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Cawthorn died on [[Veterans Day]] 1967 of a sudden illness in Memorial Hospital in [[Lake Charles]], where he was stricken while on business. A week before his passing, Cawthorn had been defeated in a Democratic primary for a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for DeSoto, Sabine,  and Red River]] parishes in a two-member district by incumbent [[Joe Henry Cooper]] of Mansfield and subsequent Judge John S. Pickett, Jr., of Many in Sabine Parish.<ref name=obit/> Though defeated for the legislature, he had won in the same election a seat on the Louisiana Democratic Executive Committee for the 38th representative district.<ref name=obit/>​

Cawthorn died on [[Veterans Day]] 1967 of a sudden illness in Memorial Hospital in [[Lake Charles]], where he was stricken while on business. A week before his passing, Cawthorn had been defeated in a Democratic primary for a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for DeSoto, Sabine,  and Red River]] parishes in a two-member district by incumbent [[Joe Henry Cooper]] of Mansfield and subsequent Judge John S. Pickett, Jr., of Many in Sabine Parish.<ref name=obit/> Though defeated for the legislature, he had won in the same election a seat on the Louisiana Democratic Executive Committee for the 38th representative district.<ref name=obit/>​

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Cawthorn and his wife, Merle Sloan Cawthorn (1919-1998), had a daughter, Melody Merle Cawthon (born c. 1954). He is interred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in DeSoto Parish alongside his brothers, W. B. Cawthorn (1900-1963) and Fred Cawthorn (1908-1940).<ref name=cemetery/>​

Cawthorn and his wife, Merle Sloan Cawthorn (1919-1998), had a daughter, Melody Merle Cawthon (born c. 1954). He is interred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in DeSoto Parish alongside his brothers, W. B. Cawthorn (1900-1963) and Fred Cawthorn (1908-1940).<ref name=obit/>​

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