JOHN RANDALL TABOR grew up in north Louisiana in the town of Homer. In 1962 he earned a bachelor's degree in English education at Louisiana Tech. In 1968 he was awarded a master's degree in journalism from Louisiana State University. For thirty-three years he taught English composition and news writing at LSU in Shreveport, where he also was director of information services and director of alumni affairs. In addition, Tabor was president of the Ark-La-Tex chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi. From 2002-2003 he wrote a weekly column for The (Homer)...