Frank Voelker Jr.
| Frank Voelker Jr. | |
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| Born |
February 12, 1921 Lake Providence East Carroll Parish Louisiana, United States |
| Died | January 29, 2002 (aged 80) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Lake Providence Cemetery |
| Alma mater |
Louisiana Tech University |
| Occupation | Attorney; farmer; politician |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Virginia Wilson Voelker (married 1947–2002, his death) |
| Children |
Mullady Voelker Crigler |
| Parent(s) | Frank Voelker Sr. and Isabella Ransdell Voelker |
| Relatives |
Grandfather Francis Xavier Ransdell |
Louisiana Tech University
Tulane University Law School
Mullady Voelker Crigler
Dr. Frank Voelker, III
David Ransdell Voelker (1953–2013)
Mary V. Clauss
Kitty V. Mattesky
Grandfather Francis Xavier Ransdell
Frank Voelker Jr. (February 12, 1921 – January 29, 2002), from Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish in far northeastern Louisiana, was an attorney, chairman of the former Louisiana Sovereignty Commission, and. briefly, a candidate for governor of Louisiana in 1963.
Voelker was the second of five children born to Isabel Ransdell and Frank Voelker Sr., a Louisiana 6th Judicial District judge, both of Lake Providence. Isabel was the daughter of District Judge Francis Xavier Ransdell, who preceded Frank Voelker Sr. on the court.
Voelker's last surviving sibling, Flournoy Voelker Guenard (1924–2016), who was born in Texarkana, Arkansas, worked in the Northeast Louisiana Savings and Loan Association, a company founded in Lake Providence by their mother. "Flo," as she was known, was the widow of Stephen Hortaire Guenard (1918–2002), whose uncle, James Hortaire Guenard (1893–1948), was the clerk of court for East Carroll Parish at the time of his death.
Voelker Jr. graduated from the Roman Catholic St. Patrick Parochial School in Lake Providence and then received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. In 1943, he graduated from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans.
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