Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick
| Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick | |
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| Member of Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education | |
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In office 1977–1989 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Edith Aurelia Killgore November 14, 1918 Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | April 15, 2014 (aged 95) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Claude Kirkpatrick (1917-1997; married 1938-his death) |
| Relations | P. Elmo Futrell, Jr. (son's father-in-law) |
| Children |
Claude Kent Kirkpatrick (1942-1945) |
| Residence | Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Music educator; Businesswoman |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
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(1) Kirkpatrick graduated from Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville, where she met her husband, Louisiana State Representative Claude Kirkpatrick, a businessman, who served from 1952—1960. (2) Kirkpatrick and her husband were leaders in the Jimmie Davis gubernatorial campaign in southwestern Louisiana in 1959-1960. (3) Kirkpatrick served two six-year terms on the Louisiana Board of Regents from 1977-1989, during which time she promoted the study of art, music, and foreign language in the curriculum. (4) Kirkpatrick has been involved in Baptist churches and associations for more than seven decades. (5) Kirkpatrick still maintains her 150-year-old family plantation house in Claiborne Parish in North Louisiana. |
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Claude Kent Kirkpatrick (1942-1945)
Thomas Killgore Kirkpatrick, I (1944-2009)
Edith Kay Kirkpatrick
(1) Kirkpatrick graduated from Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville, where she met her husband, Louisiana State Representative Claude Kirkpatrick, a businessman, who served from 1952—1960.
(2) Kirkpatrick and her husband were leaders in the Jimmie Davis gubernatorial campaign in southwestern Louisiana in 1959-1960.
(3) Kirkpatrick served two six-year terms on the Louisiana Board of Regents from 1977-1989, during which time she promoted the study of art, music, and foreign language in the curriculum.
(4) Kirkpatrick has been involved in Baptist churches and associations for more than seven decades.
Edith Aurelia Killgore Kirkpatrick (November 14, 1918 – April 15, 2014) was a music educator from Baton Rouge who served on the Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education from 1977 to 1989, the superboard which must approve education budgets presented to the state legislature. She is also a former member of the executive board of the Louisiana Baptist Convention. She is the widow of businessman Claude Kirkpatrick, a former Democratic state representative (1952 to 1960) from Jennings, the seat of Jefferson Davis Parish in southwestern Louisiana. Claude Kirkpatrick also ran for governor in the 1963 primary.
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