Cecil R. Blair
| Cecil Ray Blair | |
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| Louisiana State Senator from Rapides Parish | |
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In office 1960–1964 |
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| Preceded by | C. H. "Sammy" Downs |
| Succeeded by | George Ray Lee |
| Louisiana State Senator from Rapides Parish | |
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In office 1966–1976 |
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| Preceded by | George Ray Lee |
| Succeeded by | Ned Randolph |
| Louisiana State Representative from Rapides Parish | |
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In office 1952–1956 |
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| Preceded by |
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| Succeeded by |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 2, 1916 Morgantown, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | July 6, 2001 (aged 85) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Virginia Susan Ruth "Susie" George Blair (1917–2005) |
| Children | four |
| Residence | Alexandria and Lecompte in Rapides Parish, Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Sicily Island High School |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Battles/wars | Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II |
At-large delegation:
T. C. Brister
W. George Bowdon, Jr.
At-large delegation:
Ben F. Holt
Robert J. Munson
Sicily Island High School
Louisiana Tech University
Cecil Ray Blair (April 2, 1916 – July 6, 2001) was a Rapides Parish farmer and businessman who was a Democratic member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1952 to 1956. His service in the Louisiana State Senate came in two segments, 1960–1964 and 1966-1976.
He lived, first, in the Paradise Community north of the Red River in northern Rapides Parish and, later, on Jackson Street Extension in Alexandria. He is most associated, however, with his farm near Lecompte (pronounced la-COUNT), a community located south of Alexandria, the Rapides Parish seat of government and the largest city in central Louisiana.
Blair was the third of eight children born in a sharecropping family to Alabama native Homer Franklin Blair (1889–1956) and the Mississippi native, the former Hersie Elnora Pearson (1888–1979), in tiny Morgantown in Marion County near Columbia in southwestern Mississippi. Blair grew up in Sicily Island, a small community in Catahoula Parish northeast of Alexandria.
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