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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Edgar Hunter Lancaster, Jr.
| image =Edgar H. Lancaster, Jr., of LA.jpg
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for Madison Parish
| term_start=1952
| term_end=1968
| preceded=One member per parish:<b/>
[[Henry Clay Sevier]]
| succeeded Two members, representing three parishes:<br>
[[S. S. DeWitt]] (Tensas Parish)<br>
[[Lantz Womack]] (Franklin Parish)
| birth_date=June 13, 1918
| birth_place=
| death_place =
| death_date=October 12, 2009 (aged 91)
| residence=Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana
| resting_place = Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah
| spouse=Beverly Vedros Lancaster (married c. 1944-2009, his death)
| children=Judge Michael E. Lancaster<br />Patricia Ann "Patsy" Forcier Clapp<br />Edgar Hunter Lancaster, III<br />Three grandsons<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Edgar Sr., and Willie Butler Lancaster
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| alma_mater=Tallulah High School<br>[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center
| branch=[United States Army]]
| battles=[[World War II]]}}
'''Edgar Hunter Lancaster, Jr.''' (June 13, 1918 – October 12, 2009)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43119568|title=Edgar Hunter Lancaster Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=November 30, 2020}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] from Tallulah, [[Louisiana]], who was from 1952 to 1968 a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Madison Parish in the northeastern corner of his state.<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=November 30, 2020 }}</ref>
Lancaster was one of three children of Edgar, Sr. (1889–1983), and the former Willie Butler (1897–1983) of Madison Parish; the couple died a month apart. He graduated from Tallulah High School, now Madison High School. He played [[football]] on the Tallulah Class B winning state team in 1935.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eye20creativecorridor.com/triumphovertragedy/gallery/lancaster-edgar-madison-1|title=Edgar H. Lancaster Jr., Madison Parish|publisher=eye20creativecorridor.com|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref> He then graduated from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] and [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]].
He was a [[United States Army]] soldier during [[World War II]], a commitment which delayed his legal studies.<ref name=obit/>
Lancaster was engaged in his law practice from 1948 until the time of his death at the age of ninety-one. As a House member for four terms, he served under [[governor]]s [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Jimmie Davis]], and [[John J. McKeithen]]. He was the chairman of the Judiciary A Committee. Outside the legislature, Lancaster was an organizer, member of the board of directors, and attorney of Southern National Bank at Tallulah. In 1986, he was named "Attorney of the Year" by the Louisiana Bar Foundation. A year later, he was inducted into the LSU Law Center Hall of Fame. From 1992 to 1993, Lancaster served as judge pro tempore of the Louisiana 6th Judicial District on appointment from the [[Louisiana Supreme Court]]. For fifty years, he was affiliated with the Louisiana Law Institute and was active as well in the Louisiana State
Bar Association.<ref name=obit>Edgar H. Lancaster obituary, ''The Monroe News-Star,'' October 15, 2009.</ref>
For sixty-five years, Lancaster was married to the former Beverly Vedros (1921-2013), a native of Lutcher in St. James Parish in South Louisiana.<ref name=bvlobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?pid=164539506|title=Beverly Vedros Lancaster|publisher=''Monroe News-World''|date=April 30, 2013|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref> The couple hadthree children, Judge Michael E. Lancaster and his wife, Becky, of Tallulah; Patricia Ann "Patsy" Clapp and her husband, Billy Clapp, of Ocala, [[Florida]]; and Edgar Hunter Lancaster, III, and his wife Terri of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=bvlobit/> The Lancasters' daughter, as Patsy Forcier, the then wife of Ray Forcier, was an employee of the city of [[Shreveport]], an authority on sewer matters and the administrative assistant from 1977 to 1978 under then Public Utilities Commissioner [[Billy Guin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/57669453/|title=From Cancan to sewer lines|publisher=''The San Bernardino County Sun''|author=Bonnie Davis|date=May 19, 1978|page=48|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
Lancaster died at the age of ninety-one; Mrs. Lancaster lived another four years. The Lancasters, both generations, are interred at Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah. Honorary pallbearers for Representative Lancaster's funeral included state Attorney General [[Buddy Caldwell]], whom Lancaster swore into office in 2008; a former legislative colleague, [[L .D. "Buddy" Napper]] of Ruston, and Henry Sevier, Jr., son of the legislator whom Lancaster succeeded in 1952.<ref name=obit/> Caldwell called Lancaster, "the gold standard" for the legal profession, the legislature, the family and community, and as a judge and athlete.<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lancaster, Jr., Edward H.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
| name=Edgar Hunter Lancaster, Jr.
| image =Edgar H. Lancaster, Jr., of LA.jpg
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for Madison Parish
| term_start=1952
| term_end=1968
| preceded=One member per parish:<b/>
[[Henry Clay Sevier]]
| succeeded Two members, representing three parishes:<br>
[[S. S. DeWitt]] (Tensas Parish)<br>
[[Lantz Womack]] (Franklin Parish)
| birth_date=June 13, 1918
| birth_place=
| death_place =
| death_date=October 12, 2009 (aged 91)
| residence=Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana
| resting_place = Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah
| spouse=Beverly Vedros Lancaster (married c. 1944-2009, his death)
| children=Judge Michael E. Lancaster<br />Patricia Ann "Patsy" Forcier Clapp<br />Edgar Hunter Lancaster, III<br />Three grandsons<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Edgar Sr., and Willie Butler Lancaster
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| alma_mater=Tallulah High School<br>[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center
| branch=[United States Army]]
| battles=[[World War II]]}}
'''Edgar Hunter Lancaster, Jr.''' (June 13, 1918 – October 12, 2009)<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43119568|title=Edgar Hunter Lancaster Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=November 30, 2020}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] from Tallulah, [[Louisiana]], who was from 1952 to 1968 a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Madison Parish in the northeastern corner of his state.<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=November 30, 2020 }}</ref>
Lancaster was one of three children of Edgar, Sr. (1889–1983), and the former Willie Butler (1897–1983) of Madison Parish; the couple died a month apart. He graduated from Tallulah High School, now Madison High School. He played [[football]] on the Tallulah Class B winning state team in 1935.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eye20creativecorridor.com/triumphovertragedy/gallery/lancaster-edgar-madison-1|title=Edgar H. Lancaster Jr., Madison Parish|publisher=eye20creativecorridor.com|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref> He then graduated from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] and [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]].
He was a [[United States Army]] soldier during [[World War II]], a commitment which delayed his legal studies.<ref name=obit/>
Lancaster was engaged in his law practice from 1948 until the time of his death at the age of ninety-one. As a House member for four terms, he served under [[governor]]s [[Robert F. Kennon]], [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], [[Jimmie Davis]], and [[John J. McKeithen]]. He was the chairman of the Judiciary A Committee. Outside the legislature, Lancaster was an organizer, member of the board of directors, and attorney of Southern National Bank at Tallulah. In 1986, he was named "Attorney of the Year" by the Louisiana Bar Foundation. A year later, he was inducted into the LSU Law Center Hall of Fame. From 1992 to 1993, Lancaster served as judge pro tempore of the Louisiana 6th Judicial District on appointment from the [[Louisiana Supreme Court]]. For fifty years, he was affiliated with the Louisiana Law Institute and was active as well in the Louisiana State
Bar Association.<ref name=obit>Edgar H. Lancaster obituary, ''The Monroe News-Star,'' October 15, 2009.</ref>
For sixty-five years, Lancaster was married to the former Beverly Vedros (1921-2013), a native of Lutcher in St. James Parish in South Louisiana.<ref name=bvlobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?pid=164539506|title=Beverly Vedros Lancaster|publisher=''Monroe News-World''|date=April 30, 2013|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref> The couple hadthree children, Judge Michael E. Lancaster and his wife, Becky, of Tallulah; Patricia Ann "Patsy" Clapp and her husband, Billy Clapp, of Ocala, [[Florida]]; and Edgar Hunter Lancaster, III, and his wife Terri of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]].<ref name=bvlobit/> The Lancasters' daughter, as Patsy Forcier, the then wife of Ray Forcier, was an employee of the city of [[Shreveport]], an authority on sewer matters and the administrative assistant from 1977 to 1978 under then Public Utilities Commissioner [[Billy Guin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/57669453/|title=From Cancan to sewer lines|publisher=''The San Bernardino County Sun''|author=Bonnie Davis|date=May 19, 1978|page=48|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
Lancaster died at the age of ninety-one; Mrs. Lancaster lived another four years. The Lancasters, both generations, are interred at Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah. Honorary pallbearers for Representative Lancaster's funeral included state Attorney General [[Buddy Caldwell]], whom Lancaster swore into office in 2008; a former legislative colleague, [[L .D. "Buddy" Napper]] of Ruston, and Henry Sevier, Jr., son of the legislator whom Lancaster succeeded in 1952.<ref name=obit/> Caldwell called Lancaster, "the gold standard" for the legal profession, the legislature, the family and community, and as a judge and athlete.<ref name=findagrave/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lancaster, Jr., Edward H.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Judges]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United States Army]]