Larry Parker (Louisiana politician)

Larry Parker (April 1, 1922 September 18, 1996)[1] was a businessman from Alexandria, Louisiana, who served a single term from 1964 to 1968 in the Louisiana House of Representatives from Rapides Parish. His tenure corresponded with the first administration of Governor John McKeithen.[2]

Larry Parker
Louisiana State Representative
for Rapides Parish
In office
1964–1968
Preceded byCharles K. McHenry

Robert J. Munson

Ed Rand
Succeeded byT. C. Brister

W. K. Brown
R. W. "Buzzy" Graham

Robert J. Munson
Personal details
Born(1922-04-01)April 1, 1922
Place of birth missing
DiedSeptember 18, 1996(1996-09-18) (aged 74)
Pineville, Rapides Parish
Louisiana, USA
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park in Ball, Louisiana
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Sylvia Snyder Parker (married c. 1954-1996, his death)
ChildrenMichael "Mike" L. Parker

Kenneth "Ken" L. Parker
Dianna L. Dauzart

Cathy L. Smith
ResidenceAlexandria, Louisiana
OccupationBusinessman
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Battles/warsWorld War II

Parker owned a coin shop and was president of the Alexandria Association, an organization of merchants. He was also a deputy for the Rapides Parish Sheriff's office and a radio news commentator.[1][3] Parker and his wife, the former Sylvia Snyder (1936-2011), the daughter of Lewis Andrew Snyder and the former Eva Bland, had four children, Michael "Mike" L. Parker and wife Lesley, Kenneth "Ken" L. Parker and wife Susan, Dianna L. Dauzart & husband Gary, and Cathy L. Smith.[3]

Parker died at the age of seventy-four at the Alexandria Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located across the Red River in Pineville, Louisiana.[1] Mrs. Parker died in Rogers, Arkansas, also at the age of seventy-four. Larry and Sylvia Parker are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Ball north of Pineville in Rapides Parish. Former State Senator B. G. Dyess, a Southern Baptist pastor, officiated at Mrs. Snyder's funeral service on February 14, 2011.[3]

In 1966, Parker ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Louisiana's 8th congressional district, since disbanded.[4] He lost to the one-term incumbent, Speedy Long of LaSalle Parish.

In the spring of 1977, Parker ran for mayor of Alexandria in an all-Democratic contest in which Carroll E. Lanier unseated John K. Snyder.[1]

References

  1. "Larry Parker (1922-1996)". Baton Rouge Morning Advocate. September 20, 1996. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  2. "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  3. "Sylvia Snyder Parker (1936-2011)". findagrave.com. February 14, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  4. "Everyone gets into state politics". Lake Charles, Louisiana: Lake Charles American Press. August 12, 1966. p. 15. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
Preceded by
Charles K. McHenry
Robert J. Munson
Ed Rand
Louisiana State Representative for Rapides Parish (three-member district)
Larry Parker

19641968
Served alongside: Robert J. Munson and William P. Polk
Succeeded by
Four-member district with Grant Parish:
T. C. Brister
W. K. Brown
R. W. "Buzzy" Graham
Robert J. Munson
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