Elton Clark Pody

December 1, 1938 (age 72)

He spent the majority of his life in the Ruston/Farmerville area. A Republican, he was defeated on October 6, 1990 for a third term as mayor of Ruston by the Democrat Hilda Taylor Perritt, a former high school teacher. Pody polled 2,633 votes (422 percent) to Perritt"s 3,612 (578 percent). In a civic club address in 1989 in Minden in Webster Parish, Pody called for municipalities to work together and declared local government the most cost-effective: "I believe local government is very important because it provides so much service on a daily basis." Pody said that the average family then paid $250 annually to local government but $1,700 to the state, and $4,200 to the United States. government. Therefore he considered the local contribution to more effective on a per-capita basis. After his mayoral tenure ended, Pody moved to Alexandria to take the top position with the Chamber of Commerce. Shortly before his death, Pody had announced that he would retire from the chamber at the end of 2011. Pody often said, "Every man needs two things, God and a job", as he devoted much of his pursuits in recent decades to job creation. To everyone he used the parting comment "Be Blessed". Pody died at his home in Alexandria at the age of seventy-two. Services were held at Calvary Baptist Church in Alexandria. He is interred at the Mineral Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Dubach in Lincoln Parish. Pody"s memory is honored by the Louisiana State University at Alexandria Foundation through the "Elton C. Pody Scholarship Fund".

Elton Clark Pody

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mayor of Ruston

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Pody was the son of Tom Henry Pody (1910-2002) and the former Fannie Mae Bearden (1915-2001) of Farmerville in Union Parish.

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He graduated from Louisiana Technical University in Ruston.

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He spent the majority of his life in the Ruston/Farmerville area. A Republican, he was defeated on October 6, 1990 for a third term as mayor of Ruston by the Democrat Hilda Taylor Perritt, a former high school teacher. Pody polled 2,633 votes (422 percent) to Perritt"s 3,612 (578 percent).

In a civic club address in 1989 in Minden in Webster Parish, Pody called for municipalities to work together and declared local government the most cost-effective: "I believe local government is very important because it provides so much service on a daily basis." Pody said that the average family then paid $250 annually to local government but $1,700 to the state, and $4,200 to the United States. government.

Therefore he considered the local contribution to more effective on a per-capita basis. After his mayoral tenure ended, Pody moved to Alexandria to take the top position with the Chamber of Commerce.

Shortly before his death, Pody had announced that he would retire from the chamber at the end of 2011. Pody often said, "Every man needs two things, God and a job", as he devoted much of his pursuits in recent decades to job creation.

To everyone he used the parting comment "Be Blessed".

Pody died at his home in Alexandria at the age of seventy-two. Services were held at Calvary Baptist Church in Alexandria. He is interred at the Mineral Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Dubach in Lincoln Parish.

Pody"s memory is honored by the Louisiana State University at Alexandria Foundation through the "Elton C. Pody Scholarship Fund".

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