Lula Ethridge Wardlow (April 9 1876–August 1 1970) was a businesswoman United Methodist minister and the first woman ever elected mayor of a Louisiana community. She served from 1926-1930 in Montgomery (population 787 in 2000) a village in northern Grant Parish. Mrs. Wardlow was born in Grant Parish to James Wesley Ethridge and the former Alpha Jane Baker. Both of her parents were from distinguished pioneer families. James Wesley Ethridge was a planter merchant and owner of a cotton gin.