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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Curtis Lavell McCrary, Sr.
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for Bienville Parish
|term_start=1960
|term_end=1964
|preceded=Fletcher S. Sutton
|succeeded=[[Len Lacy]]
|birth_date=October 28, 1905
|birth_place=Arcadia, Bienville Parish
|death_place=
|death_date=September 24, 1989 (aged 83)
|resting_place=Arcadia Cemetery
|spouse=Ida May McCrary
|children=Curtis McCrary, Jr.<br>
Phillip R. McCrary<br>
Dr. Robert H. McCrary)<br>
Eight grandchildren
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|occupation=[[Business]]man}}
'''Curtis Lavell McCrary "Slick," Sr.''', known as '''C. L. McCrary'''' (October 28, 1905 – September 24, 1989), was a [[business]]man from Arcadia, [[Louisiana]], who represented Bienville Parish, as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in his state's House of Representative] for a single term from 1960 to 1964.<ref name=lahouse>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> His service corresponded with the administration of [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]], a native of nearby Jackson Parish in North Louisiana.
In 1956, McCrary ran in a [[special election]] to fill the seat vacated by [[Lorris M. Wimberly]] of Arcadia, the [[Speaker]] of the Louisiana House of Representatives, who left the legislature after lengthy service to join the administration of Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] as the director of the Louisiana Department of Public Works. McCrary lost to Fletcher Sutton, the then [[mayor]] of Gibsland, 2,030 votes to 1,784, in a runoff contest<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/bienville/history/suttonrep.txt|title=Sutton elected state representative|publisher=''The Ringgold Record''|date=October 19, 1956|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> but rebounded to claim the seat for a full term in 1960. In 1964, McCrary was succeeded by another Democrat, businessman [[Len Lacy]] of Castor, a member of the Bienville Parish School Board, who also held the seat for one term. Lacy was the last person to have represented only Bienville Parish in the legislature. Until 1968, each parish regardless of its population had been guaranteed a seat in the 105-member Louisiana House. Bienville was thereafter combined with Jackson Parish. [[E. L. "Bubba" Henry]], a Democrat from Jonesboro in Jackson Parish, defeated Lacy in the 1967 primary, and in 1972, Henry began an eight-year stint as the Louisiana House Speaker.<ref name=lahouse/> He also ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1979.
McCrary and his wife, the former Ida Louise May (1908-1997), a native of rural Eros in Jackson Parish, had three sons, Curtis, Jr. (1932-2021), and wife Jackie of Arcadia, Phillip R. McCrary and wife Sue of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], and the late Dr. Robert McCrary and wife Donna of Hattiesburg, [[Mississippi]]. The McCrarys are interred at Arcadia Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/m/mccrary1554gob.txt|title=Ida May McCrary obituary|date=November 7, 1997|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>C L McCrary (1905-1989) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed June 10, 2022.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCrary, C. L.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
|name=Curtis Lavell McCrary, Sr.
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for Bienville Parish
|term_start=1960
|term_end=1964
|preceded=Fletcher S. Sutton
|succeeded=[[Len Lacy]]
|birth_date=October 28, 1905
|birth_place=Arcadia, Bienville Parish
|death_place=
|death_date=September 24, 1989 (aged 83)
|resting_place=Arcadia Cemetery
|spouse=Ida May McCrary
|children=Curtis McCrary, Jr.<br>
Phillip R. McCrary<br>
Dr. Robert H. McCrary)<br>
Eight grandchildren
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|occupation=[[Business]]man}}
'''Curtis Lavell McCrary "Slick," Sr.''', known as '''C. L. McCrary'''' (October 28, 1905 – September 24, 1989), was a [[business]]man from Arcadia, [[Louisiana]], who represented Bienville Parish, as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in his state's House of Representative] for a single term from 1960 to 1964.<ref name=lahouse>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> His service corresponded with the administration of [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]], a native of nearby Jackson Parish in North Louisiana.
In 1956, McCrary ran in a [[special election]] to fill the seat vacated by [[Lorris M. Wimberly]] of Arcadia, the [[Speaker]] of the Louisiana House of Representatives, who left the legislature after lengthy service to join the administration of Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] as the director of the Louisiana Department of Public Works. McCrary lost to Fletcher Sutton, the then [[mayor]] of Gibsland, 2,030 votes to 1,784, in a runoff contest<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/bienville/history/suttonrep.txt|title=Sutton elected state representative|publisher=''The Ringgold Record''|date=October 19, 1956|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref> but rebounded to claim the seat for a full term in 1960. In 1964, McCrary was succeeded by another Democrat, businessman [[Len Lacy]] of Castor, a member of the Bienville Parish School Board, who also held the seat for one term. Lacy was the last person to have represented only Bienville Parish in the legislature. Until 1968, each parish regardless of its population had been guaranteed a seat in the 105-member Louisiana House. Bienville was thereafter combined with Jackson Parish. [[E. L. "Bubba" Henry]], a Democrat from Jonesboro in Jackson Parish, defeated Lacy in the 1967 primary, and in 1972, Henry began an eight-year stint as the Louisiana House Speaker.<ref name=lahouse/> He also ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1979.
McCrary and his wife, the former Ida Louise May (1908-1997), a native of rural Eros in Jackson Parish, had three sons, Curtis, Jr. (1932-2021), and wife Jackie of Arcadia, Phillip R. McCrary and wife Sue of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], and the late Dr. Robert McCrary and wife Donna of Hattiesburg, [[Mississippi]]. The McCrarys are interred at Arcadia Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/m/mccrary1554gob.txt|title=Ida May McCrary obituary|date=November 7, 1997|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|accessdate=January 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>C L McCrary (1905-1989) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed June 10, 2022.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCrary, C. L.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]