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'''Edwin Gustav Preis, Sr.''' (February 17, 1916 – July 28, 2011) was a [[farmer]] and [[business]]man<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-NEWELLTON-LA.html|title=Newellton, LA, Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=August 2, 2011}}</ref> who served from 1966 to 2000 as the [[mayor]] of Newellton in Tensas Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]].
'''Edwin Gustav Preis, Sr.''' (February 17, 1916 – July 28, 2011) was a [[farmer]] and [[business]]man<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec2/elec-NEWELLTON-LA.html|title=Newellton, LA, Political Contributions by Individuals|publisher=city-data.com|accessdate=August 2, 2011}}</ref> who served from 1966 to 2000 as the [[mayor]] of Newellton in Tensas Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]].
==Biography==
==Biography==
Preis was born in Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish. In the late 1940s, he moved to Newellton with his wife, Patricia Preis, to whom he was married for sixty-seven years until his death. There he engaged in business and served seven terms as mayor.<ref name=edpreisobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=edwin-g-preis&pid=152797628|title=Edwin G. Preis|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 29, 2011|accessdate=August 2, 2011}}</ref>
Preis was born in Waterproof in southern Tensas Parish. In the late 1940s, he moved to Newellton with his wife, Patricia Preis, to whom he was married for sixty-seven years until his death. There he engaged in business and served seven terms as mayor.<ref name=edpreisobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=edwin-g-preis&pid=152797628|title=Edwin G. Preis|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 29, 2011|accessdate=August 2, 2011}}</ref>
Preis died of a short illness at the age of ninety-five. After services at the Newellton Union Church, he was interred at Legion Memorial Cemetery north of Newellton.<ref name=edpreisobit/>
Preis died of a short illness at the age of ninety-five. After services at the Newellton Union Church, he was interred at Legion Memorial Cemetery north of Newellton.<ref name=edpreisobit/>
In addition to his wife Patricia and son Phil and his wife, Terry, Edwin Preis is survived by an older son, Edwin Preis, Jr., an attorney in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana, and his wife, Chris Preis, and a daughter, Patricia Preis Thompson, the wife of Dr. Tony Thompson of [[Nacogdoches]], [[Texas]], one of the three sons of former Tensas Parish school superintendent [[Charles E. Thompson]]. Preis had twelve grandchildren.<ref name=edpreisobit/>
In addition to his wife Patricia and son Phil and his wife, Terry, Edwin Preis is survived by an older son, Edwin Preis, Jr., an attorney in [[Lafayette]], Louisiana, and his wife, Chris Preis, and a daughter, Patricia Preis Thompson, the wife of Dr. Tony Thompson of [[Nacogdoches]], [[Texas]], one of the three sons of former Tensas Parish school superintendent [[Charles E. Thompson]]. Preis had twelve grandchildren.<ref name=edpreisobit/>
==References==
==References==