resting_place succeeded death_date religion children birth_place party office preceded birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
oakwood cemetery in tallulah , louisiana howard claxton , sr. donald e. walker 24 september 1999 baptist elois wyche saucer tallulah , madison parish louisiana , usa democrat police , louisiana chief of tallulah , louisiana mayor of tallulah clayton w. cox leander a. `` doc '' anthony 24 january 1918 june 24 , 1969 july 1 , 1986 myrtle washington wyche zelma wyche
 june 30 , 1978 july 1 , 1990 zelma charles wyche barber ; government official
zelma wyche

zelma charles wyche -lrb- january 24 , 1918 -- september 24 , 1999 -rrb- was an african american civil rights activist in majority black tallulah in madison parish in northeastern louisiana .
he held the offices of police chief , alderman , and mayor .
after many years at the grass roots , wyche began to receive national attention for his work to dismantle racial segregation .
in january 1970 , six months after he had become tallulah police chief , `` ebony magazine '' featured him in the article , `` black lawman in kkk territory , '' a reference to the tallulah branch of the ku klux klan , which fought desegregation in the american south .
until he became police chief , wyche had earned his living as a barber .
