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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 obtained a master'degree in education from the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then known as Northeast Louisiana University He began a teaching and coaching career at Transylvania Junior High School in East Carroll Parish, He taught science and coached girls' and boys' [[basketball]]. He later became the principal. He was also a letter carrier, managed the state trucking scales, and operated Farmers Quik Stop. He served on the East Carroll Parish Police Jury and the East Carroll Port Commission. He was affiliated with the Masonic lodge and its companion organization, the Shriners.<ref name=obit/>

One of five children of Charles Vining , Sr. (1910-1984) and Bobbie Jean Vining, later Bobbie Beatty, he graduated from Lake Providence High School in Lake Providence, the seat of government for East Carroll Parish. He served four years in the [[United States Army]]. He obtained a master'degree in education from the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then known as Northeast Louisiana University He began a teaching and coaching career at Transylvania Junior High School in East Carroll Parish, He taught science and coached girls' and boys' [[basketball]]. He later became the principal. He was also a letter carrier, managed the state trucking scales, and operated Farmers Quik Stop. He served on the East Carroll Parish Police Jury and the East Carroll Port Commission. He was a member of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Sondheimer and was also affiliated with the Masonic lodge and its companion organization, the Shriners.<ref name=obit/>

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/>​ In his state House term, Vining sponsored bills that led to the establishment of Poverty Point State Park in West Carroll Parish, and the funding of ULM and the Malone Stadium in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=obit/>

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/>​ In his state House term, Vining sponsored bills that led to the establishment of Poverty Point State Park in West Carroll Parish, and the funding of ULM and the Malone Stadium in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=obit/>

Vining and his wife, the former Reta Sparks (born 1944), a native of [[Oregon]], 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 East Carroll Parish; daughter and son-in-law, Sheila and Mark Caballero of Tustin, [[California]]. Vining died of [[cancer]] at the age of sixty-eight while undergoing treatment at Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, Louisiana.<ref name=obit>{{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, the former Reta Sparks (born 1944), a native of [[Oregon]], 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 Jean Vining Beatty 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 East Carroll Parish; daughter and son-in-law, Sheila and Mark Caballero of Tustin, [[California]]. Vining died of [[cancer]] at the age of sixty-eight while undergoing treatment at Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, Louisiana.<ref name=obit>{{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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