Walter O. Bigby
| Walter Oliver Bigby, Sr. | |
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| Louisiana House of Representatives from Bossier Parish (later District 9) | |
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In office May 1968 – September 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Ford E. Stinson, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Robert Roy Adley |
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| Born |
April 10, 1927 Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | January 2, 1980 (aged 52) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Florence "Flo" Whittington Bigby, later Flo Price (married 1962-his death) |
| Children | Walter O. Bigby, Jr. |
| Residence | Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Walter Oliver Bigby, Sr. (April 10, 1927 – January 2, 1980), was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Bossier Parish, having served from 1968 until 1979. Often called the "Dean of the House" because of his reputation for integrity, fairness, and hard work, Bigby was a son-in-law of banker and former State Senator V. V. Whittington of Benton, the seat of Bossier Parish.
A native of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, Bigby moved to Bossier Parish in 1941, where thereafter he graduated from Benton High School. He attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, having been a member of Phi Delta Phi at the time of his graduation in 1951. He also received his Juris Doctor degree from the Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge. Bigby practiced law for sixteen years. In September 1979, Bigby resigned from the legislature to begin serving as a Second Circuit Court of Appeal judge in Shreveport for what turned out to have been the last four months of his life.
Bigby married Florence "Flo" Whittington (1923–2009), one of two daughters of V.V. Whittington and his wife, the former Anna Harris, of Benton. The Bigbys had a son, Walter O. "Walt" Bigby, Jr. (born 1964), a business consultant in Bossier City. Long after Bigby's death, Flo, a businesswoman in her own right, married in 1997 the widower Oscar E. Price, who served as a Second Circuit judge from 1969-1985. The marriage lasted for nine years until Price's death.
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