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Edward M. Carmouche Papers |
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1944-1946
1.27 linear feet
Collection Number 230
Prepared by Kathie Bordelon
CITATION: The Edward M. Carmouche Papers, Collection No. 230, Box number, Folder number, Archives and Special Collections Department, Frazar Memorial Library, McNeese State University.
Archives and Special Collections Department Frazar Memorial Library McNeese State University
Biographical Sketch
Edward Moss Carmouche was born in Lake Charles on June 21, 1921, a descendant of the city’s pioneer families, and eldest child of Alice Anne Moss and Paul Frederick Carmouche. After graduating from LSU in 1943, Carmouche entered the U.S. Army, and for service in the European Theater during World War II he was awarded three Bronze Stars and decorated with the French Croix de Guerre (with Silver Star), and the Medaille de la Reconnaissance. He served as aide de camp to U.S. generals Pleas D. Rogers and Frank A. Allen. He retired with the rank of captain.
Carmouche received the juris doctor degree from the University of Virginia in 1948 and the Master of Civil Law from Tulane University in 1949. He founded the law firm of Carmouche, Martin and Wilson in Lake Charles and became active in other business affairs locally, including the presidency of Lutcher Moore Development Corporation and as managing partner of Lutcher and Moore Cypress Lumber Company.
He also maintained law offices in Washington, D.C., New Orleans, Lafayette and Baton Rouge. At the time of his death in 1990, he was chairman of the board of the Carmouche, Gray law firm. He was a member of local, state and national bar associations. He was active in politics, serving as chairman of the state Central Democratic Committee in 1967 and as a member of the Electoral College and the National Democratic Platform Committee in 1960. He served as the U.S. Magistrate for Western Louisiana from 1952-1955, and as the assistant attorney general of Louisiana from 1955 to 1984.
He was a member of numerous civic organizations and was a trustee for the Presbytery of Southwest Louisiana, Presbyterian Church.
Carmouche died on April 6, 1990 and was buried at Sallier Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Martin Carmouche, and four children.
(Taken from Lake Charles American Press, April 7, 1990)
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists primarily of letters written by Edward M. Carmouche to his mother, Mrs. Paul F. Carmouche, during his service in the United States and overseas in World War II from 1944 to 1946.
Container List
Box 1 FF 1 1943 FF 2 August – September 1944 FF 3 October 1944 FF 4 November – December 1944 FF 5 January 1945 FF 6 February – August 1945 FF 7 March – October 1946 FF 8 Newspaper, photographs, misc.
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