Ray Tarver
Ray Darryl Tarver, D.D.S.. | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for Natchitoches Parish | |
| In office 1964–1968 | |
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| Succeeded by | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 24, 1921 Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | December 11, 1972 (aged 50) |
| Resting place | Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Evelyn Marie Youngblood Tarver (married 1956-1972, his death; thereafter Evelyn Y. Carnahan |
| Parent(s) | Richard Dave, Jr., and Lula Lee Ellzey Tarver |
| Residence | Natchitoches, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Loyola University New Orleans |
| Occupation | Dentist |
Ray Darryl Tarver (December 24, 1921 – December 11, 1972)[1] was a dentist from Natchitoches, Louisiana, who served a single term as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives from Natchitoches Parish. His tenure from 1964 to 1968 corresponded with the first administration of Governor John McKeithen. He was unseated in the 1967 Democratic primary election by , a businessman and member of the Long political dynasty, who held the seat until 2000. Long had lost the House race to Tarver in 1963.[2]
Tarver was the youngest of three children born to Richard Dave Tarver, Jr. (1888-1963) and the former Lula Lee Ellzey (1892-1950). His siblings were Ann Dean Tarver, who was born in 1914 and married Gaynell Gus Tinsley, and Lovis Odell Tarver, who died in 1919 at the age of three, two years before Dr. Tarver's birth. Richard, Lula, and Lovis Tarver are interred at Pine Grove Cemetery in the Hagewood community of rural Natchitoches Parish.[3]
In 1952, Tarver received his D.D.S. degree from Loyola University in New Orleans.[4]
In 1956, Dr. Tarver married Evelyn Marie Youngblood, who was born on January 20, 1936, in Powhatan, a village in Natchitoches Parish. She is the daughter of Elmer "Ray" Youngblood and Rosa Leola King. Tarver died late in 1972, two weeks before his 51st birthday. In 1975, Evelyn married Carroll C. Carnahan (born 1935),[5] by whom upon their deaths she will be interred at Emmanuel Cemetery in Chopin, Louisiana.[6]
Dr. Tarver is interred at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches.[1] His parents are buried at Pine Grove Cemetery in Hagewood, Louisiana.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b "Ray Darrell Tarver (1921 - 1972)". findagrave.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
- ^ "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
- ^ "123. Richard David Tarver, Jr". familytreemaker.genealogy.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014r.
- ^ "Loyola University (Class of 1952)". e-yearbook.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
- ^ "Dr. Ray D. Tarver, D.D.S." megjohn.info. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
- ^ "Evelyn Y. Carnahan". Findagrave.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
- ^ "Richard Dave Tarver". Findagrave.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
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