Obituaries:  Joe T. Cawthorn, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       C-365
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 16, 1967
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Joe T. Cawthorn (Photo)

  Joe T. Cawthorn, 56 year old Mansfield attorney, and former
State Senator representing DeSoto and Caddo parishes, died at
5:32 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 11, in Memorial Hospital, Lake Charles.

  Owner of Melody Ranch at Mansfield, and operator of Mammoth
Finance Co. in Shreveport, Mr. Cawthorn had become stricken in
Lake Charles, while on business, at 11 a.m., Friday, and was
hospitalized.

  Funeral services were held Monday, at 2:30 p.m., from Drewett
Funeral Chapel in Mansfield. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

  Active in Louisiana politics since 1932, and a close friend of
U. S. Sen. Huey Long, he made an unsuccessful bid Saturday, Nov.
4, for a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives, but was
victor for a slot on the 38th District Democratic Executive
Committee. The Representative District included Sabine, DeSoto,
and Red River Parishes.

  He represented Caddo and DeSoto parishes as a member of the
Louisiana State Senate from 1940-44, during which time, he served
as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and made an
unsuccessful bid in the race for State Attorney General.

  A native of Selma, he was a graduate of Oak Grove High School,
and received his law degree from Louisiana State University in
1932. He was an oil investor.

  In October, 1964, he was named head of the Johnson-for-President
organization for DeSoto Parish, and was also named to the 4th
District Democratic steering committee.

  Survivors include his widow, the former Merle Sloan of Grand
Cane; and a 13 year old daughter, Melody Merle; and one sister,
Mrs. Henry Jones of Stanley.