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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Julian Edwin Bailes, Sr.
|image=
| office=[[Judge]] of the [[Louisiana]] 10th Judicial District Court
| term_start=1960
| term_end=1972
| preceded=
| succeeded=
| office2=City Judge in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana]]
| term_start2=1948
| term_end2=1960
| birth_date=January 6, 1915
| birth_place=Longview, [[Texas]]
| death_date-February 1, 2010 (aged 95)
| death_place =[[Shreveport]], Louisiana
| occupation = [[Judge]], [[Attorney]]<br>
First lieutenant in [[United States Army]] at [[Battle of the Bulge]] in [[World War II]]
|spouse=Predeceased by:
(1) Georgia Butler Bailes<br>
(2) Nell Sandefur Bailes
| children=Georgia Ann Bailes Scott<br>
Juliana Bailes Lipe<br>
Sara Nell Bailes Williams<br>
Julian Edwin Bailes, Jr.<br>
Emily Bailes Haines<br>
18 grandchildren<br>
21 great-grandchildren
| parents=Larry Thaddeus and Ethel Ballard Bailes
| alma_mater=Natchitoches Central High School<br>[[Northwestern State University]]<br>[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center
| religion=
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
}}
'''Julian Edwin Bailes, Sr.''' (January 6, 1915 – February 1, 2010), was a [[judge]] of the [[Louisiana]] 10th Judicial District Court in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], with service from 1960 until retirement in 1972.
A native of Longview, [[Texas]], he was a son of Larry Thaddeus Bailes and the former Ethel Ballard. He graduated from Natchitoches High School (later with [[desegregation]] Natchitoches Central High School) and [[Northwestern State University|Louisiana Normal College]] (now Northwestern State University), also in Natchitoches]]. While obtaining his legal credentials from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], he worked as an elevator operator in the Louisiana State Capital. Bailes and was an eyewitness and the last surviving witness of the assassination in 1935 of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]
On March 11, 1942, Bailes enlisted in the [[United States Army]]. He was wounded in an artillery attack and awarded two [[Purple Heart]] medals in 1944 for action with the 7th Army at the [[Battle of the Bulge]] in [[World War II]].<ref name="lasc.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/community_outreach/in_memoriam/Bailes_Julian.asp|title=In Memoriam: Julian E. Bailes|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref>
A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Bailes was elected as city judge of Natchitoches in 1948 and reelected in 1954. he was elected as a judge for the 10th Judicial Circuit in 1960, on which he served for two six-year terms.<ref name="lasc.org"/> In 1976, he was the interim judge of the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge, a position he vacated after several months when the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Douglas Marion Gonzales, Sr., won election to that court.
Judge Bailes was preceded in death by his second wife, the former Nell Sandefur. He had five surviving children, Georgia Ann Bailes Scott and husband, Homer, of Natchitoches; Juliana Bailes Lipe and husband, Jim, of [[Shreveport]]; Sara Nell Bailes Williams and husband John Payne Williams Sr., of Natchitoches; Dr. Julian Edwin Bailes, Jr. and wife Colleen, of Morgantown, [[West Virginia]], and Emily Bailes Haines and husband, Paul, of Shreveport.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=julian-edwin-bailes&pid=139306791|title=Julian Edwin Bailes obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=February 3, 2010|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref>
Judge Bailes died of a [[stroke]] in Shreveport at the age of ninety-five and is interred at the American Cemetery in Natchitoches.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bailes, Julian}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]
|name=Julian Edwin Bailes, Sr.
|image=
| office=[[Judge]] of the [[Louisiana]] 10th Judicial District Court
| term_start=1960
| term_end=1972
| preceded=
| succeeded=
| office2=City Judge in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana]]
| term_start2=1948
| term_end2=1960
| birth_date=January 6, 1915
| birth_place=Longview, [[Texas]]
| death_date-February 1, 2010 (aged 95)
| death_place =[[Shreveport]], Louisiana
| occupation = [[Judge]], [[Attorney]]<br>
First lieutenant in [[United States Army]] at [[Battle of the Bulge]] in [[World War II]]
|spouse=Predeceased by:
(1) Georgia Butler Bailes<br>
(2) Nell Sandefur Bailes
| children=Georgia Ann Bailes Scott<br>
Juliana Bailes Lipe<br>
Sara Nell Bailes Williams<br>
Julian Edwin Bailes, Jr.<br>
Emily Bailes Haines<br>
18 grandchildren<br>
21 great-grandchildren
| parents=Larry Thaddeus and Ethel Ballard Bailes
| alma_mater=Natchitoches Central High School<br>[[Northwestern State University]]<br>[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center
| religion=
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
}}
'''Julian Edwin Bailes, Sr.''' (January 6, 1915 – February 1, 2010), was a [[judge]] of the [[Louisiana]] 10th Judicial District Court in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], with service from 1960 until retirement in 1972.
A native of Longview, [[Texas]], he was a son of Larry Thaddeus Bailes and the former Ethel Ballard. He graduated from Natchitoches High School (later with [[desegregation]] Natchitoches Central High School) and [[Northwestern State University|Louisiana Normal College]] (now Northwestern State University), also in Natchitoches]]. While obtaining his legal credentials from the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], he worked as an elevator operator in the Louisiana State Capital. Bailes and was an eyewitness and the last surviving witness of the assassination in 1935 of [[U.S. Senator]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]]
On March 11, 1942, Bailes enlisted in the [[United States Army]]. He was wounded in an artillery attack and awarded two [[Purple Heart]] medals in 1944 for action with the 7th Army at the [[Battle of the Bulge]] in [[World War II]].<ref name="lasc.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/community_outreach/in_memoriam/Bailes_Julian.asp|title=In Memoriam: Julian E. Bailes|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref>
A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Bailes was elected as city judge of Natchitoches in 1948 and reelected in 1954. he was elected as a judge for the 10th Judicial Circuit in 1960, on which he served for two six-year terms.<ref name="lasc.org"/> In 1976, he was the interim judge of the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge, a position he vacated after several months when the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Douglas Marion Gonzales, Sr., won election to that court.
Judge Bailes was preceded in death by his second wife, the former Nell Sandefur. He had five surviving children, Georgia Ann Bailes Scott and husband, Homer, of Natchitoches; Juliana Bailes Lipe and husband, Jim, of [[Shreveport]]; Sara Nell Bailes Williams and husband John Payne Williams Sr., of Natchitoches; Dr. Julian Edwin Bailes, Jr. and wife Colleen, of Morgantown, [[West Virginia]], and Emily Bailes Haines and husband, Paul, of Shreveport.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=julian-edwin-bailes&pid=139306791|title=Julian Edwin Bailes obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=February 3, 2010|accessdate=March 26, 2015}}</ref>
Judge Bailes died of a [[stroke]] in Shreveport at the age of ninety-five and is interred at the American Cemetery in Natchitoches.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bailes, Julian}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]