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Warren Davis Folkes

Warren Davis Folkes
Louisiana State Representative
In office
1944–1955
Preceded by Thomas D. Gilmore
Succeeded by James P. Leake
Constituency West Feliciana Parish
Louisiana State Senator
In office
1955–1968
Preceded by E. M. Toler
Succeeded by J. E. Jumonville, Sr.
Constituency Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes
Louisiana State Representative
In office
1968–1976
Preceded by James P. Leake
Succeeded by Joe Allen Fudge
Constituency West Feliciana and East Baton Rouge parishes
Personal details
Born (1898-01-04)January 4, 1898
St. Francisville, Louisiana, U.S.
Died June 13, 1997(1997-06-13) (aged 99)
Resting place Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Alice Winfield Pipes Folkes
Children

Alice Folkes Bankston

Four grandchildren
Parents Cheston and Jessie Davis Folkes
Residence St. Francisville, Louisiana
Alma mater University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Occupation Farmer
Religion Episcopalian

Alice Folkes Bankston

Warren Davis Folkes (January 4, 1898 – June 14, 1997) was a farmer from his native St. Francisville, Louisiana, who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1944 to 1955 and again from 1968 to 1976 and in the Louisiana State Senate in the intervening years of 1955 to 1968.

Folkes was one of seven children of Cheston Folkes and the former Jessie Davis (1865-1938). Cheston Folkes was a state representative from 1908 to 1920, 1924 to 1932, and 1936 to 1940. Warren Folkes graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, when it was known as Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute. He was active in his hometown Grace Episcopal Church. He and his wife, the former Alice Winfield Pipes (1903-1996) had one child, Alice Folks Bankston (1935-2013), the wife of Walter Roland Bankston and the mother of four children.

Folkes left the state House after victory in a special election in 1955 for the state Senate vacancy created by the death in 1954 of E. M. Toler, a long-time East Feliciana Parish physician from Clinton. Folkes returned to the House in 1968 for the West Feliciana Parish district and also from 1972 to 1976 was part of the nine-member delegation from East Baton Rouge Parish.

Folkes, his wife, daughter, and other family members are interred at the Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville.

Warren Davis Folkes
1944–1955

Warren Davis Folkes
1955–1968

Warren Davis Folkes
1968–1976



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