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{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Edwin Oswald "Ed" Ware, III

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|office=District Attorney for the [[Louisiana]] 9th Judicial District Court [Rapides Parish)

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|office=District Attorney for the [[Louisiana]] 9th Judicial District Court (Rapides Parish)

|term_start=January 1, 1967

|term_end= December 31, 1984

|successor =Charles F. Wagner

| spouse=Barbara Fritchie Ware (married 1953-2016, his death)

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| children =Four children

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| children=Four children

| party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

| parents=Edwin, Jr. and Mary Louella Pierce Ware

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Ware's grandfather, Edwin O. Ware, Sr., a [[clergy]]man originally from [[Kentucky]], was a founder and first president of the [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site40.php|title=Ware, Edwin O.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' by the Louisiana Historical Association|date=1988|page=825|accessdate=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120054027/http://www.lahistory.org/site40.php#|archive-date=2010-11-20|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref> from which Ware obtained his undergraduate degree in 1948. Ware, however, was a [[Presbyterian]]<ref name=whoswho/> [[Sunday school]] teacher.<ref name=deathofware/> Ware's father, Edwin, Jr., was born in Alexandria in 1897; his mother, the former Mary Louella Pierce (1902-1992), was from Calcasieu Parish, which includes [[Lake Charles]]. The couple married in 1922 and resided in Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=allgs&gss=sfs28_ms_r_f-2_s&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Louella&gsln=Ware&mswpn__ftp=Alexandria%2C%20Louisiana&MSAV=1&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=upc|title=Louella Ware|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>

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Ware was the third of five children. His only brother, William Eaton "Bill" Ware (1930-2013) of Haughton in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana, served in the [[United States Air Force]] and was stationed in the Pacific Proving Grounds during the nuclear testing on [[Bikini Island]]. He later worked for [[General Motors]] in [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=william-eaton-ware-bill&pid=164450402&fhid=10225#sthash.dlXZ2QGV.dpuf|title=William Eaton "Bill" Ware|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=April 26, 2013|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> Ware's three sisters, all deceased, were Dorothy Ruth Brown (1924-1966), who died at the age of forty-two in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=Dorothy+Ruth&gsln=Ware&msbdy=&msbpn__ftp=Alexandria%2C+Louisiana%2C+USA&msddy=1966&msdpn__ftp=Fort+Worth%2C+Texas%2C+USA&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=Dorothy Ruth Ware|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> Jewel Ware Dean (1925-2011), an English teacher in Livingston Parish near Baton Rouge,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Jewell-Dean&lc=2672&pid=153480492&mid=4801845|title=Jewell Dean|publisher=obits.dignitymemorial.com|date=September 5, 2011|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> and Mary Louella Ware Dvorak (1933-2009) of Blanchard in McClain County, [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dvorak&GSfn=Mary&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GSsr=121&GRid=34695611&df=all&|title=Mary Louella Ware Dvorak|publisher=''The Daily Oklahoman''|location=[[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]|date=March 11, 2009|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>

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Ware was the third of five children. His only brother, William Eaton "Bill" Ware (1930-2013) of Haughton in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana, served in the [[United States Air Force]] and was stationed in the Pacific Proving Grounds during the nuclear testing on Bikini Island. He later worked for [[General Motors]] in [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?n=william-eaton-ware-bill&pid=164450402&fhid=10225#sthash.dlXZ2QGV.dpuf|title=William Eaton "Bill" Ware|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=April 26, 2013|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> Ware's three sisters, all deceased, were Dorothy Ruth Brown (1924-1966), who died at the age of forty-two in [[Fort Worth]], [[Texas]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=Dorothy+Ruth&gsln=Ware&msbdy=&msbpn__ftp=Alexandria%2C+Louisiana%2C+USA&msddy=1966&msdpn__ftp=Fort+Worth%2C+Texas%2C+USA&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=000&cp=0|title=Dorothy Ruth Ware|publisher=search.ancestry.com|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> Jewel Ware Dean (1925-2011), an English teacher in Livingston Parish near Baton Rouge,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Jewell-Dean&lc=2672&pid=153480492&mid=4801845|title=Jewell Dean|publisher=obits.dignitymemorial.com|date=September 5, 2011|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> and Mary Louella Ware Dvorak (1933-2009) of Blanchard in McClain County, [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Dvorak&GSfn=Mary&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GSsr=121&GRid=34695611&df=all&|title=Mary Louella Ware Dvorak|publisher=''The Daily Oklahoman''|location=[[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]|date=March 11, 2009|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref>

After Ware graduated from Bolton High School in Alexandria, he served stateside as an enlisted man from 1945 to 1946 in the [[United States Navy]]. He was thereafter a lieutenant commander in the Navy Reserve.<ref name=whoswho/>

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==Legal and political life==

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Ware obtained his legal credentials in 1951 from the LSU Center]] in Baton Rouge. He was affiliated with [[Lambda Chi Alpha]].<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Edwin O. Ware, III", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), pp. 674-675.</ref> His law school classmates included other later Alexandria political figures [[U.S. Representative]] Gillis William Long (1923-1985) of Louisiana's 8th congressional district, since disbanded; 9th Judicial District Judge Guy Humphries, Jr. state Representative Lloyd George Teekell,<ref name=yearbook/> and Ware's law partner and assistant DA, [[Gus Voltz]], Jr. ~~(1921-2008)~~.<ref name=voltz>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thetowntalk.com/article/20080829/OBITUARIES/80828035/Gus-Voltz-Jr-|title=Gus Voltz, Jr.|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=August 28, 2008|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Also in the class were later state Representatives George B. Holstead]of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] and Risley C. Triche of Napoleonville, in Assumption Parish.<ref name=yearbook>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/lsu/1951/Page_127.html|title=Louisiana State University ''Gumbo'' yearbook, 1951|publisher=E-yearbook.com|accessdate=July 3, 2013}}</ref>

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Ware obtained his legal credentials in 1951 from the LSU Center]] in Baton Rouge. He was affiliated with Lambda Chi Alpha.<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Edwin O. Ware, III", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007-2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2007), pp. 674-675.</ref> His law school classmates included other later Alexandria political figures [[U.S. Representative]] Gillis William Long (1923-1985) of Louisiana's 8th congressional district, since disbanded; 9th Judicial District Judge Guy Humphries, Jr. state Representative Lloyd George Teekell,<ref name=yearbook/> and Ware's law partner and assistant DA, [[Gus Voltz|Gus Voltz, Jr.]].<ref name=voltz>{{cite web|url=http://archive.thetowntalk.com/article/20080829/OBITUARIES/80828035/Gus-Voltz-Jr-|title=Gus Voltz, Jr.|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=August 28, 2008|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Also in the class were later state Representatives George B. Holstead]of [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]] and Risley C. Triche of Napoleonville, in Assumption Parish.<ref name=yearbook>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/lsu/1951/Page_127.html|title=Louisiana State University ''Gumbo'' yearbook, 1951|publisher=E-yearbook.com|accessdate=July 3, 2013}}</ref>

Ware and Voltz established their long-term practice, Voltz and Ware, in downtown Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.martindale.com/Edwin-O-Ware-III/587820-lawyer.htm|title=Edwin O. Ware, III|publisher=martindale.com|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> From 1955 to 1957, he was an assistant district attorney for Rapides Parish. He was elected three times as DA in 1966, 1972, and 1978.<ref name=whoswho/> Voltz was his first assistant DA during all of those years. In his capacity as DA, Ware was frequently involved in high-profile legal cases. In 1969, he was the [[defendant]] in ''Snyder v. Ware, et al.'', in which later Alexandria [[Mayor]] [[John K. Snyder]] sued regarding a criminal [[defamation]] charge brought against him.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://leagle.com/decision/1970649314FSupp335_1584.xml/SNYDER%20v.%20WARE|title=John K. Snyder v. Edwin O. Ware, III|publisher=leagle.com|date=October 13, 1970|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}</ref> In the spring of 1977, Ware felt compelled to deny a charge by Mayor Snyder, who was then seeking reelection in his failed campaign against Carroll Edwin Lanier, that Ware was for all practical purposes "running" the city police department and undercutting the mayor's position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20120418/OPINION/204180319/From-past|title=From the Past|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=April 18, 1977|accessdate=May 26, 2015}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=deathofware/>

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