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:Not related to the ''Guy Sockrider,'' a [[chef]] in [[New Orleans]]
:Not related to the ''Guy Sockrider,'' a [[chef]] in [[New Orleans]]
'''Guy William Sockrider, Jr.''' (November 5, 1921 – February 25, 2011), was a [[business]]man from his native Jennings, [[Louisiana]], who served from 1948 to 1964 as a [[Democratic Party |Democrat]] state Senator]]. He represented all or parts of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis Parish parishes in the southwestern portion of his state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2011|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=October 31, 2014}}</ref>
'''Guy William Sockrider, Jr.''' (November 5, 1921 – February 25, 2011), was a [[business]]man from his native Jennings, [[Louisiana]], who served from 1948 to 1964 as a [[Democratic Party |Democrat]] state Senator]]. He represented all or parts of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis Parish parishes in the southwestern portion of his state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2024|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
Sockrider was born to the former Myrtle Bell Clark and Guy William Sockrider, Sr. He graduated in 1938 from Jennings High School. In 1941, he married the former Ruth Grein, who died in 1964; he was left to rear alone their only child, Debbie Del Sockrider (born January 1958), who was only six years old at the time of her mother's passing.<ref name=resolution/>
Sockrider was born to the former Myrtle Bell Clark and Guy William Sockrider, Sr. He graduated in 1938 from Jennings High School. In 1941, he married the former Ruth Grein, who died in 1964; he was left to rear alone their only child, Debbie Del Sockrider (born January 1958), who was only six years old at the time of her mother's passing.<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=Mrs. 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=December 27, 2020}}</ref>He is interred at Prien Memorial Park in Lake Charles.
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