LaMar Lemmons Jr. explained

LaMar Lemmons Jr. (June 23, 1936 – November 7, 2023) was an American businessman and politician who was a Democratic member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 2005 to 2010.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Life

Lemmons was born in Memphis, Tennessee, where he lived until he moved to Detroit in 1950. He attended Detroit Public schools until he enlisted in the Air Force. Lemmons served at Ashiya Air Force Base in Japan. He attended the Detroit Institute of Technology. He worked for the Ford Motor Company until he founded his own business, Lemmons Transportation.

Lemmons had four children, including former Rep. LaMar Lemmons III.^[4] Lemmons died on November 7, 2023, at the age of 87.^[5]

In 2009 he supported legislation to make the Detroit Board of Education into a department of the government of the City of Detroit.

Electoral history

2006 campaign for State House
- LaMar Lemmons Jr. (D), 96%
- Edith Floyd (R), 4%
2004 campaign for State House
- LaMar Lemmons Jr. (D), 95%
- Edith Floyd (R), 5%

Notes and References

Web site: Control of Detroit schools could be on ballot. June 2, 2009. Booth Newspapers. August 5, 2012.
Web site: Rep. LaMar Lemmons Jr. (D-2, 2010) . 2005 . michiganvotes.org . Mackinac Center for Public Policy . Michigan, USA . English . 2024-04-26 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221202091857/http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislator.aspx?ID=5255 . 2022-12-02.
Web site: LaMar Lemmons, Jr. . 2012 . votesmart.org . One Common Ground . Philipsburg, MT, USA . English . 2024-04-26 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120124170737/http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/20122/lamar-lemmons-jr . 2012-01-24.
Web site: MIRS Biographical Profiles-LaMar Lemmons Jr. . 2005 . mirsnews.com . Michigan Information & Research Service Inc. . Lansing, Michigan, USA . English . 2024-04-26 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160828000154/http://www.mirsnews.com/leg_bio.php?lid=218 . 2016-08-28.
Web site: Mr. Lamar Lemmons Jr.. Clora Funeral Home. November 10, 2023.