as mayor, Dr. Mowad was instrumental in procuring more than $30 million in federal and state grants to construct sixteen new public facilities, including a new City Hall, city court, four parks, two community centers, four industrial buildings, a library, a wellness center, and two fire stations. Associations and awards Mowad was a president of the Louisiana Municipal Association. He also organized and served as past president of the Oakdale High School Alumni Association, and was past president of the Oakdale Lions International, Oakdale Athletic Association, and the Oakdale chapter of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men's service organization. As chief of the medical staff at Oakdale Community Hospital, he was a member of the Allen Parish Medical Society, the Louisiana State Medical Society, the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Medical Association. During his career, Mowad received the Oakdale Civic Service Award and was named Louisiana's Family Doctor of the Year. He garnered the Humanity Award from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Death and legacy Mowad died in an automobile accident in Rapides Parish on U.S. Route 165 between Forest Hill and Woodworth. He was headed south between Woodworth and Forest Hill when his car crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a pickup truck driven by Teri R. Slaughter (1979?Çô2000) of Glenmora in south Rapides Parish, who died thereafter of her wounds in a hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana. At the time of his death, Mowad, a Democrat, was campaigning to regain the mayor's office after an eight-year absence. He was a candidate in the October 7, 2000, nonpartisan blanket primary against two-term incumbent Mayor Bobby Abrusley and Wilburn "J. R." Coker, both also Democrats. Because of Mowad's death, the election was postponed to coincide with the regular general election on November 7, in which Abrusley defeated Coker, 77-23 percent. In his last reelection in 1988, Mowad had been unopposed. Mowad was married to the former Dolores Jean Massad, and the couple had six children: sons, Mark Joseph Mowad of Baton Rouge and Thomas Anthony Mowad (1973?Çô2011) of Wichita, Kansas; daughters, Ann Mowad Montanio of Woodworth, Judy Mowad Mahtook of Lafayette, Mary Denise Mowad Guiteau (formerly Mary Howell) of Amite, Louisiana, and Karen Mowad Steven of Wichita, Kansas. Mowad was also survived by two sisters, Moonlee M. Karam and Rosaliee M. Karam, both of Oakdale; and nine grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, Anthony P. Mowad (1926?Çô1985). A rosary was recited in the Mowad Civic Center in Oakdale, named for the former mayor. Services were held on September 21, 2000, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mowad had donated the five-acre site where his church building stands. Interment was at the church cemetery in Oakdale. In 2005, the Louisiana State Legislature named a portion of Highway 10 as the "George B.
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