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Phillip Benjamin Baldwin (1924-2002) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., December
23, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; chair of
Harrison County Democratic Party, 1962-67; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1968-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., April
20, 2002 (age 77 years, 118
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) —
also known as Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Long Beach, Harrison
County, Miss., February
15, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;
died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1968;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair, 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Amvets;
Catholic
War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a plane
crash, somewhere in Alaska, October
16, 1972 (age 58 years, 244
days). The wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;
married, January
22, 1938, to Corinne
Claiborne; father of Barbara
Boggs Sigmund, Thomas
Hale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. |
| | | Boggs Peak
in the Chugach Mountains, Anchorage,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: Gary
Boulard, The
Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander
Perez |
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Jack Bascom Brooks (1922-2012) —
also known as Jack B. Brooks —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La., December
18, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1953-95 (2nd District 1953-67, 9th
District 1967-95); defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; National Rifle
Association.
Died, in Baptist Hospital,
Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., December
4, 2012 (age 89 years, 352
days).
Cremated.
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Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961) —
also known as Overton Brooks —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born near Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
21, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1937-61; died in
office 1961.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
16, 1961 (age 63 years, 269
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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John Christian (1911-1972) —
also known as Jack Christian —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., January
22, 1911.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor-president
of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1957-64; defeated, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles;
American Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
31, 1972 (age 61 years, 344
days).
Interment at Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Baton Rouge, La.
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Lawrence William Cramer (1897-1978) —
also known as Lawrence W. Cramer —
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
26, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; Lieutenant
Governor of Virgin Islands, 1931-35; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1935-40; major in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Member, Chi Psi;
American Legion.
Died in Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., October
18, 1978 (age 80 years, 296
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Joseph Davis DeBlieux (b. 1912) —
also known as J. D. DeBlieux —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Columbia, Caldwell
Parish, La., September
12, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1956-60, 1964-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1956,
1964,
1968.
Catholic.
Member, Theta
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American Legion; Amvets;
Lions;
Knights
of Columbus; United
Commercial Travelers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Honore Louis DeBlieux, Sr. and Ozet (Perot) DeBlieux; married, April
22, 1946, to Dorothy Mary LePine. |
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Robert Buford DeBlieux (1933-2010) —
also known as Bobby DeBlieux —
of Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.
Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., January
26, 1933.
Democrat. Hardware
business; historian;
author;
mayor
of Natchitoches, La., 1976-80; Louisiana State Historic
Preservation Officer, 1980-88.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Our Lady of the Lake Medical
Center, Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., January
31, 2010 (age 77 years, 5
days).
Interment at American
Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Jefferson Davis DeBlieux and Marie Dell (Roubieu) DeBlieux;
married to JoAnn Weaver. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Woodrow Wilson Dumas (1916-1993) —
also known as W. W. Dumas;
"Woody" —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., December
9, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; mayor-president
of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1965-80; defeated, 1988.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles;
Elks; Moose; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died November
5, 1993 (age 76 years, 331
days).
Interment at Azalea Rest Cemetery, Zachary, La.
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Edwin Washington Edwards (b. 1927) —
also known as Edwin Edwards; "Fast
Eddie" —
of Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., August
7, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate 35th District, 1964-65; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1965-72; Governor of
Louisiana, 1972-80, 1984-88, 1992-96; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1980.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Lions.
Charged
in federal court in 1985 with racketeering involving hospital
licenses; his first trial ended in hung jury; acquitted in second
trial. Convicted
in federal court in 2000 on seventeen counts of fraud and
racketeering over a scheme to extort
money from applicants for casino licenses; sentenced
in 2001 to ten years in federal prison
and fined
$250,000.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joachim Octave Fernandez (1896-1978) —
also known as Joachim O. Fernandez —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
14, 1896.
Democrat. Delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1921; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1924-28; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1928-30; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1931-41; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American Legion.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
8, 1978 (age 81 years, 359
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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M. J. Foster (b. 1930) —
also known as Mike Foster —
of Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., July 11,
1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
member of Louisiana
state senate; elected 1986; Governor of
Louisiana, 1996-; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Louisiana.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Farm
Bureau; American Legion.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jack Paul Faustin Gremillion (1914-2001) —
also known as Jack P. F. Gremillion —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La., June 15,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1956-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Order
of Alhambra; Elks; Lions; American Bar
Association.
While opposing New Orleans school desegregation in federal court in
1960, walked out of the courtroom, calling the court a "den of
iniquity"; convicted
of contempt
of court; sentence
was suspended. Indicted
in 1969 for fraud
and conspiracy over his dealings with the bankrupt Louisiana Loan and
Thrift Corp.; tried in
1971 and acquitted. Convicted
later that year on federal perjury
charges in a related case; sentenced
to three years in prison;
served 15 months. Pardoned
in 1976 by Gov. Edwin
Edwards.
Died in Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical
Center, Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., March 2,
2001 (age 86 years, 260
days).
Interment at Greenoaks
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. (1890-1966) —
also known as Henry D. Larcade, Jr. —
of Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., July 12,
1890.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1928-32; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1936-40; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1943-53.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Woodmen;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died March
15, 1966 (age 75 years, 246
days).
Interment at St.
Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, La.
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Gillis William Long (1923-1985) —
also known as Gillis W. Long —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., May 4,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1963-65, 1973-85;
died in office 1985; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Lions.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
20, 1985 (age 61 years, 261
days).
Interment at Alexandria
National Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Russell Billiu Long (1918-2003) —
also known as Russell B. Long; Huey Pierce Long
III —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., November
3, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1952,
1960,
1968.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Lions; Elks; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 9,
2003 (age 84 years, 187
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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Speedy Oteria Long (1928-2006) —
also known as Speedy O. Long —
of Louisiana.
Born in Tullos, LaSalle
Parish, La., June 16,
1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; member
of Louisiana
state senate, 1956-64; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1965-73.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Jena, LaSalle
Parish, La., October
5, 2006 (age 78 years, 111
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charlton Havard Lyons Sr. (1894-1973) —
also known as Charlton H. Lyons, Sr. —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Abbeville, Vermilion
Parish, La., September
3, 1894.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961; candidate for
Governor
of Louisiana, 1964; Louisiana
Republican state chair, 1964-68; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1964
(delegation chair); candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died August
8, 1973 (age 78 years, 339
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Charles Edgar McKenzie (1896-1956) —
also known as Charles E. McKenzie —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born in Pelican, DeSoto
Parish, La., October
3, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940,
1952
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1943-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died June 7,
1956 (age 59 years, 248
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Nebraska, August
20, 1898.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader of a group of
state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P.
Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil
Company; dean,
Tulane University Law School, 1963-68.
Member, American Legion.
He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old
Louisiana state capitol.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 14,
1999 (age 100 years,
298 days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Harold Wester Noyes (1891-1967) —
also known as Harold W. Noyes —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.; Pratt, Pratt
County, Kan.; Herington, Dickinson
County, Kan.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
7, 1891.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1945-47; defeated, 1947.
Member, American Legion.
Died October
21, 1967 (age 76 years, 14
days).
Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery, Herington, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph H. Noyes and Fannie Emma (Lemon) Noyes; married, July 18,
1916, to Anna S. Kandt; father of Edward Allis
Noyes. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Casper (Wyoming)
Star-Tribune, November 7, 1945 |
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William Brooks Oliver (b. 1895) —
also known as Brooks Oliver —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in Douglassville, Cass
County, Tex., August
31, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1940-50.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Otto Ernest Passman (1900-1988) —
also known as Otto E. Passman —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born near Franklinton, Washington
Parish, La., June 27,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; furniture
business; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1947-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Charged
in 1978 with accepting
$200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park, in what became
known as the "Koreagate" influence
buying scandal;
also charged
with tax
evasion; tried
and found not guilty.
Died in Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La., August
13, 1988 (age 88 years, 47
days).
Interment at Mulhearn
Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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Amos Morris Peters (1878-1941) —
also known as A. Morris Peters —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., February
26, 1878.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936.
Member, American Medical
Association; American Legion.
Died in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., June 19,
1941 (age 63 years, 113
days).
Interment at Winnfield
Cemetery, Winnfield, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Joseph Peters and Minerva Jane (Stacy) Peters; married to
Ethel Wilson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Willard Lloyd Rambo (1917-1984) —
also known as W. L. Rambo —
of Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La.
Born in Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La., March
22, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oilfield
drilling contractor; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1952-60; defeated, 1968, 1976;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1964-68.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
28, 1984 (age 67 years, 251
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, La.
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Victor Hugo Schiro (b. 1904) —
also known as Victor H. Schiro —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 28,
1904.
Democrat. Insurance
business; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1961, 1961-70; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1968.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Optimist
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Victor
Hugo |
| | | Relatives: Son of Andrew E. Schiro and
Mary (Pizatti) Schiro; married to Margaret-Mary
Gibbes. |
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Gary Eugene Taylor (b. 1953) —
also known as Gene Taylor —
of Bay St. Louis, Hancock
County, Miss.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
17, 1953.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
state senate, 1984-89; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1989-2003 (5th District
1989-2003, 4th District 2003); defeated, 1988; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Theo Ashton Thompson (1916-1965) —
also known as T. A. Thompson —
of Ville Platte, Evangeline
Parish, La.
Born in Ville Platte, Evangeline
Parish, La., March
31, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1953-65; died in
office 1965; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1956,
1960.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion.
Killed in an automobile
accident on I-85 near Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C., July 1,
1965 (age 49 years, 92
days).
Interment at Evangeline
Memorial Park Cemetery, Ville Platte, La.
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Joe David Waggonner Jr. (1918-2007) —
also known as Joe Waggonner, Jr. —
of Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La.
Born near Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La., September
7, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; wholesale petroleum
products distribution business; member, Louisiana state board of
education, 1960-61; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961-79.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions; Kappa
Sigma.
Arrested
in Washington, D.C., 1976, for soliciting
a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., October
7, 2007 (age 89 years, 30
days).
Interment at Plain
Dealing Cemetery, Plain Dealing, La.
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Arthur M. Wallace (b. 1895) —
of Benton, Bossier
Parish, La.
Born in Heflin, Webster
Parish, La., March 3,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940;
District Attorney, 26th District, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Lions;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of W. E. Wallace and Lilla B. (Barron) Wallace; married to Era
Hays. |
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Volney Voss Whittington (1893-1974) —
also known as V. V. Whittington —
of Benton, Bossier
Parish, La.
Born in Ivan, Bossier
Parish, La., September
26, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1928-32.
Baptist.
Member, Lions;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons.
Died in 1974
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Haughton, La.
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