Lester Vetter

Lester Paul Vetter
Louisiana State Representative for Red River Parish
In office
1952  February 25, 1960
Preceded by Walter DeMoss
Succeeded by Henry Bethard
Mayor of Coushatta, Louisiana
In office
1948–1952
Preceded by Clarence E. Edgerton
Succeeded by Douglas Fowler
Personal details
Born May 1910
Place of birth missing
Died February 25, 1960 (aged 49)
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Resting place Springville Cemetery in Coushatta, Louisiana
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Anna May Posey Vetter
Children Two children
Residence Coushatta, Louisiana
Alma mater Louisiana State University
Occupation Lawyer

Lester Paul Vetter (May 1910 February 25, 1960) was a Democrat from Coushatta in northwestern Louisiana, who was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Red River Parish from 1952 until his death, with service during the administrations of Governors Robert F. Kennon and Earl Kemp Long.[1]

Vetter is listed in both the 1920 and the 1930 census at the ages of nine and nineteen, respectively, as living in St. Mary Parish in South Louisiana.[2] He attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.[3]

Immediately prior to his legislative tenure, Vetter was from 1948 to 1952[4] the mayor of Coushatta.[5] Vetter was also a secretary-treasurer and then the president of the Red River Parish Fair Association,[6] in which capacity he obtained a grant for a needed new exhibition barn.[7]

Vetter gravestone in Springville Cemetery in Coushatta, Louisiana

Vetter died in a New Orleans hospital shortly before the end of his legislative term. He was survived by his widow,[8] the former Anna May Posey (1912-2004),[9] a teacher and businesswoman and one of three children of George J. Posey. The Vetters had two children, a son and a daughter. He is interred at Springville Cemetery in Coushatta.[8]

References

  1. "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Red River Parish" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  2. "Lester P. Vetter". search.ancestry.com. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  3. "Myrtis Lee Heard Jackson (Section on Lester Vetter is under Wilmer "Jack" Jackson)". communicatinglife2.blogspot.com. January 31, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  4. Years of mayoral service confirmed by the Coushatta City Hall
  5. "Bill Anderson's Sports Slants". Beaver County, Pennsylvania: Beaver Valley Times. April 30, 1951. p. 14. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  6. 1951 Fair Dates. The Billboard. June 30, 1951. p. 63. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  7. Thomas Cecil Blount (2012). I Always Had a Dream. Bloomington, Indiana: CrossBooks. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-4627-2128-3. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  8. 1 2 The Final Curtain: Vetter, Lester P. The Billboard. March 7, 1960. p. 56. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  9. The Shreveport Times, November 11, 2004
Preceded by
Walter DeMoss
Louisiana State Representative for Red River Parish

Lester Paul Vetter
19521960

Succeeded by
Henry Bethard
Preceded by
Clarence E. Edgerton
Mayor of Coushatta, Louisiana

Lester Paul Vetter
1948 1952

Succeeded by
Douglas Fowler
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