Spencer Myrick
| Willie Spencer Myrick | |
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| Louisiana State Senator from West Carroll Parish | |
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In office 1964–1968 |
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| Preceded by | William T. Carpenter |
| Succeeded by | Jamar William Adcock |
| Louisiana State Representative from West Carroll Parish | |
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In office 1956–1960 |
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| Preceded by | Lonnie Richmond |
| Succeeded by | Lonnie Richmond |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 23, 1918 Simpson County Mississippi, USA |
| Died | November 24, 1991 (aged 73) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Marie Gammill Myrick |
| Children |
Jimmy Myrick |
| Residence | (2) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Religion | Baptist |
Jimmy Myrick
(1) Oak Grove
West Carroll Parish
Willie Spencer Myrick, known as W. Spencer Myrick (November 23, 1918 – November 24, 1991), was a conservative Democrat member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana.
Myrick was one of ten children born in Simpson County in south central Mississippi, to tenant farmers James Martin "Jim" Myrick and his wife, the former Allie Artimissa Parker. Prior to the Great Depression, the family relocated to West Carroll Parish, where they purchased a 100-acre (0.40 km2) farm near Oak Grove. Myrick dropped out of school in the third grade to help his parents to work the farm. One of his living brothers is Billie E. "Bill" Myrick, a Country music figure from Odessa, Texas.
Myrick first entered state politics as an elected member of the House of Representatives, having served from 1956 to 1960 during the final administration of Governor Earl Kemp Long. During the following second administration of Governor Jimmie Davis, Myrick was an investigator for the since defunct Louisiana Sovereignty Commission, which monitored civil rights activists and communist infiltrators within the state. The panel was headed by Frank Voelker, Jr., a Tulane University Law School graduate and the former city attorney in his native Lake Providence in East Carroll Parish, located due east of Myrick's own West Carroll Parish. Voelker ran in the 1963 Democratic gubernatorial primary but polled few votes. In that same election, Myrick was nominated and then elected without opposition to the Louisiana State Senate. He served a single term from 1964 to 1968.
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