Kenneth Volentine
| Kenneth Lee Volentine Sr. | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 11 (Claiborne and parts of Bienville, Lincoln, and Union parishes) |
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In office 1988–1992 |
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| Preceded by | Jimmy L. Long |
| Succeeded by | Pinkie C. Wilkerson |
| Sheriff of Claiborne Parish | |
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In office 1996–2004 |
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| Preceded by | James R. "Snap" Oakes |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth R. Bailey |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 9, 1941 Place of birth missing |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Beverly Ann Pixley Volentine |
| Relations | Julie Emerson (cousin) |
| Children |
Sherry Volentine Broughten |
| Parents | Fredrick Dan and Sudie Bernice Lee Volentine |
| Residence |
Athens Claiborne Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | Louisiana Tech University |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Sherry Volentine Broughten
Angie Volentine Grayson
Kenneth Lee Volentine Sr. (born January 9, 1941), is a livestock and dairy farmer who previously served as a state representative and sheriff of his native Claiborne Parish in north Louisiana.
Volentine is a descendant of early pioneer of Claiborne Parish, the son of Fredrick Dan Volentine (1921–2011) and the former Sudie Bernice Lee, also deceased. His paternal grandparents were Daniel Bell Volentine, Jr. (1892–1968) and Cleo Volentine (1894–1968). Volentine had a sister, Wanda Lou "Lucy" Volentine Head (1943-2016), wife of John Calvin Head, and two surviving brothers, Edwin Bo Volentine, and Dan Millard Volentine and wife, Dianne.
Volentine graduated in 1960 as the class president at Athens High School in Athens, Louisiana, in the building now occupied by Mt. Olive Christian School. He then attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston.
Volentine is member of the Athens Masonic Lodge F.&A.M. and one of seven members of the Claiborne Industrial Development Board.He is also affiliated with the Louisiana Cattleman's and Dairyman's associations. He is Baptist.
Volentine and his wife, the former Beverly Ann Pixley (born 1940), reside in Athens, a rural community in southern Claiborne Parish. They have three children, Sherry Volentine Broughten, Angie Volentine Grayson, and Kenny B. Volentine Jr., of Athens. He has three grandchildren, Brandy Benefield, Broddie Ebarb, and Brittany Fowler. Volentine also has 6 great grandchildren and three step, Peyton Benefield, Savannah Benefield, Landon Benefield, Caison Fowler, Caleb Fowler, Kenlee Fowler, Ethan Harvey, Tristan Harvey and Jackson. Volentine also has two brothers, Edwin "Bo" Volentine (born 1942) and Dan Volentine, both of Athens, and a sister, Wanda V. Head of Shreveport, Louisiana.
From 1988-1992, during the administration of Governor Buddy Roemer, Volentine served a single term in the state House of Representatives. Volentine was unseated in the general election held on November 16, 1991, by his fellow Democrat Pinkie C. Wilkerson, an African American attorney from Grambling in Lincoln Parish. Volentine's defeat occurred after redistricting and in the same election in which Edwin Washington Edwards returned to the Louisiana governorship for his fourth term in a ringing defeat of the Republican State Representative David Duke. Volentine had led Wilkerson in the nonpartisan blanket primary held in October 1991. He received 6,150 votes (46.9 percent) to Wilkerson’s 4,358 ballots (33.2 percent). Two other candidates held the remaining 20 percent of the vote. In the general election, Wilkerson unseated Volentine, 8,590 (51.8 percent) to 7,992 (48.2 percent).
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