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Line 23: − + − + − + − Tessier was the son of Charles Andrew Tessier, Jr. (1884-1933), and the former Ruth Ophelia Jurgens (1883-1948). In 1940, he married Althea Oma Lennox (1917-2014). The couple had two sons, George, Jr. (born 1943) and Mark Andrew, Sr. (1947- 2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?pid=170968830|title=Althea Tessier obituary|publisher=''The New Orleans Advocate''|date=May 9, 2014|accessdate=May 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/mark-tessier-obituary?pid=178660337|title=Mark Tessier obituary|publisher=Legacy.com|accessdate=May 8, 2020}}</ref>
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| spouse=Althea Oma Lennox Tessier (married 1940-67, his death)
| spouse=Althea Oma Lennox Tessier (married 1940-67, his death)
| children=George Tessier, Jr.
| children=George Tessier, Jr.
Mark Andrew Tessier, Sr. (deceased)
Mark Andrew Tessier, Sr.<br>(deceased)
'''Parents''':<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Charles Andrew, Jr., and Ruth Ophelia Jurgens Tessier}}
Charles Andrew, Jr., and Ruth Ophelia Jurgens Tessier}}
'''George Dean Tessier, Sr. (May 7, 1912 – September 27, 1967), represented the 14th Ward of his native [[New Orleans]] in the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives from 1948 to 1962<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Orleans Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=May 8, 2020}}</ref> and the state Senate from 1962 to 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana Senate, 1880 - Present (Orleans Parish)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=May 8, 2020}}</ref>
'''George Dean Tessier, Sr.''' (May 7, 1912 – September 27, 1967), represented the 14th Ward of his native [[New Orleans]] in the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives from 1948 to 1962<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Orleans Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=May 8, 2020}}</ref> and the state Senate from 1962 to 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana Senate, 1880 - Present (Orleans Parish)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=May 8, 2020}}</ref>
The son of Charles Andrew Tessier, Jr. (1884-1933), and the former Ruth Ophelia Jurgens (1883-1948), he was married in 1940 to the former Althea Oma Lennox (1917-2014). The couple had two sons, George, Jr. (born 1943) and Mark Andrew, Sr. (1947- 2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?pid=170968830|title=Althea Tessier obituary|publisher=''The New Orleans Advocate''|date=May 9, 2014|accessdate=May 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/mark-tessier-obituary?pid=178660337|title=Mark Tessier obituary|publisher=Legacy.com|accessdate=May 8, 2020}}</ref>
Tessier was educated in New Orleans elementary schools until sent to Woodberry Forest Preparatory School in Orange, [[Virginia]]. He attended [[Tulane University]] and the Tulane Law School, was president of his freshman law class but soon forced by family financial difficulties to drop out of law school in 1936.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-t/|title=Tessier, George Dean, Sr.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 8, 2020}}</ref>
Tessier was educated in New Orleans elementary schools until sent to Woodberry Forest Preparatory School in Orange, [[Virginia]]. He attended [[Tulane University]] and the Tulane Law School, was president of his freshman law class but soon forced by family financial difficulties to drop out of law school in 1936.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-t/|title=Tessier, George Dean, Sr.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 8, 2020}}</ref>