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Donald George Bollinger (1915-2000) —
also known as Donald G. Bollinger —
of Lockport, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born in Raceland, Lafourche
Parish, La., April
19, 1915.
Republican. Founder and owner, Bollinger Shipyards;
Louisiana
Republican state chair, 1984-86; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1988.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
Died, in St. Anne General Hospital,
Raceland, Lafourche
Parish, La., May 13,
2000 (age 85 years, 24
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George I. Bollinger and Etienette (Daviet) Bollinger; married to
Doris Toups and Patricia Boudreaux; father of Donald
T. Bollinger. |
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James Wesley Bryan Jr. (1901-1969) —
of Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., October
31, 1901.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; lawyer; Kitsap
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-32; candidate for Washington
state senate, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Eagles;
Lions; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in December, 1969
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. (b. 1964) —
also known as Don Cazayoux —
of New Roads, Pointe
Coupee Parish, La.
Born in New Roads, Pointe
Coupee Parish, La., January
17, 1964.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives 18th District, 2000-08; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 2008-09; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 2008.
Catholic.
Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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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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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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Randy Lew Ewing (b. 1944) —
also known as Randy Ewing —
of Quitman, Jackson
Parish, La.
Born in Jackson
Parish, La., February
10, 1944.
Democrat. Lumber and
timber business; bank
director; member of Louisiana
state senate 35th District, 1988-2000; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 2003.
Methodist.
Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2011.
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Harvey Goodwyn Fields (b. 1884) —
also known as Harvey G. Fields —
of Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La.; Farmerville, Union
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., May 31,
1884.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; law
partner of Huey P.
Long; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1916-20; District Attorney, 3rd District, 1922-25;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate; member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936;
Louisiana
Democratic state chair, 1926-29; member of Louisiana
public service commission, 1927-36; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1937-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Lions.
Interment at Farmerville
City Cemetery, Farmerville, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodore Thomas Fields and Carrie (Goodwyn) Fields; married, December
31, 1908, to Evelyn Sanders. |
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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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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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Sigur Joseph Martin (b. 1886) —
also known as Sigur Martin —
of Lutcher, St. James
Parish, La.
Born in Lutcher, St. James
Parish, La., December
21, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1912-16, 1944-50; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1921; member of Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee, 1924-44.
Catholic.
Member, Lions; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Alabama.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968; dean,
Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82.
Episcopalian.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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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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Lloyd Franklin Wheat (b. 1922) —
also known as Lloyd F. Wheat —
of Coushatta, Red River
Parish, La.
Born in Bonham (unknown
parish), La., April
27, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1948-50.
Protestant.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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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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