Roy A. Burrell
| Roy Allen Burrell | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 2 (Caddo and Bossier parishes) |
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In office 2004–2016 |
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| Preceded by | Lydia P. Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Jenkins, Jr. |
| District G member of the Shreveport City Council | |
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In office 1994–2002 |
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| Preceded by | Roy Cary |
| Succeeded by | Theron Jackson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1952 Oak Grove West Carroll Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Not first wife: |
| Children | Five children and step-children |
| Parents | Woodrow and Margretter Feazell Burrell |
| Residence |
Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana |
| Alma mater | University of Louisiana at Monroe |
| Occupation |
Business consultant |
Not first wife:
Business consultant
Roy Allen Burrell (born April 1952) is a Democratic former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 2 in Caddo and Bossier parishes in northwestern Louisiana. A business consultant, Burrell served three terms in office and was ineligible to run again in the 2015 state elections.
Burrell is a native of Oak Grove, the seat of government of West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana. He is the eighth of fourteen children of the late Woodrow and Margretter Feazell Burrell. His father was a farmer who carried neighborhood children to and from school in the bed of a pickup truck before he was hired as a school bus driver for the West Carroll Parish School Board. Both of his parents were known for a spirit of community which they inculcated to their children.
Burrell received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He and his wife, Cathy Faye Ellis Burrell (born September 1953), originally from Monroe, reside in Shreveport. The Burrells met in college but did not marry until 2009. They have five adult children combined from previous marriages: Shon Dixon Pendleton, Roy Louis Burrell (born February 1977), Kenya Ellis (born December 1977), Neiman Allen Burrell (born October 1980), and Ryan Woodrow Burrell (born May 1982).
Burrell is a retired planning engineer for BellSouth Telecommunications. He is a former radio talk show host on KDKS-FM in Blanchard, Louisiana, and a past columnist for the African-American newspaper, The Shreveport Sun, which was founded in 1920.
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