Leon Gary
| Leon J. Gary, Sr. | |
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| Mayor of Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana | |
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In office July 1946 – July 1962 |
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| Succeeded by | Conrad Joseph Picou, Sr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 27, 1912 Patoutville, Iberia Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | December 5, 2000 (aged 87) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum in Baton Rouge |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ada Lolita Theriot Gary |
| Children |
Leon J. Gary, Jr. |
| Parents | Everard Joseph and Elodie Thibodeaux Gary |
| Occupation | Oil company distributor |
Leon J. Gary, Jr.
Lolita M. "Girlie" Gary
Leon J. Gary, Sr. (July 27, 1912 – December 5, 2000), was a Democratic politician who served from 1946 to 1962 as the mayor of Houma, the seat of government for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
Originally from Patoutville in sugar-growing Iberia Parish in South Louisiana, Gary was a descendant of Juan Garrido (reduced to "Gary"), who was born c. 1737 in Málaga, Spain. Gary also lived early in his life in Jeanerette in Iberia Parish. He was married to the former Ada Lolita Theriot (1910-1995), the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Theriot. The couple had three children, Leon J. Gary, Jr., an attorney from Baton Rouge and his wife, Rhea Gary, an artist; Lolita M. "Girlie" Gary of Metairie in suburban Jefferson Parish, and Don Leon Gary (1942-2010), a geography professor at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux.
Gary earned his livelihood as a distributor for an oil company and later as a banker. Gary was the president in 1941 of the Houma chapter of Rotary International.
During World War II, Gary was a member of the Houma branch of the federal Office of Price Administration. Over a five-year period, the "ration board", as it was known, had regulated and stabilized prices on scarce consumer goods. The Houma OPA facility closed on November 4, 1946. Gary said that the board was "proud of one thing: We always guided ourselves when issuing critical material on a high-priority basis. Much pressure was put on us, but as a member of the program I feel that we gave such material to the people entitled to it. We did the job as well as we possibly could."
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