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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Keith M. Pyburn, Sr.
| image =
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for Caddo Parish
| term_start=1948
| term_end=1952
| preceded=At-large membership:<br>
Wellborn Jack<br>
Turner B. Morgan<br>
[[Jasper K. Smith]]<br>
Chris Bryan Stovall
|succeeded=At-large membership:<br>
Wellborn Jack<br>
[[Algie D. Brown]]<br>
[[James C. Gardner]]<br>
[[Jasper K. Smith]]
| birth date=December 21, 1910
| birth_place=Dodson, Winn Parish, Louisiana
| death_date=May 22, 1967 (aged 56)
| death_place=Rochester, [[Minnesota]]
| death_cause =Brief illness
| resting_place=Forest Park East Cemetery in [[Shreveport]]
| residence=Shreveport, Louisiana
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| spouse=Marjorie Owen Pyburn
|children =Dennis M., John O. and Keith M. Pyburn, Jr.<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Dennis Mackey and Maggie Helen McBride Pyburn
| alma_mater=[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>
[[Tulane University]] Law School
| religion=Methodist]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| branch=[[United States Army]]
| rank=[[Major]]
| battles=[[World War II]]
}}
'''Keith M. Pyburn, Sr.''' (December 21, 1910 – May 22, 1967), was an [[attorney]] and a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from [[Shreveport]] in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]]. From 1948 to 1952, during the second administration of [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], he held one of the then four at-large state representative seats for Caddo Parish, since operating under single-member districting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
==Biography==
A native of Dodson in Winn Parish in [[North Louisiana]], Pyburn was the youngest of nine children of Dennis Mackey Pyburn (1856-1918) and the former Maggie Helen McBride (1867-1956). His mother was a pioneer settler of north Louisiana, a [[Baptist]], an education graduate of [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, and a resident of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] from 1925 until her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32863167|title=Mrs. D. M. Pyburn, 89-year-old Pioneer, Dies at Home Here|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader'' through find a grave.com|date=December 6, 1956|accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
An older brother, Dwight D. Pyburn (1903-1996), the longest-living of the Pyburn children, was from 1966 to 1980 the Caddo Parish clerk of court. Pyburn graduated in 1932 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston, his city of residence at the time, and in 1936 from the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]. From 1952 until his death, Pyburn had represented the Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation in [[Washington, D.C.]] From 1937 to 1952, he was a partner in the Shreveport law firm of Pyburn, Smith and Giddens. He served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] and was discharged with the rank of [[major]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58820190|title=K. M. Pyburn Rites Will Be Wednesday|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' through findagrave.com |date=May 23, 1967|accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
Pyburn died of a brief illness at Saint Marys Hospital, a division of the [[Mayo Clinic]], in Rochester, [[Minnesota]]. His services were held at his former congregation, the First [[Methodist]] Church in Shreveport, with the then pastor [[D. L. Dykes]] officiating. Interment was at Forest Park East Cemetery. He was survived by his widow, the former Marjorie Owen of Bethesda, [[Maryland]]; three sons, all then living in the [[District of Columbia]], Dennis M., John O., and Keith M. Pyburn, Jr., three brothers, and two sisters.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pyburn, Keith M.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:Methodists]]
| name=Keith M. Pyburn, Sr.
| image =
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for Caddo Parish
| term_start=1948
| term_end=1952
| preceded=At-large membership:<br>
Wellborn Jack<br>
Turner B. Morgan<br>
[[Jasper K. Smith]]<br>
Chris Bryan Stovall
|succeeded=At-large membership:<br>
Wellborn Jack<br>
[[Algie D. Brown]]<br>
[[James C. Gardner]]<br>
[[Jasper K. Smith]]
| birth date=December 21, 1910
| birth_place=Dodson, Winn Parish, Louisiana
| death_date=May 22, 1967 (aged 56)
| death_place=Rochester, [[Minnesota]]
| death_cause =Brief illness
| resting_place=Forest Park East Cemetery in [[Shreveport]]
| residence=Shreveport, Louisiana
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| spouse=Marjorie Owen Pyburn
|children =Dennis M., John O. and Keith M. Pyburn, Jr.<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Dennis Mackey and Maggie Helen McBride Pyburn
| alma_mater=[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>
[[Tulane University]] Law School
| religion=Methodist]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| branch=[[United States Army]]
| rank=[[Major]]
| battles=[[World War II]]
}}
'''Keith M. Pyburn, Sr.''' (December 21, 1910 – May 22, 1967), was an [[attorney]] and a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from [[Shreveport]] in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of [[Louisiana]]. From 1948 to 1952, during the second administration of [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], he held one of the then four at-large state representative seats for Caddo Parish, since operating under single-member districting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
==Biography==
A native of Dodson in Winn Parish in [[North Louisiana]], Pyburn was the youngest of nine children of Dennis Mackey Pyburn (1856-1918) and the former Maggie Helen McBride (1867-1956). His mother was a pioneer settler of north Louisiana, a [[Baptist]], an education graduate of [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, and a resident of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] from 1925 until her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32863167|title=Mrs. D. M. Pyburn, 89-year-old Pioneer, Dies at Home Here|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader'' through find a grave.com|date=December 6, 1956|accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
An older brother, Dwight D. Pyburn (1903-1996), the longest-living of the Pyburn children, was from 1966 to 1980 the Caddo Parish clerk of court. Pyburn graduated in 1932 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston, his city of residence at the time, and in 1936 from the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]]. From 1952 until his death, Pyburn had represented the Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation in [[Washington, D.C.]] From 1937 to 1952, he was a partner in the Shreveport law firm of Pyburn, Smith and Giddens. He served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] and was discharged with the rank of [[major]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58820190|title=K. M. Pyburn Rites Will Be Wednesday|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' through findagrave.com |date=May 23, 1967|accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
Pyburn died of a brief illness at Saint Marys Hospital, a division of the [[Mayo Clinic]], in Rochester, [[Minnesota]]. His services were held at his former congregation, the First [[Methodist]] Church in Shreveport, with the then pastor [[D. L. Dykes]] officiating. Interment was at Forest Park East Cemetery. He was survived by his widow, the former Marjorie Owen of Bethesda, [[Maryland]]; three sons, all then living in the [[District of Columbia]], Dennis M., John O., and Keith M. Pyburn, Jr., three brothers, and two sisters.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pyburn, Keith M.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:Methodists]]