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'''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>
'''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]].
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; information no longer on-line}}</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/>
He was a [[United States Army]] soldier during [[World War II]], a commitment which delayed his legal studies.<ref name=obit/>