Lloyd Hendrick Explained

Lloyd Leroy Hendrick
Office:Louisiana State Senator for
DeSoto and Caddo parishes
Term Start:1940
Term End:1948
Preceded:Two-member district:
J. C. Heard
Roscoe C. Cranor
Succeeded:Riemer Calhoun
Charles Emery Tooke, Jr.
Birth Date:30 October 1908
Birth Place:Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death Place:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Resting Place:Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport, Louisiana
Residence:Shreveport, Louisiana
Alma Mater:Belcher High School
Tulane University Law School
Occupation:Lawyer
Spouse:Gladys Pitts Hendrick
Parents:Dr. Thaddeus Albert and Eva Lena McFerren Hendrick
Battles:World War II

Lloyd Leroy Hendrick (October 30, 1908  - April 25, 1951)[1] was a lawyer in Shreveport, Louisiana, who served from 1940 to 1948 as a member of the Louisiana State Senate from a combined Caddo and DeSoto parish district. His tenure paralleled the administrations of Governors Sam Houston Jones and Jimmie Davis.[2]

Hendrick was born in Natchitoches Parish to Dr. Thaddeus Albert Hendrick (1878-1956) and the former Eva Lena McFerren (1882-1925).[1] Hendrick graduated from Belcher High School in Belcher in Caddo Parish and Tulane University Law School in New Orleans.[3] His stepmother was the former Mary Lillian Harp (1900-2000).[4] Hendrick was married to the former Gladys Pitts (1902-1979).[1]

Political career

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Hendrick died in the capital city of Baton Rouge at the age of forty-two.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lloyd Leroy Hendrick. Findagrave.com. July 5, 2016.
  2. Web site: Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2011. legis.state.la.us. November 17, 2014.
  3. Advertisement, Minden Herald, July 30, 1948, p. 6
  4. Web site: Mary Harp Hendrick. obitcentral.com. May 2000. November 14, 2014.
  5. Book: Louisiana During World War II: Politics and Society, 1939-1945. Jerry Purvis Sanson. 60–62. 1999. Louisiana State University Press. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 0-8071-2308-0. November 19, 2014.