Editing Heflin, Louisiana (section)

==History==

Heflin is named for [[Alabama]] native Charles Buckner Heflin (1829-1910), a veteran of the [[Confederate Army]] who thereafter operated a [[cotton gin]] and was engaged in the planting and mercantile business in south Webster Parish. Charles Heflin was for eight years a member of the Webster Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body, and the Webster Parish [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Executive Committee. He was affiliated with the [[Masonic lodge]]. He was the father-in-law of [[J. S. Bacon]], a member from 1926 to 1932 of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] from Heflin. One of Charles Heflin's sons, William Thomas Heflin (1868-1936), a native of Webster Parish, was engaged in the timber business and was elected in 1916 as the [[sheriff]] of [[Winn Parish, Louisiana|Winn Parish]] in [[North Louisiana]].<ref>"William Thomas Heflin", [[Henry E. Chambers]], ''History of Louisiana'', 1925</ref>

On April 5, 2013, voters by a margin of 50-30 [[Recall election|recalled]] Mayor Judy Tillman, a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], from office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/04062013/04062013_60.html|title=Results for Election Date, April 6, 2013|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=April 8, 2013}}</ref> No candidate qualified to fill the mayor's office in a [[special election]] scheduled for October 19.<ref>
No one qualifies for Heflin mayor position, ''[[Minden Press-Herald]]'', August 19, 2013, p. 1</ref> When filing reopened, the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Ralph Lee James (born February 1956) filed for mayor without opposition in the October 19 election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/election/2014/08/24/election-candidates-automatically-win-office/14521073/|title=Some election candidates automatically win office|date=August 24, 2014|newspaper=[[The Times (Shreveport)|The Shreveport Times]]|access-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref>