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'''Edgar Hunter Lancaster, Jr.''' (June 13, 1918 &ndash;  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>

'''Edgar Hunter Lancaster, Jr.''' (June 13, 1918 &ndash;  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]].

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]].

Bar Association.<ref name=obit>Edgar H. Lancaster obituary, ''The Monroe News-Star,'' October 15, 2009.</ref>

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=December 1, 2020}}</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>  

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=December 1, 2020}}</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=December 1, 2020}}</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/>  

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/>