Charles Anding

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Charles Ray Anding

Louisiana State Representative
for District 15 (Ouachita Parish)
In office
1988–1996
Preceded by Evelyn Blackmon
Succeeded by Mike Walsworth

Born July 15, 1928
Louisiana
Died May 20, 2004 (aged 75)
West Monroe, Louisiana
Resting place Luna Methodist Cemetery in West Monroe
Political party Democrat
Spouse(s) Lillie Lorece Parnell (married 1945–2004, his death)
Children Anita Anding

Shirley Downs
Earnest Anding
Six grandchildren
Parents:
John and Mellie Anding

Residence West Monroe
Occupation Officer of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers

Charles Ray Anding (July 15, 1928 – May 20, 2004)[1] of West Monroe, Louisiana, was a Democratic state representative for District 15 in Ouachita Parish in the northeastern portion of his state. He served two terms from 1988 to 1996.[2]

Anding was a son of John Anding (1901–1981) and Mellie B. Anding (1903–1995) of West Monroe.[3] From 1945, shortly after his marriage at the age of seventeen to the former Lillie Lorece Parnell, Anding became an officer of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers. He held several positions with the union until his retirement in 1992. Prior to his state House service, he had been a member of the Ouachita Parish School Board and for two terms between 1966 and 1974 an alderman on the West Monroe City Council,[4] having served his city during the administration of Mayor Bert Hatten.[5]

In the 1987 general election, Anding narrowly defeated the Republican David Glen Haynes (born c. 1954) to claim the seat vacated by Democrat Evelyn Blackmon, the first woman elected to the legislature from Ouachita Parish. Blackmon ran third in the nonpartisan blanket primary and was hence eliminated from the second round of balloting.[6] Anding prevailed by 201 votes, 5,672 (50.9 percent) to Haynes's 5,471 (49.1 percent).[7]

No Republican challenged Anding in 1991, and he received 81 percent of the vote to secure his second term. In 1995, however, he was toppled by the Republican Mike Walsworth, since a state senator until January 2020. Walsworth received 7,745 votes (54.7 percent) to Anding's 6,403 (45.3 percent).[8]

The Andings had three children, Anita Anding, Shirley A. Downs, and Earnest Anding. He died at the age of seventy-five and is interred in West Monroe at Luna Methodist Cemetery.[4]

References

  1. Charles Ray Anding. findagrave.com. Retrieved on February 18, 2021.
  2. Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024. house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved on February 18, 2021.
  3. Anding. faqs.org. Retrieved on May 22, 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Regular Session, 2004 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 77. lanewsbureau.com. Retrieved on May 22, 2014.
  5. Lake Charles American Press, June 15, 1966, p. 10.
  6. Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.}
  7. Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 21, 1987.
  8. Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.