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Elaine Lucille Edwards 1929 - 2018

Elaine Lucille (Schwartzenburg) Edwards was born on March 8, 1929 in Marksville, Paroisse des Avoyelles County, LA États-Unis, and died at age 89 years old on May 14, 2018 in Denham Springs, Paroisse de Livingston County. Elaine Edwards was buried at Resthaven Gardens of Memory & Funeral Home 11817 Jefferson Hwy, in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elaine Lucille Edwards.

Elaine Lucille (Schwartzenburg) Edwards

March 8, 1929

Marksville, Paroisse des Avoyelles County, LA, États-Unis

May 14, 2018

Denham Springs, Paroisse de Livingston County, LA, États-Unis

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Elaine Lucille (Schwartzenburg) Edwards' History: 1929 - 2018

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US Senator. She served in the United States Senate from the state of Louisiana from August 1, 1972 to November 13, 1972. She married Edwin Edwards in 1949 and saw her husband's rise in politics from being mayor of Crowley, Louisiana to Congress and then to the governorship of Louisiana. In May of 1972, she became the First Lady of Louisiana when her husband was elected governor. A few months later, she was appointed by her husband to fill the seat of longtime Senator Allen J. Ellender, who had passed away. She served in the United States Senate for a few months until a new senator, J. Bennett Johnston, was elected in November of 1972. After leaving the Senate, she went back to being the First Lady of Louisiana until her husband left office in 1980. She was the First Lady of Louisiana again from 1984 to 1988 during her husband's second tenure as governor. In 1989, her husband asked her for a divorce after forty years of marriage. She went on to live with her daughter Victoria until she passed away.
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1929

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March 8, 1929

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Marksville, Paroisse des Avoyelles County, LA États-Unis

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2018

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May 14, 2018

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Denham Springs, Paroisse de Livingston County, LA États-Unis
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Resthaven Gardens of Memory & Funeral Home 11817 Jefferson Hwy, in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish County, LA 70816, États-Unis
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Elaine Lucille Edwards lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.

The average age of a Schwartzenburg family member is 88.

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