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Enos Carr McClendon, Jr. (September 17, 1917 – June 16, 2003), was a judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District from 1960 until his retirement in 1978. McClendon was based in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in the northwestern portion of the state. ==Background== McClendon was the son of the former Lurene Gray (1891–1978) and Judge Enos McClendon, Sr., (1889–1958) of Homer in Claiborne Parish in north Louisiana. The senior McClendon served on the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal from 1930 until his death in 1958. McClendon's paternal grandparents were Enos H. McClendon (1849–1919) and the former Della Carr (1860–1927).〔Grave markers, Arlington Cemetery, Homer, Louisiana〕 McClendon, Jr., graduated from Homer High School and procured his Bachelor of Arts and LLB degrees from Tulane University and the Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans. He served four years in the United States Army during World War II.〔Advertisement to elect Enos McClendon as Judge of the 26th Judicial District, ''Minden Press'', July 18, 1960, p. 8〕 Except for the time of his military service, he practiced law in Minden from 1940 to 1960.〔 McClendon was married for more than fifty years to the former Lois Rogers (1920–1991), and the couple had four children: Enos Carr McClendon, III (born 1946), Eloise M. Murchison (born 1948), Roger Gray McClendon (born 1949), and Kathy M. Hines.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Obituary of Enos Carr McClendon, Jr. )〕 Son Carr McClendon of Carlsbad, California, is married to the former Peggy Whaley of Minden, the daughter of the late Marjorie Bright Whaley and Bernard Crowell Whaley (1920-2015), a native of Columbia County, Arkansas. A decorated first lieutenant with the United States Army Air Forces, Bernard Whaley flew thirty bombing missions during World War II over France and Germany, two on D-Day at Normandy. He was subsequently the owner and operator for forty years of the Dairy Queen in Minden.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bernard Whaley )〕 After the death of his first wife, Judge McClendon was married for the last twelve years of his life to the former Laura Gordon.〔 McClendon was for several years the superintendent of the adult division of the First Baptist Church of Minden. In 1958, he was elected to succeed the Minden attorney Graydon K. Kitchens, Sr., as president of the Webster Parish Bar Association, with later Judge Cecil C. Lowe as the association vice-president.〔"Enos McClendon Elected Parish Bar President", ''Minden Herald'', January 16, 1958, p. 1〕 He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, American Cancer Society, American Legion, and the Chamber of Commerce.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Enos McClendon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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