who was elected in 1966 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to the West Monroe City Council under then [[Mayor]] [[Bert Hatten]], also an alumnus of the Monroe newspapers.<ref>''The Lake Charles American Press,'' June 15, 1966, p. 10.</ref> Truett Thorn, a veteran of the [[United States Air Force]], is also interred at Port Hudson Natonal Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=195257571|title=Truett Thorn obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=February 4, 2020|accessdate=July 3, 2020}}</ref>
Former state Senator [[Armand Brinkhaus (1935-2017)]], a Democrat from Sunset in St. Landry Parish who served from 1968 to 1996, wrote that his own recollection of Thorn "goes back to his work with Edwin Edwards in Congress ... He was a remarkable man, inventive, a leader, and a survivor. May God bless him and his family."<ref name=jdthorn/>
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