Lantz Womack
| Lantz Womack | |
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| Louisiana State Representative from Franklin (and Tensas and Madison) parishes | |
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In office 1958–1976 |
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| Preceded by | Walter A. Chachere |
| Succeeded by | Neal Lane "Lanny" Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 11, 1914 Goodwill, West Carroll Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | February 19, 1998 (aged 83) Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Black Womack (1917-2002, married 1938-his death) |
| Children |
Freida Louise Womack |
| Parents | Henry and Elma Womack |
| Occupation | Farmer; Businessman; Banker |
| Religion | Baptist |
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(1) From 1968-1972, Womack and colleague S. S. DeWitt represented a combined district including Franklin, Madison, and Tensas parishes. (2) In his last term in House District 47, Womack also served as a delegate to the convention which produced the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. (3) Womack and colleague L.D. "Buddy" Napper of Ruston were among Louisiana legislators who had previously played semi-professional baseball. |
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Freida Louise Womack
(1) From 1968-1972, Womack and colleague S. S. DeWitt represented a combined district including Franklin, Madison, and Tensas parishes.
(2) In his last term in House District 47, Womack also served as a delegate to the convention which produced the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.
Lantz Womack (January 11, 1914 – May 23, 1998) was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who served mostly Franklin Parish, from 1958, when he won a special election caused by the death of a freshman member, until his retirement in 1976. A banker and farmer from Winnsboro, south of Monroe, he was also a delegate to the 1973 convention which wrote the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. From 1968-1972, Womack and S. S. DeWitt of Tensas Parish were paired in a combined District 47 (Franklin, Tensas, and Madison parishes). For his last term, Womack was placed in single-member District 20, having defeated several intraparty rivals, including DeWitt and James H. "Jimbo" Colvin of Winnsboro.
Womack was born to Henry and Elma Womack in a family of five sons and three daughters. They lived in the small community of Goodwill in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana. In the middle 1930s, Womack played right field for the semi-professional Winnsboro Red Sox baseball team. Another future Louisiana state legislator, L.D. "Buddy" Napper, who had played for Louisiana Tech University (then Louisiana Polytechnic Institute) in Ruston, also played for Winnsboro for a time. Napper, a Democrat, represented Lincoln Parish in the legislature from 1952–1964; for six years the terms of Womack and Napper overlapped. Still other semi-pro baseball players were former Lieutenant Governor Bill Dodd and W.W. Dumas, the mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish from 1965-1981.
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