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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Benny Gay Christian
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br> Richland, Caldwell, and Madison parishes]|term_start=1964
|term_end=1974
|preceded=Lasley J. Downes
|succeeded=[[Francis C. Thompson]]
|birth_date=March 17, 1925
|death_date=August 9, 1982 (aged 57)
|death_place=
|resting_place=Masonic Cemetery in Rayville, Louisiana
|residence=Rayville, Louisiana
|spouse=Jean Eddins Christian
|children=Raymond G. Christian<br>
Carol Jean Christian Sorey<br>
Two grandsons
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]}}
'''Benny Gay Christian''' (March 17, 1925 – August 9, 1982)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Christian&GSfn=Benny&GSmn=G&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=40252834&df=all&
|title=Benny G. Christian|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 26, 2021}}</ref> was from 1964 to 1974 a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Caldwell, Madison, and Richland parishes in the northeastern portion of his state. He resided in Rayville, the seat of government for Richland Parish. In his last two years, he served alongside fellow Democrat [[Lantz Womack]], a banker from Winnsboro in Franklin Parish.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Richland, Caldwell, and Madison parishes|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 26, 2021}}</ref>
Christian served during both administrations of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]] and the first two years of the first term of [[Edwin Edwards]]. Christian resigned from the House midway in his third term and was succeeded by fellow Democrat [[Francis C. Thompson]]<ref name=house/> of Delhi, also in Richland Parish, who remained in the House until 2008, when he was sworn into office in his first term in the [[Louisiana State Senate]]. Thompson began serving his third and final term in the state Senate on January 11, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/09/10/several-candidates-elected-unopposed/72032438/|title=See who has already won election|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=September 11, 2015|accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref>Then in 2020, Thompson returned to the state House after being term-limited in the Senate.
Christian was married to the former Jean Eddins (1925-2013), who attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]], [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], and the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then Northeast Louisiana University, from which she received a master's degree. She taught for eighteen years at Holly Ridge High School in the Holly Ridge community in Richland Parish. She then became a supervisor of Business and Office Education in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]] and traveled for a decade as part of her job duties. She worked under four superintendents, [[Bill Dodd]], [[Louis J. Michot]], [[J. Kelly Nix]], and [[Thomas Clausen]]. After retiring from the state Department of Education, she taught at Spencer and Gonzales business colleges until she was seventy-two. She died in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in 2013, a day before her 88th birthday.<ref name=mrschristian>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121841008|title=Jean Eddins Christian|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 26, 2021}}</ref>
Christian and his wife had two children, Raymond G. Christian of Baton Rouge and Carol Jean Christian Sorey and husband, Danny, of Monroe.<ref name=mrschristian/> The Christians are interred at the Masonic Cemetery in Rayville.<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
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[[Category:Democrats]]
|name=Benny Gay Christian
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br> Richland, Caldwell, and Madison parishes]|term_start=1964
|term_end=1974
|preceded=Lasley J. Downes
|succeeded=[[Francis C. Thompson]]
|birth_date=March 17, 1925
|death_date=August 9, 1982 (aged 57)
|death_place=
|resting_place=Masonic Cemetery in Rayville, Louisiana
|residence=Rayville, Louisiana
|spouse=Jean Eddins Christian
|children=Raymond G. Christian<br>
Carol Jean Christian Sorey<br>
Two grandsons
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]}}
'''Benny Gay Christian''' (March 17, 1925 – August 9, 1982)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Christian&GSfn=Benny&GSmn=G&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=40252834&df=all&
|title=Benny G. Christian|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 26, 2021}}</ref> was from 1964 to 1974 a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Caldwell, Madison, and Richland parishes in the northeastern portion of his state. He resided in Rayville, the seat of government for Richland Parish. In his last two years, he served alongside fellow Democrat [[Lantz Womack]], a banker from Winnsboro in Franklin Parish.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Richland, Caldwell, and Madison parishes|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 26, 2021}}</ref>
Christian served during both administrations of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]] and the first two years of the first term of [[Edwin Edwards]]. Christian resigned from the House midway in his third term and was succeeded by fellow Democrat [[Francis C. Thompson]]<ref name=house/> of Delhi, also in Richland Parish, who remained in the House until 2008, when he was sworn into office in his first term in the [[Louisiana State Senate]]. Thompson began serving his third and final term in the state Senate on January 11, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/09/10/several-candidates-elected-unopposed/72032438/|title=See who has already won election|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=September 11, 2015|accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref>Then in 2020, Thompson returned to the state House after being term-limited in the Senate.
Christian was married to the former Jean Eddins (1925-2013), who attended [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]], [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], and the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then Northeast Louisiana University, from which she received a master's degree. She taught for eighteen years at Holly Ridge High School in the Holly Ridge community in Richland Parish. She then became a supervisor of Business and Office Education in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]] and traveled for a decade as part of her job duties. She worked under four superintendents, [[Bill Dodd]], [[Louis J. Michot]], [[J. Kelly Nix]], and [[Thomas Clausen]]. After retiring from the state Department of Education, she taught at Spencer and Gonzales business colleges until she was seventy-two. She died in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in 2013, a day before her 88th birthday.<ref name=mrschristian>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=121841008|title=Jean Eddins Christian|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=February 26, 2021}}</ref>
Christian and his wife had two children, Raymond G. Christian of Baton Rouge and Carol Jean Christian Sorey and husband, Danny, of Monroe.<ref name=mrschristian/> The Christians are interred at the Masonic Cemetery in Rayville.<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Christian, Benny}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]