Art Sour

Arthur William Sour, Jr., known as Art Sour (November 6, 1924 – January 10, 2000), was a Shreveport petroleum and real estate businessman, who was a pioneer in the development of a competitive Republican Party in his native U.S. state of Louisiana.

Background[]

Sour was a son of Arthur W. Sour (1895–1972), a native of Gretna in Jefferson Parish,^[1] and the former Adele Elizabeth Diez (1897–1977), a native of Reserve in St. John the Baptist Parish.^[2] One of Sour's sisters, Louise Pasquier, the widow of Charles F. Pasquier, Sr., was among the founders of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Shreveport.^[3] Another sister, Adele Hoisington (1917-1945), named for her mother, was a former bank employee, who died with her husband, Earl L. Hoisington (1910-1945), in an automobile accident near Willard in Huron County in northern Ohio, while the couple was on their honeymoon. Adele and Earl Hoisington are interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.^[4]

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• Arthur W. Sour, Jr., obituary, Shreveport Times, January 11, 2000