C. O. Simpkins, Sr.
| Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 4 (Caddo Parish) |
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In office 1992–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Tommy Armstrong |
| Succeeded by | Cedric Glover |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 13, 1925 Mansfield, DeSoto Parish Louisiana, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Dorothy Herndon Simpkins (divorced) |
| Children |
Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins Jr. |
| Parents | Oscar and Olivia Gardner Simpkins |
| Residence | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Wiley College |
| Occupation |
Dentist Civil rights activist |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Air Force |
| Rank | Captain |
(1) Dorothy Herndon Simpkins (divorced)
Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins Jr.
Deborah Simpkins-Savage
Alicia Richens
Eric Simpkins
Wiley College
Tennessee State University
Cuthbert Ormond Simpkins Sr. (born January 13, 1925) is a retired dentist and civil rights activist from Shreveport, Louisiana, who served from 1992 to 1996 as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the heavily African-American District 4 in Caddo Parish.
Simpkins was born in Mansfield in DeSoto Parish south of Shreveport, the son of Oscar Simpkins, also a dentist, and the former Olivia Gardner. He has one sister, Marguerite Simpkins-Call.
Simpkins was educated at three historically black institutions, Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, and in Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State University and Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry. He was inducted into Sigma Pi Phi and Alpha Phi Alpha, the first African-American Greek-letter social fraternities. Simpkins served in the United States Air Force, in which he attained the rank of captain while stationed at the former Sampson Air Force Base in the Finger Lakes section of Upstate New York. He was honorably discharged in 1951 and returned to Shreveport to practice medicine.
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