti in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]], the state sought to declare Futrell as an expert appraiser. The trial judge immediately agreed that Futrell had the qualifications to appraise the property: "I don't want to cut you short, but Mr. Futrell has been qualified numerous times in this court, and I would be willing to accept him on the basis of what I already know about him."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leagle.com/decision/19751176324So2d852_11076.xml/STATE,%20DEPARTMENT%20OF%20HIGHWAYS%20v.%20SMITH|title=''State, Department of Highways v. Smith'' (1975)|publisher=leagle.com|date=January 28, 1976|accessdate=July 16, 2015}}</ref>
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