Calcasieu Parish
Louisiana
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Calcasieu Parish
Louisiana
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Calcasieu Parish
Index to Locations ConsolataCemetery Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Orange GroveCemetery 2023 East Broad Street Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
|  Arsène Paulin Pujo (1861-1939) — also known asArsène P. Pujo — of Lake Charles,CalcasieuParish, La.Born inCalcasieuParish, La.,December16, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1903-13; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Louisiana,1908(alternate),1912.Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December31, 1939 (age78 years, 15days).Interment at Orange Grove Cemetery.
| Leon Locke (1869-1934) — of Fulton,BourbonCounty, Kan.; Walnut,CrawfordCounty, Kan.; Lake Charles,CalcasieuParish, La.Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood,OxfordCounty, Maine,January4, 1869.Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1908-16;mayorof Lake Charles, La., 1929-33.Died in Lake Charles,CalcasieuParish, La.,April 5,1934 (age65 years, 91days).Interment at Orange Grove Cemetery.
| Alvan Lafargue (1883-1963) — of Sulphur,CalcasieuParish, La.Born in Marksville,AvoyellesParish, La.,October14, 1883.Physician;mayorof Sulphur, La., 1926-38.Catholic.Frenchancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;Rotary;Woodmenof the World.Died in Sulphur,CalcasieuParish, La.,February11, 1963 (age79 years, 120days).Interment at Orange Grove Cemetery.
| James Stuart Thomson (1868-1945) — also known asJ. Stuart Thomson — of Lake Charles,CalcasieuParish, La.Born in Bayfield,Ontario,March4, 1868.Republican. Postmaster atLakeCharles, La., 1901; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Louisiana,1916,1920.Scottishancestry.Died in Lake Charles,CalcasieuParish, La.,May 19,1945 (age77 years, 76days).Interment at Orange Grove Cemetery.
| Albert J. Lyons (1918-1980) — also known as"Tubby" — of Lake Charles,CalcasieuParish, La.Born in Sulphur,CalcasieuParish, La.,March11, 1918.Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1964-68.Died in Lake Charles,CalcasieuParish, La.,May 10,1980 (age62 years, 60days).Interment at Orange Grove Cemetery.
Prien MemorialPark Cemetery Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
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