Nationality Scottish-American Died April 11, 2014 | Role Lawyer Name Eugene McGehee | |
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Preceded by Two-member delegation:Wayne GaudinA. T. "Apple" Sanders, Jr. Succeeded by Nine-member delegation:Richard Hugh BakerClark GaudinWoody JenkinsKevin P. ReillyArthur F. AbadieWarren Davis FolkesJohnnie A. JonesFrank P. SimoneauxRichard Turnley, Jr. Born March 19, 1929Baton Rouge, Louisiana ( 1929-03-19 ) Resting place Blackwater United Methodist Church Cemetery in Baton Rouge Spouse(s) Frances Merrelle Gri McGehee Children Webb McGeheeLaurelle M. CliburnKellye M. CouvillionMelane M. LandryNine grandchildren | ||
In loving memory of eugene mcgehee jr
Eugene Webb McGehee (March 19, 1929 – April 11, 2014) was a retired lawyer and Democratic politician from his native Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
From a modest background of Scottish descent, McGehee, an Eagle Scout, entered Louisiana State University Law Center at the age of eighteen and upon graduation practiced law for several decades. From 1960 to 1972, he served three four-year terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Thereafter until his retirement in 1978, he was a judge of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court.
In 1948, he entered the Louisiana National Guard as a private and retired more than three decades later as a colonel. He was inducted in 2001 into the LSU Cadets of the Ole War Skule and the LSU Hall of Honor. He received the Louisiana Distinguished Service Medal and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.
McGehee and his wife, the former Frances Merrelle Gri (born April 1929), have a son, Webb McGee and wife Judy; three daughters, Laurelle M. Cliburn, Kellye M. Couvillion and husband Jeff, and Melane M. Landry; nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He died at his home in Baton Rouge at the age of eighty-five. A member of the Blackwater United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge, he is interred at the church cemetery there.