Larry Parker (Louisiana politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Larry Parker (Louisiana politician)

American businessman and Louisiana state legislator

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1922

Date of Death: 18-Sep-1996

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Larry Parker (Louisiana politician)

  • Larry Parker (April 1, 1922 – September 18, 1996) 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.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.
  • 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.Parker died at the age of seventy-four at the Alexandria Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located across the Red River in Pineville, Louisiana.
  • 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.In 1966, Parker ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Louisiana's 8th congressional district, since disbanded.
  • 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.

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