Hazel Beard

Hazel Fain Tilley Beard
Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana
In office
December 27, 1990 – December 27, 1994
Preceded byJohn Brennan Hussey
Succeeded byRobert Warren Williams
Shreveport City Council member
In office
1986–1990
Succeeded byRobert Warren Williams
Personal details
Born
Hazel Fain

(1930-09-16)September 16, 1930
Franklin Parish, Louisiana
DiedDecember 26, 2022(2022-12-26) (aged 92)
Marble Falls, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)(1) Ira James Tilley (died)
(2) Charles Carroll Beard, Sr.
ChildrenTerri Moore

Marcia Jaudon

Charles Beard, Jr.
OccupationBusinesswoman

Hazel Beard (née Fain; September 16, 1930 – December 26, 2022) was an American politician who was the first woman and the first Republican to have served as mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, since the era of Reconstruction. Prior to her mayoral service, Beard was a small business owner and a member of the Shreveport City Council from the southwest portion of the city. She was the first woman to have been chairperson of the city council.[1]

  1. ^ "Hazel Beard, first woman to serve as mayor of Shreveport, dead at 92". Shreveport Times. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.