| Mac Huddleston | |
| State House: | Mississippi |
| State: | Mississippi |
| District: | 15th |
| Term Start: | January 8, 2008 |
| Term End: | August 27, 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Pat Montgomery |
| Successor: | Beth Luther Waldo |
| Birth Name: | Elton Mac Huddleston Jr. |
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Holmes County, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Flavia Hutchinson |
| Children: | 4 |
| Alma Mater: | Mississippi State University (BS) Auburn University (DVM) |
| Profession: | Veterinarian |
| Allegiance: |  United States |
| Branch: | United States Army |
| Rank: | Captain |
| Serviceyears: | 1966–1968 |
| Battles: | Vietnam War |
| Mawards: | Air Medal (21) |
Elton Mac Huddleston Jr. (September 16, 1943 – August 27, 2023) was an American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing the 15th district, from 2008 until his death.
Huddleston was born on September 16, 1943,[1] in Holmes County, Mississippi, where he was raised by his grandparents.[2] He graduated from Mississippi State University, where he studied accounting, and from the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine.[3]
Huddleston served with the 9th Division as a lieutenant in the Mekong River Delta during the Vietnam War, operating a UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter.[4]
Huddleston worked as a veterinarian, serving as executive secretary of the Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association and the Mississippi Board of Veterinary Medicine.[2]
Huddleston was first elected to the state legislature in 2007. He intended to retire after the 2023 elections, but died before the end of his term.[5] He chaired the ethics committee at the time of his death.[2]
As of 2015:
Huddleston was a Baptist. He was married to the former Flavia Hutchinson for 32 years, and had four children.[2]
Mac Huddleston died from multiple myeloma at a hospice in Tupelo, Mississippi, on August 27, 2023, at the age of 79.[2] [7]