Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder Explained

Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder
Office:Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 74th district
Term Start:January 14, 1985
Term End:January 11, 1999
Predecessor:Bain Poole
Successor:Lindbergh Thomas
Birth Date:25 December 1923
Birth Place:Tillar, Arkansas, U.S.
Death Place:Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Party:Democratic

Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder (December 25, 1923 – December 11, 2020) was an American journalist and politician who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 74th district from 1985 to 1999.[1] [2] In 2019 she was inducted into the Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.[3] Together with her late husband, Melvin J. Schexnayder, she owned and published the Dumas Clarion weekly newspaper in Dumas, Arkansas from 1954 to 1998.

Schexnayder died on December 11, 2020, in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 96.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blytheville Courier News Archives, Nov 1, 1989, p. 5 . Newspaperarchive.com . 1989-11-01 . 2019-02-14.
  2. Web site: Laurel Leader Call Newspaper Archives, Jul 15, 1995 . Newspaperarchive.com . 1995-07-15 . 2019-02-14.
  3. Web site: Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder . Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame . July 20, 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200713043353/http://www.arwomenshalloffame.com/charlotte-tillar-schexnayder/ . July 13, 2020 .
  4. Web site: Charlotte Schexnayder, long-time Dumas editor and former legislator, dies at 96 . Arktimes.com . 2020-12-13 . 2020-12-14.