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|birth_date=September 28, 1935
|birth_date=September 28, 1935
|death_date=November 30, 2003 (aged 68)
|death_date=November 30, 2003 (aged 68)
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|birth_place=Darnell, Louisiana
|residence=Sondheimer<br>East Carroll Parish, Louisiana
|residence=Sondheimer<br>East Carroll Parish, Louisiana
|spouse=Reta Vining
|spouse=Reta Vining
|occupation=[[Farmer]]}}
|occupation=[[Farmer]]}}
'''Charles Leroy Vining, Jr.''' (September 28, 1935 – 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=
'''Charles Leroy Vining, Jr.''' (September 28, 1935 – 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]], educator, and [[politician]] 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>
Vining was a member of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Sondheimer, Louisiana. He graduated from Lake Providence High School and served four years in the [[United States Army]]. He graduated from the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then known as Northeast Louisiana University, with a master's degree in Education. Charles began his teaching and coaching career at Transylvania Junior High School, of which he later became the principal. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, a Shrinerv<ref name=obit/>
He farmed, was a rural mail carrier, cleared land, operated state scales, taught science, coached girls and boys basketball. He operated Farmers Qwik Stop and was serving as a member of the East Carroll Parish Police Jury and the president of the East Carroll Parish Port Commission
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/>
sponsored bills that led to the establishment of Poverty Point as a State Park and the funding of NLU and Malone Stadium in Monroe.
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>
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>