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'''Roy Allen Burrell''' (born April  18, 1952)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/roy-burrell/rburrell3834x|title=Roy Burrell (Louisiana)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref>f> is an [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former state representative for District 2 in Caddo and Bossier parishes in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. A business consultant, Burrell is completed his third term in office and was ineligible to run again in the 2015 state elections.<ref name=rab>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Caddo and Bossier parishes|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref>​

'''Roy Allen Burrell''' (born April  18, 1952)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/roy-burrell/rburrell3834x|title=Roy Burrell (Louisiana)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref>f> is an [[African-American]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former state representative for District 2 in Caddo and Bossier parishes in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. A business consultant, Burrell is completed his third term in office and was ineligible to run again in the 2015 state elections.<ref name=rab>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Caddo and Bossier parishes|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=May 31, 2020}}</ref>​

==Background==​

==Background==

Burrell is a native of Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana. He is the eighth of fourteen children of the late Woodrow and Margretter Feazell Burrell. His father was a farmer who carried neighborhood children to and from school in the bed of a pickup truck before he was hired as a school bus driver for the West Carroll Parish School Board. Both of his parents were known for a spirit of community which they inculcated to their children.<ref name=labi>{{cite web|url=http://labi.org/legislature-info/legislator-detail/burrell-roy|title=Representative Roy A. Burrell|publisher=Louisiana Association of Business and Industry|accessdate=April 29, 2015}}</ref>​

Burrell is a native of Oak Grove in West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana. He is the eighth of fourteen children of the late Woodrow and Margretter Feazell Burrell. His father was a farmer who carried neighborhood children to and from school in the bed of a pickup truck before he was hired as a school bus driver for the West Carroll Parish School Board. Both of his parents were known for a spirit of community which they inculcated to their children.<ref name=labi>{{cite web|url=http://labi.org/legislature-info/legislator-detail/burrell-roy|title=Representative Roy A. Burrell|publisher=Louisiana Association of Business and Industry|accessdate=April 29, 2015}}</ref>​