Ray Tarver

Ray Darryl Tarver (December 24, 1921 – December 11, 1972)[1] was a dentist from Natchitoches, Louisiana, who served a single term as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives from Natchitoches Parish. His tenure from 1964 to 1968 corresponded with the first administration of Governor John McKeithen. He was unseated in the 1967 Democratic primary election by Jimmy D. Long, a businessman and member of the Long political dynasty, who held the seat until 2000. Long had lost the House race to Tarver in 1963.[2]

Ray Darryl Tarver, D.D.S..
Louisiana State Representative for Natchitoches Parish
In office
1964–1968
Preceded byPaul L. Foshee
Curtis Boozman
Succeeded byJimmy D. Long
Personal details
Born(1921-12-24)December 24, 1921
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA
DiedDecember 11, 1972(1972-12-11) (aged 50)
Resting placeMemory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches, Louisiana
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Evelyn Marie Youngblood Tarver (married 1956-1972, his death; thereafter Evelyn Y. Carnahan
ParentsRichard Dave, Jr., and Lula Lee Ellzey Tarver
ResidenceNatchitoches, Louisiana
Alma materLoyola University New Orleans
OccupationDentist

Tarver was the youngest of three children born to Richard Dave Tarver, Jr. (1888-1963) and the former Lula Lee Ellzey (1892-1950). His siblings were Ann Dean Tarver, who was born in 1914 and married Gaynell Gus Tinsley, and Lovis Odell Tarver, who died in 1919 at the age of three, two years before Dr. Tarver's birth. Richard, Lula, and Lovis Tarver are interred at Pine Grove Cemetery in the Hagewood community of rural Natchitoches Parish.[3]

In 1952, Tarver received his D.D.S. degree from Loyola University in New Orleans.[4]

In 1956, Dr. Tarver married Evelyn Marie Youngblood, who was born on January 20, 1936, in Powhatan, a village in Natchitoches Parish. She is the daughter of Elmer "Ray" Youngblood and Rosa Leona King. Tarver died late in 1972, two weeks before his 51st birthday. In 1975, Evelyn married Carroll C. Carnahan (born 1935),[5] by whom upon their deaths she will be interred at Emmanuel Cemetery in Chopin, Louisiana.[6]

Dr. Tarver is interred at Memory Lawn Cemetery in Natchitoches.[1] His parents are buried at Pine Grove Cemetery in Hagewood, Louisiana.[7]

References
  1. "Ray Darrell Tarver (1921 - 1972)". findagrave.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  2. "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  3. "123. Richard David Tarver, Jr". familytreemaker.genealogy.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014r.
  4. "Loyola University (Class of 1952)". e-yearbook.com. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  5. "Dr. Ray D. Tarver, D.D.S." megjohn.info. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  6. "Evelyn Y. Carnahan". Findagrave.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  7. "Richard Dave Tarver". Findagrave.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
Preceded by
Former two-member district:

Paul L. Foshee
Curtis Boozman

 Louisiana State Representative from Natchitoches Parish

Ray Darryl Tarver, D.D.S.
1964–1968

Succeeded by
Jimmy D. Long


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