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|birth_place=​Place of birth missing

|residence=Sondheimer<br>East Carroll Parish, Louisiana​

|residence=Sondheimer<br>East Carroll Parish, Louisiana​

|spouse=Information unavailable​

|spouse=Reta Vining​

|children=Charles L. Vining, III​

|children=Vicki Baker<br>

|parents=Charles L. Vining, Sr. (1910-1984)​

Charles L. Vining, III​<br>

Charles L. Vining, Sr. (1910-1984)​, and Mrs. Vining

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

|religion=[[Baptist]]​

|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]​

|occupation=[[Farmer]]​​}}​

|occupation=[[Farmer]]​​}}​

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'''Charles Leroy Vining, Jr.''' (September 28, 1935 &ndash; November 30, 2003),<ref name=tributes>{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Charles-Vining-52241234|title=Charles L. Vining, Jr.|publisher=tributes.com|accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972, who served a single term from District 32 (East and West Carroll parishes in the far northeastern corner of the state.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=

'''Charles Leroy Vining, Jr.''' (September 28, 1935 &ndash; November 30, 2003),<ref name=tributes>{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Charles-Vining-52241234|title=Charles L. Vining, Jr.|publisher=tributes.com|accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref> was a [[farmer]] from [[rural]] Sondheimer in East Carroll Parish in the northeastern corner of Louisiana]], who was [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state legislator for a single term from 1968 to 1972. He represented East and West Carroll parishes., who served a single term from District 32 (East and West Carroll parishes in the far northeastern corner of the state.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=

Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref>​

Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=March 21, 2020}}</ref>​

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Vining was elected to succeed House [[Speaker]] [[Vail M. Delony]] of Lake Providence, the seat of government for East Carroll Parish, who died in office in November 1967. In the [[general election]] held on February 6, 1968, Vining defeated his [[Republican Party|Republican]] challenger, Orlando Nicholas "Nick" Hamilton, Sr.<ref>Orlando Hamilton, Jr. (1928-2013), a veteran of the [[Korean War]], practiced law in Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish from 1954 until his death. A [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]], the junior Hamilton was a past president of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Louisiana State Disciplinary Board.</ref> (1897–1968), of Lake Providence,  52.3 to 47.7 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns, February 6, 1968.</ref> Hamilton died ten months after losing the legislative race to Vining. After one term, Vining was succeeded by a fellow Democrat, George F. Fox, Jr., an [[attorney]] from Lake Providence, who also served one term in the House, 1972 to 1976.<ref name=legis/>​

Vining was elected to succeed House [[Speaker]] [[Vail M. Delony]] of Lake Providence, the seat of government for East Carroll Parish, who died in office in November 1967. In the [[general election]] held on February 6, 1968, Vining defeated his [[Republican Party|Republican]] challenger, Orlando Nicholas "Nick" Hamilton, Sr.<ref>Orlando Hamilton, Jr. (1928-2013), a veteran of the [[Korean War]], practiced law in Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish from 1954 until his death. A [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]], the junior Hamilton was a past president of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Louisiana State Disciplinary Board.</ref> (1897–1968), of Lake Providence,  52.3 to 47.7 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election returns, February 6, 1968.</ref> Hamilton died ten months after losing the legislative race to Vining. After one term, Vining was succeeded by a fellow Democrat, George F. Fox, Jr., an [[attorney]] from Lake Providence, who also served one term in the House, 1972 to 1976.<ref name=legis/>​

At the time of his death, Vining, a [[farmer]], was residing in [[rural]] Sondheimer in East Carroll Parish.<ref name=tributes/>

Vining and his wife, Reta, had five children, daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and John Edward Baker of Tallulah in Madison Parish; son and daughter-in-law, Charles L. Vining, III, and Bobbie Vining of Tallulah; son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Jeanie Vining of Warner Robbins, [[Georgia]]; son and daughter-in-law, Greg and Crystal Paris of Transylvania in West Carroll Parish; daughter and son-in-law, Sheila and Mark Caballero of Tustin, [[California;\\. Vining died of cancer at the age of sixty-eight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coxfuneral.com/obituary/Charles-Leroy-Vining-Jr./Sondheimer-LA/90873|title=Charles Leroy Vining, Jr.|publisher=Cox Funeral Home|date=November 30, 2003|accessdate=March 22, 2020}}</ref>

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