Edna Earle Richardson Stinson

With a Masters degree in education, Ms. Stinson served as Director of Student Affairs at Centenary College and later became a Benton Girl Scouts troop leader, president of Benton PTA and reportedly the first woman in the history of Bossier Parish to serve as Foreman of a Bossier Parish Grand Jury. She also served on the Administrative Board of the Benton United Methodist Church and as a Sunday school teacher.

Photo courtesy of Judge Ford E. Stinson, Jr.