J. E. Jumonville, Sr.
| John Enoul Jumonville Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for District 17 (Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes) | |
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In office 1968–1976 |
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| Preceded by |
Henry M. Kimball |
| Succeeded by | J. E. Jumonville Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 20, 1919 Paintcourtville Assumption Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | May 4, 1983 (aged 63) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Missing |
| Children |
From first marriage: |
| Parents | Enoul Adolph and Lilly Lucena Brown Jumonville |
| Residence |
Ventress Pointe Coupee Parish Louisiana |
| Occupation |
Horse breeder |
Henry M. Kimball
(1) Missing
From first marriage:
J. E. Jumonville Jr.
From second marriage:
Alexander E. "Bubba" Jumonville
Claude Coulon Jumonville
Step-children:
Leah Estes Theriot
Horse breeder
John Enoul Jumonville Sr., also known as Boyzee Jumonville (December 20, 1919 – May 4, 1983), was a businessman, farmer, and horse breeder from Ventress in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana State Senate, District 17, from 1968 to 1976.
Jumonville was born in Paincourtville in Assumption Parish in South Louisiana, to Enoul Adolph and Lilly Lucena Brown Jumonville. A former dredging contractor, he acquired great wealth in his otherwise poor Pointe Coupee Parish when natural gas was discovered on five thousand acres of land which he had purchased in 1947 for as little as $4 per acre. The land lies on the Tuscaloosa Trend, which stretches across Louisiana north of New Orleans to the Texas state line. Jumonville called his land purchase "the best real estate deal since the Indians sold Manhattan Island for $24." In 1982, a year before Jumonville's death, two gas wells were producing annual income in royalties of $10 million. Jumonville ostentatiously displayed his wealth through the purchase of his own jet airplane and three Rolls-Royce vehicles. He married his second wife, the former Barbara Nations (1939-2001), formerly Barbara Estes, the daughter of Claude Benjamin Nations and the former Laura Ellen Boone, in Rayville in 1967. She sported a 16-carat diamond ring, the setting of which once came off and rolled under a nightclub table in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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