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| name=Guy William Sockrider, Jr.
| name=Guy William Sockrider, Jr.
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br> Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis parishes
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Senator for<br> Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis parishes
| party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1948
| term_start=1948
| term_end=1964
| term_end=1964
Sockrider worked ceaselessly from the age of twelve until his death at the age of eighty-nine. In 1949, he established Industrial Construction Company. In 1989, he launched the [[Organized labor|non-unionized]] IMTC and served as its chief executive officer.<ref name=resolution/>
Sockrider worked ceaselessly from the age of twelve until his death at the age of eighty-nine. In 1949, he established Industrial Construction Company. In 1989, he launched the [[Organized labor|non-unionized]] IMTC and served as its chief executive officer.<ref name=resolution/>
In the state Senate, Sockrider served under [[Governor]]s [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] (two terms), [[Robert F. Kennon]], and [[Jimmie Davis]]. He sat on the Senate Finance Committee and chaired the Industrial Relations Committee. He worked to upgrade McNeese State University in [[Lake Charles]] from a [[junior college]] affiliated with [[Louisiana State University]] to a separate four-year institution. He worked to build the W. O. Moss Regional Hospital, a charity hospital in Lake Charles. Sockrider pushed for the establishment of the stadium for the McNeese State Cowboys [[football]] team. For eight years, he chaired the Louisiana Legislative Council.<ref name=resolution/>
In the state Senate, Sockrider served under [[Governor]]s [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] (two terms), [[Robert F. Kennon]], and [[Jimmie Davis]]. He sat on the Senate Finance Committee and chaired the Industrial Relations Committee. He worked to upgrade McNeese State University in [[Lake Charles]] from a junior college affiliated with [[Louisiana State University]] to a separate four-year institution. He worked to build the W. O. Moss Regional Hospital, a charity hospital in Lake Charles. Sockrider pushed for the establishment of the stadium for the McNeese State Cowboys [[football]] team. For eight years, he chaired the Louisiana Legislative Council.<ref name=resolution/>
Sockrider died at a hospital in Lake Charles. In addition to his surviving daughter, Sockrider had two stepchildren from a subsequent 1965 marriage to the former Jaquline Lott Morris, who died in 1993.<ref name=resolution>{{cite web|url=http://legiscan.com/LA/text/SCR36/id/293000|title=Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 36|author=[[Willie Mount]]|publisher=legiscan.com|date=2011|accessdate=November 1, 2014}}</ref>He is interred at Prien Memorial Park in Lake Charles.
Sockrider died at a hospital in Lake Charles. In addition to his surviving daughter, Sockrider had two stepchildren from a subsequent 1965 marriage to the former Jaquline Lott Morris, who died in 1993.<ref name=resolution>{{cite web|url=http://legiscan.com/LA/text/SCR36/id/293000|title=Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 36|author=Mrs. Willie Mount|publisher=legiscan.com|date=2011|accessdate=November 1, 2014}}</ref>He is interred at Prien Memorial Park in Lake Charles.
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