People from St Mary Parish, Louisian

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: People from Morgan City, Louisiana, Charles deGravelles, Murphy J. Foster, Jr., Taddy Aycock, Elizabeth Bisland, Jermaine Jones, V.J. Bella, Isaac D. Seyburn, Jared Y. Sanders, Sr., Sam Seamans, Ike Hilliard, Eddie Dyer, Jared Y. Sanders, Jr., Damon Duval, Dale Hawkins, Joseph H. Acklen, Lewis Strong Clarke, Geronimo Pratt, Warren Louis Boudreaux, William J. Seymour, Tim Gautreaux, Patrick T. Caffery, M. David Stirling, Warren Wells, James McCleery, Donelson Caffery, Chester Bidwell Darrall, Jenny Craig, Ren Hall, Charles Morgan, Darrin Van Horn, Ned Romero, Gaston J. Sigur, Jr., Merlin O'Neill, Urban Henry, Jehu V. Chase, Sid Gautreaux, Kirby Dar Dar, Clinton Burrell, Wallace Francis, Dave Johnson, Mark Hall. Excerpt: Charles Camille deGravelles, Jr., known as Charlie deGravelles (June 24, 1913-August 28, 2008), was a Lafayette oil and gas landman who was a pioneer in the development of the Republican Party in the formerly historically Democratic state of Louisiana. Known as the "Mr. Republican of Acadiana," deGravelles and his wife, the former Mary Virginia Wheadon (born December 4, 1915), held leadership positions in the GOP from 1968-1972 and 1964-1968, respectively. DeGravelles was the party chairman, and Mrs. deGravelles was national committeewoman. When deGravelles assumed the chairmanship, the Louisiana GOP had only 28,427 registered members, barely 2 percent of the state's voters. For a brief time in 1968, both de Gravelleses were members of the Republican National Committee, a husband-wife combination that has not since repeated itself. DeGravelles (pronounced De GRA Vell) was born in Morgan City, located in both St. Martin and St. Mary parishes, to Charles C. deGravelles, Sr. (1883-1948), and the former Mary Eleanor Nations, originally from Beeville, Texas. He was reared in Thibodaux, the parish seat of ...