K.D. Kilpatrick
| Kenneth Dale Kilpatrick, Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Senator from District 35 (Jackson, Union, and Lincoln parishes) | |
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In office 1972–1976 |
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| Preceded by | Charles C. Barham |
| Succeeded by | Charles C. Barham |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 14, 1928 Farmerville, Union Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | March 14, 2010 (aged 81) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Mildred Sue Barmore Kilpatrick, also known as Sue Cook (divorced and deceased) |
| Children |
Three from first marriage: |
| Residence |
Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana Jackson Parish |
| Alma mater |
Farmerville High School |
| Occupation | Funeral home owner |
| Religion | United Methodist |
(1) Mildred Sue Barmore Kilpatrick, also known as Sue Cook (divorced and deceased)
Three from first marriage:
K.D. Kilpatrick, Jr.
Paula K. Kirk
Richard Barham Kilpatrick
One daughter from second marriage:
Farmerville High School
Louisiana Tech University
Kenneth Dale Kilpatrick, Sr. (June 14, 1928 – March 14, 2010), known as K.D. Kilpatrick, was a funeral home owner in Ruston, Louisiana, who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for a single term from 1972 to 1976. He represented Union, Lincoln, and Jackson parishes and served alongside William Denis Brown, III, of neighboring Ouachita Parish.
Kilpatrick was born in Farmerville in Union Parish, Louisiana, to Edgar Noel Kilpatrick and the former Effie Mae Hicks. Edgar Kilpatrick began a small funeral business in Farmerville in 1927; he also worked as a letter carrier. In 1935, the company opened another funeral home in Bernice, also in Union Parish. On Thanksgiving Day 1944, E.N. Kilpatrick was felled by a stroke and left paralyzed for the last decade of his life. K.D. and his younger brother, Tex R. Kilpatrick, thereafter worked with their mother in the family business. K.D. recalls that the stroke "left my father an invalid, although he was to live for ten more years. [Because of] his paralysis, I was forced to become a man overnight. It was during World War II, and there were no adult men to help us. So, as a teenager, I joined my mother in rearing my sister and brother, and in keeping our business together."
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