Editing Tallulah, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Clifford Cleveland Brooks]], planter in [[St. Joseph, Louisiana|St. Joseph]]; represented Madison Parish in the [[Louisiana State Senate]] from 1924 to 1932<ref>Henry E. Chambers, ''History of Louisiana'', Vol. 2 ([[Chicago]] and [[New York City]]: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925, p. 71)</ref> 
* [[Buddy Caldwell]], former [[Attorney General of Louisiana]] since 2008; former Madison, East Carroll, and Tensas parish [[district attorney]]
* [[James Haynes (American football)|James Haynes]], NFL player
* [[Jimmy Jones (basketball)|Jimmy "Cooch Eye" Jones]], former National Basketball Association (NBA) player with the Baltimore Bullets
* [[Paul Jorgensen]], professional boxer
* [[John Little (American football)|John Little]], professional football player
* [[Robert Nixon (criminal)|Robert Nixon]], American serial killer
* [[Joe Osborn]], musician
* [[James Silas]], professional basketball player.
* [[Jefferson B. Snyder]], district attorney of Madison Parish from 1904 to 1948.
* [[Madam C. J. Walker]], born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867, near Delta, Louisiana. She was a businesswoman who became a self-made millionaire from health care products she developed and sold for African Americans.
* [[Zelma Wyche]], political activist, first African-American police chief, and elected mayor of Tallulah, sometimes called "Mr. Civil Rights of Louisiana".
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* John Littleton, born in Tallulah (1930) and died in France (1998), opera and gospel singer
* Edgar H. Lancaster Jr., state representative from 1952 to 1968 and interim judge, 1992-1993<ref>{{cite news|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/l/lancaste650nob.txt|title=Edgar H. Lancaster obituary|newspaper=The Monroe News-Star|date=October 15, 2009|access-date=July 24, 2014}}</ref>
* James E. Paxton, district attorney for Madison, East Carroll, and Tensas parishes; native of Madison Parish; resides in [[St. Joseph, Louisiana|St. Joseph]] in Tensas Parish<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sixthda.com/meettheda.html|title=James E. Paxton|publisher=sixthda.com|access-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref>
* Andrew Jackson Sevier, Sheriff of Madison Parish from 1904 to 1941.
*[http://www.la2nd.org/williams Felicia Toney Williams], attorney, became the first woman elected to the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal in 1992. She was sworn in on October 4, 2018 as the north Louisiana appellate court's first female chief judge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://la2nd.org/williams|title=Chief Judge Felicia Toney Williams|website=la2nd.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-09}}</ref> ...end commented section -->