Hon. Benjamin Henry Pavy, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Hon. Benjamin Henry Pavy, judge of the Sixteenth Judicial District, has
earned a distinguished record in his profession since beginning practice a
few years ago.

Judge Pavy was born in St. Landry Parish, October 16, 1874, son of Alfred
Henry and Laperle (Guidry) Pavy.  His father, who died June 28, l908, was
for many years deputy clerk and clerk of court in St. Landry Parish.
Benjamin H. Pavy acquired a public school education, and in 1891, at the
age of seventeen went to work for his father as deputy clerk of court.  He
studied law with Hon. Gilbert L. Dupre, of Opelousas; was admitted to the
bar in 1900, and for the first five years practiced in association with his
father-in-law, Edward Veazie, in the firm of Veazie & Pavy.  From 1903 to
1910 Mr. Pavy carried on an individual practice, and in 1910 came his first
election to judge of the Sixteenth Judicial District, comprising S. Landry
and Evangeline parishes.  He has been retained in this responsible position
on the bench of twenty consecutive years.

Judge Pavy served five years as a member of the Louisiana Bar Examining
Committee, and was active in all phases of the war program.  He married,
November 4, 1896, Ida Veazie, daughter of the late Edward P. Veazie, a
prominent attorney of Louisiana, who died in 1916.  Judge and Mrs. Pavy
have seven children: Albert, a graduate of the Louisiana State University,
now practicing law at Opelousas, Albert L., Alfred Dudley, Evelyn, Yvonne,
Marie and Ida.

A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 377, by Henry E. Chambers.  Published
by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.