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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Warren Davis Folkes
| image =
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for West Feliciana Parish
| term_start=1944
| term_end=1955
| preceded=Thomas D. Gilmore
| succeeded=James P. Leake
| office2=Louisiana State Senator<br> for Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start2=1955
| term_end2=1968
| preceded2=[[E. M. Toler]]
| succeeded2=J. E. Jumonville, Sr.
| office3=Louisiana State Representative<br> for West Feliciana and East Baton Rouge parishes
| term_start3=1968
| term_end3=1976
| preceded3=James P. Leake
| succeeded3=Joe Allen Fudge
| birth_date=January 4, 1898
| birth_place=St. Francisville,<br> West Feliciana Parish.
| death_date=June 13, 1997 (aged 99)
| resting_place=Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville
| residence=St. Francisville, Louisiana
| alma_mater=University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]
| religion=[[Episcopalian]]
| occupation=[[Farmer]]
| spouse=Alice Winfield Pipes Folkes
| children=Alice Folkes Bankston<br>
Four grandchildren
| parents=[[Cheston Folkes]]<br>
Jessie Davis Folkes}}
'''Warren Davis Folkes''' (January 4, 1898 – June 14, 1997) was a [[farmer]] from his native St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who served as a state representative from 1944 to 1955 and again from 1968 to 1976<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2024.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-Present|publisher=lLouisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref> and as a state senator in the intervening years of 1955 to 1968.<ref name=senate>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-Present|publisher=Louisiaa State Senate|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
Folkes was one of seven children of [[Cheston Folkes]] and the former Jessie Davis (1865-1938). Cheston Folkes was a state representative from 1908 to 1920, 1924 to 1932, and 1936 to 1940.<ref name=house/> Warren Folkes graduated from the what is now the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]] but was then known as Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute. He was active in his hometown Grace [[Episcopal]] Church.<ref name=wdf>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32832870|title=Warren Davis Folkes|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref> He and his wife, the former Alice Winfield Pipes (1903-1996)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32832960|title=Alice Winfield Pipes Folkes|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 31, 2014}}</ref> had one child, Alice Folks Bankston (1935-2013), the wife of Walter Roland Bankston and the mother of four children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112168835|title=Alice Folkes Bankston|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 31, 2014}}</ref>
Folkes left the state House after victory in a [[special election]] in 1955 for the state Senate vacancy created by the death in 1954 of [[E. M. Toler]], a long-time East Feliciana Parish [[physician]] from Clinton. Folkes returned to the House in 1968 for the West Feliciana Parish district and also from 1972 to 1976 was part of the nine-member delegation from populous East Baton Rouge Parish.<ref name=house/><ref name=senate/>
Folkes, his wife, daughter, and other family members are interred at the Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville.<ref name=wdf/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Farmers
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]
| name=Warren Davis Folkes
| image =
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for West Feliciana Parish
| term_start=1944
| term_end=1955
| preceded=Thomas D. Gilmore
| succeeded=James P. Leake
| office2=Louisiana State Senator<br> for Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start2=1955
| term_end2=1968
| preceded2=[[E. M. Toler]]
| succeeded2=J. E. Jumonville, Sr.
| office3=Louisiana State Representative<br> for West Feliciana and East Baton Rouge parishes
| term_start3=1968
| term_end3=1976
| preceded3=James P. Leake
| succeeded3=Joe Allen Fudge
| birth_date=January 4, 1898
| birth_place=St. Francisville,<br> West Feliciana Parish.
| death_date=June 13, 1997 (aged 99)
| resting_place=Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville
| residence=St. Francisville, Louisiana
| alma_mater=University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]]
| religion=[[Episcopalian]]
| occupation=[[Farmer]]
| spouse=Alice Winfield Pipes Folkes
| children=Alice Folkes Bankston<br>
Four grandchildren
| parents=[[Cheston Folkes]]<br>
Jessie Davis Folkes}}
'''Warren Davis Folkes''' (January 4, 1898 – June 14, 1997) was a [[farmer]] from his native St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish in south [[Louisiana]], who served as a state representative from 1944 to 1955 and again from 1968 to 1976<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2024.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-Present|publisher=lLouisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref> and as a state senator in the intervening years of 1955 to 1968.<ref name=senate>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-Present|publisher=Louisiaa State Senate|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
Folkes was one of seven children of [[Cheston Folkes]] and the former Jessie Davis (1865-1938). Cheston Folkes was a state representative from 1908 to 1920, 1924 to 1932, and 1936 to 1940.<ref name=house/> Warren Folkes graduated from the what is now the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]] but was then known as Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute. He was active in his hometown Grace [[Episcopal]] Church.<ref name=wdf>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32832870|title=Warren Davis Folkes|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref> He and his wife, the former Alice Winfield Pipes (1903-1996)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32832960|title=Alice Winfield Pipes Folkes|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 31, 2014}}</ref> had one child, Alice Folks Bankston (1935-2013), the wife of Walter Roland Bankston and the mother of four children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112168835|title=Alice Folkes Bankston|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=December 31, 2014}}</ref>
Folkes left the state House after victory in a [[special election]] in 1955 for the state Senate vacancy created by the death in 1954 of [[E. M. Toler]], a long-time East Feliciana Parish [[physician]] from Clinton. Folkes returned to the House in 1968 for the West Feliciana Parish district and also from 1972 to 1976 was part of the nine-member delegation from populous East Baton Rouge Parish.<ref name=house/><ref name=senate/>
Folkes, his wife, daughter, and other family members are interred at the Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in St. Francisville.<ref name=wdf/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Folkes, Warren Davis}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Farmers
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]