Eugene Webb McGehee | |
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McGehee in his younger years
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Louisiana State Representative from East Baton Rouge Parish | |
In office 1960–1972 |
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Preceded by |
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Succeeded by |
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Judge of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court | |
In office 1972–1978 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
March 19, 1929
Died | April 11, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
(aged 85)
Resting place | Blackwater United Methodist Church Cemetery in Baton Rouge |
Nationality | Scottish-American |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Frances Merrelle Gri McGehee |
Children |
Webb McGehee |
Residence | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Religion | United Methodist Church |
Two-member delegation:
Wayne Gaudin
Nine-member delegation:
Richard Hugh Baker
Clark Gaudin
Woody Jenkins
Kevin P. Reilly
Arthur F. Abadie
Warren Davis Folkes
Johnnie A. Jones
Frank P. Simoneaux
Webb McGehee
Laurelle M. Cliburn
Kellye M. Couvillion
Melane M. Landry
Eugene Webb McGehee (March 19, 1929 – April 11, 2014) was a retired lawyer and Democratic politician from his native Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
From a modest background of Scottish descent, McGehee, an Eagle Scout, entered Louisiana State University Law Center at the age of eighteen and upon graduation practiced law for several decades. From 1960 to 1972, he served three four-year terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Thereafter until his retirement in 1978, he was a judge of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court.
In 1948, he entered the Louisiana National Guard as a private and retired more than three decades later as a colonel. He was inducted in 2001 into the LSU Cadets of the Ole War Skule and the LSU Hall of Honor. He received the Louisiana Distinguished Service Medal and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
McGehee and his wife, the former Frances Merrelle Gri (born April 1929), have a son, Webb McGee and wife Judy; three daughters, Laurelle M. Cliburn, Kellye M. Couvillion and husband Jeff, and Melane M. Landry; nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He died at his home in Baton Rouge at the age of eighty-five. A member of the Blackwater United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge, he is interred at the church cemetery there.