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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Eugene Webb McGehee
|image=Eugene McGehee of LA.jpg
|nationality=[[Scotland|Scottish]]-[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for East Baton Rouge Parish]]
|term_start=1960
|term_end=1972
|preceded=Two-member delegation:<br>
Wayne Gaudin<br>
[[A. T. "Apple" Sanders, Jr.]]
|succeeded=Nine-member delegation:<br>
Richard Hugh Baker<br>
[[Clark Gaudin]]<br>
[[Woody Jenkins]]<br>
[[Kevin Reilly (Louisiana politician)|Kevin P. Reilly]]<br>
Arthur F. Abadie<br>
[[Warren Davis Folkes]]<br>
Johnnie A. Jones<br>
[[Frank P. Simoneaux]]<br>
Richard Turnley, Jr.
|office2=[[Judge]] of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court
|term_start2=1972
|term_end2=1978
|preceded2=
|succeeded2=
|birth_date=March 19, 1929
|birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|death_date=April 11, 2014 (aged 85)
|death_place=Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|resting_place=Blackwater United Methodist Church Cemetery in Baton Rouge
|residence=Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|spouse=Frances Merrelle Gri McGehee
|children=Webb McGehee<br>
Laurelle M. Cliburn<br>
Kellye M. Couvillion<br>
Melane M. Landry<br>
Nine grandchildren
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
|branch=Louisiana National Guard
|serviceyears=1948-1978
|rank=colonel (on retirement)
}}
'''Eugene Webb McGehee''' (March 19, 1929 – April 11, 2014) was an [[attorney]] and [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[politician]] from his native [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
From a modest background of [[Scotland|Scottish]] descent, McGehee, an [[Eagle Scout]],<ref name=obit/> entered [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center at the age of eighteen and upon graduation practiced law for several decades.<ref name=bio/> From 1960 to 1972, he served three four-year terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2016.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016|publisher=legis.la.gov|accessdate=July 21, 2022}}</ref>
Thereafter until his retirement from the legislature in 1978, he was a judge of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/8890104-125/eugene-mcgehee-former-state-legislator|title=Eugene McGehee, former state legislator and judge, dies|author=Ben Wallace|date=April 14, 2014|publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=July 12, 2014}}</ref>
In 1948, he entered the Louisiana National Guard as a private and retired more than three decades later as a [[colonel]]. He was inducted in 2001 into the LSU Cadets of the Ole War Skule and the LSU c. 1978Hall of Honor. He received the Louisiana Distinguished Service Medal and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.<ref name=bio/>
McGehee and his wife, the former Frances Merrelle Gri (born April 1929), have a son, Webb McGee and wife Judy; three daughters, Laurelle M. Cliburn, Kellye M. Couvillion and husband Jeff, and Melane M. Landry; nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He died at his home in Baton Rouge at the age of eighty-five. A member of the Blackwater [[United Methodist]] Church in Baton Rouge, he is interred at the church cemetery there.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url= http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=eugene-webb-mcgehee&pid=170607948&|title=Eugene Webb McGehee|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=April 12, 2014|accessdate=July 21, 2022}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McGehee, Eugene}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
|name=Eugene Webb McGehee
|image=Eugene McGehee of LA.jpg
|nationality=[[Scotland|Scottish]]-[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for East Baton Rouge Parish]]
|term_start=1960
|term_end=1972
|preceded=Two-member delegation:<br>
Wayne Gaudin<br>
[[A. T. "Apple" Sanders, Jr.]]
|succeeded=Nine-member delegation:<br>
Richard Hugh Baker<br>
[[Clark Gaudin]]<br>
[[Woody Jenkins]]<br>
[[Kevin Reilly (Louisiana politician)|Kevin P. Reilly]]<br>
Arthur F. Abadie<br>
[[Warren Davis Folkes]]<br>
Johnnie A. Jones<br>
[[Frank P. Simoneaux]]<br>
Richard Turnley, Jr.
|office2=[[Judge]] of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court
|term_start2=1972
|term_end2=1978
|preceded2=
|succeeded2=
|birth_date=March 19, 1929
|birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|death_date=April 11, 2014 (aged 85)
|death_place=Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|resting_place=Blackwater United Methodist Church Cemetery in Baton Rouge
|residence=Baton Rouge, Louisiana
|spouse=Frances Merrelle Gri McGehee
|children=Webb McGehee<br>
Laurelle M. Cliburn<br>
Kellye M. Couvillion<br>
Melane M. Landry<br>
Nine grandchildren
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
|branch=Louisiana National Guard
|serviceyears=1948-1978
|rank=colonel (on retirement)
}}
'''Eugene Webb McGehee''' (March 19, 1929 – April 11, 2014) was an [[attorney]] and [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[politician]] from his native [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
From a modest background of [[Scotland|Scottish]] descent, McGehee, an [[Eagle Scout]],<ref name=obit/> entered [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center at the age of eighteen and upon graduation practiced law for several decades.<ref name=bio/> From 1960 to 1972, he served three four-year terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2016.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016|publisher=legis.la.gov|accessdate=July 21, 2022}}</ref>
Thereafter until his retirement from the legislature in 1978, he was a judge of the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/8890104-125/eugene-mcgehee-former-state-legislator|title=Eugene McGehee, former state legislator and judge, dies|author=Ben Wallace|date=April 14, 2014|publisher=''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=July 12, 2014}}</ref>
In 1948, he entered the Louisiana National Guard as a private and retired more than three decades later as a [[colonel]]. He was inducted in 2001 into the LSU Cadets of the Ole War Skule and the LSU c. 1978Hall of Honor. He received the Louisiana Distinguished Service Medal and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.<ref name=bio/>
McGehee and his wife, the former Frances Merrelle Gri (born April 1929), have a son, Webb McGee and wife Judy; three daughters, Laurelle M. Cliburn, Kellye M. Couvillion and husband Jeff, and Melane M. Landry; nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He died at his home in Baton Rouge at the age of eighty-five. A member of the Blackwater [[United Methodist]] Church in Baton Rouge, he is interred at the church cemetery there.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url= http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=eugene-webb-mcgehee&pid=170607948&|title=Eugene Webb McGehee|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=April 12, 2014|accessdate=July 21, 2022}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McGehee, Eugene}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]