Ford E. Stinson

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Ford Edwards Stinson, Sr.

|image =Ford_E._Stinson.jpg

|image_size=200px

|caption=

|office=Louisiana State Representative for Bossier Parish (later District 9)

|term_start=1940

|term_end=1944

|preceded=G. E. Beckom

|succeeded=Jimmy Boyd

| term_start2=1948

| term_end2=1972

| preceded2=Jimmy Boyd

| succeeded2=Jesse C. Deen

|birth_date= {{birth date|1914|8|24}}

|birth_place=Benton, Bossier Parish

Louisiana, USA

|death_date={{death date and age|1989|9|22|1914|8|24}}

|death_place=

|residence=Benton, Louisiana

|spouse=Edna Earle Richardson Stinson

|children=Mary Carol Stinson, Ford E. Stinson, Jr.

|party= Democratic

|occupation=Attorney

|alma_mater=Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge {{small|(BA, LLB)}}

}}

Ford Edwards Stinson, Sr. (August 24, 1914 – September 22, 1989){{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=rootsweb.ancestry.com|access-date=July 20, 2009}} was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1940–1944 and again from 1952-1972.{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf |title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012 |publisher=legis.state.la.us |access-date=July 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229154214/http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf |archive-date=December 29, 2009 }}

Background

He attained the rank of lieutenant colonel and was awarded the Bronze Star. He was also awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with five bronze battle stars for the Tunisia, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, and Northern Apennines campaigns. He was active in the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Community Chest, and the United Methodist Church."Ford E. Stinson Seeks D.A. Post for This District", Minden Herald, July 9, 1948, pp. 1,6 In November 2013, he was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana State University Military Hall of Honor.

Personal life

Stinson and his wife, the former Edna Earle Richardson of Shreveport, had a daughter, Mary Carol, a daughter, Janet, and a son, Ford E. Stinson, Jr., a former 26th Judicial District judge based in Benton.{{cite web|url=http://www.bossierclerk.com/go/rainbow/3358/en-US/DesktopDefault.aspx|title="Bossier Parish Clerk of Court" docket listings|publisher=bossierclerk.com|access-date=July 20, 2009}} The junior Stinson announced his retirement at the end of 2014 after eighteen years in the position."Judge Ford Stinson to retire at end of term", Minden Press-Herald, January 16, 2014, p. 1 One of his grandsons, Douglas M. Stinson, was elected 26th Judicial District judge on March 26, 2022.