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On September 18, 1976, Erle "Ninety" Barham was killed in the crash of the light plane that he was piloting near Oak Ridge. Barham and four friends were returning to Morehouse Parish from Baton Rouge, where they had attended the 1976 [[football]] game between LSU and [[Oregon State University]] at Corvallis. Barham and three of the men were killed, but another, John S. Barr, III, survived.<ref>Erle M. Barham obituary, ''The Monroe News-Star,'' September 20, 1976.</ref>
On September 18, 1976, Erle "Ninety" Barham was killed in the crash of the light plane that he was piloting near Oak Ridge. Barham and four friends were returning to Morehouse Parish from Baton Rouge, where they had attended the 1976 [[football]] game between LSU and [[Oregon State University]] at Corvallis. Barham and three of the men were killed, but another, John S. Barr, III, survived.<ref>Erle M. Barham obituary, ''The Monroe News-Star,'' September 20, 1976.</ref>
==Political life==
==Political life==
On February 6, 1968, Barham ran unsuccessfully in a race for state representative. He polled 44 percent as the Republican nominee and the third candidate in a two-seat district. The winners were the Democrats T. T. Fields and James Peyton Smith. In that election, all 105 state House seats were won by Democrats.<ref>''Monroe News-Star,'' February 7, 1968.</ref>
On February 6, 1968, Barham ran unsuccessfully in a race for state representative. He polled 44 percent as the Republican nominee and the third candidate in a two-seat district. The winners were the Democrats T. T. Fields and James Peyton Smith. In that election, all 105 state House seats were won by Democrats.<ref>''Monroe News-Star,'' February 7, 1968.</ref>