Bert Adams (politician) explained

Bert Anthony Adams
Office:Louisiana State Representative
for Vernon Parish
Term Start:1956
Term End:1968
Preceded:F. E. Hernandez
Succeeded:Two-member district:
E. Holman Jones
Buddy Leach
Birth Place:DeRidder, Louisiana, U.S.
Birth Date:23 October 1916
Resting Place:Leesville Cemetery in Leesville, Louisiana
Party:Democratic
Residence:Leesville, Louisiana, U.S.
Spouse:Bernice Carnell Parker Adams
Children:Bert William "Skipper" Adams (deceased)
Lynn Dell Pynes
Gayle Shaw
Branch:
Louisiana National Guard
Battles:World War II
Korean War

Bert Anthony Adams (October 23, 1916  - February 3, 2003) was a decorated war veteran who served from 1956 to 1968 as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Leesville in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana.[1]

Biography

Born in DeRidder in Beauregard Parish, Adams was a decorated United States Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War.[2]

Adams won his second term in the Democratic primary election held on December 5, 1959.[3]

Private life

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Vernon Parish . house.louisiana.gov . October 22, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006105414/http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf . October 6, 2014 .
  2. Web site: Bert Adams. February 5, 2003. usgwarchives.net. October 22, 2014.
  3. The Shreveport Times, December 7, 1959, p. 2-A