Arthur William "Art" Sour, Jr.
Louisiana State Representative
for District 6 (Shreveport)
In office
1972–1992
Preceded byFrank Fulco
Succeeded byMelissa Flournoy
Personal details
Born(1924-11-06)November 6, 1924
Shreveport, Caddo Parish
Louisiana, USA
DiedJanuary 10, 2000(2000-01-10) (aged 75)
Resting placeForest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMary Margaret Hodge Sour
ChildrenEdwin William Sour (1950-2022)

John Michael Sour

Margaret Stacy Sour
Parent(s)Arthur William, Sr., and Adele Elizabeth Diez Sour
Alma materC. E. Byrd High School
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Battles/warsWorld War II

Arthur William Sour, Jr., known as Art Sour (November 6, 1924 – January 10, 2000), was a Shreveport petroleum and real estate businessman, who was a pioneer in the development of a competitive Republican Party in his native U.S. state of Louisiana.

Background

Sour was a son of Arthur W. Sour (1895–1972), a native of Gretna in Jefferson Parish,[1] and the former Adele Elizabeth Diez (1897–1977), a native of Reserve in St. John the Baptist Parish.[2] One of Sour's sisters, Louise Pasquier, the widow of Charles F. Pasquier, Sr., was among the founders of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Shreveport.[3] Another sister, Adele Hoisington (1917-1945), named for her mother, was a former bank employee, who died with her husband, Earl L. Hoisington (1910-1945), in an automobile accident near Willard in Huron County in northern Ohio, while the couple was on their honeymoon. Adele and Earl Hoisington are interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Arthur William Sour". Findagrave.com. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Adele Elizabeth Diez Sour". Findagrave.com. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Louise Sour Pasquier". The Shreveport Times. April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Adele M. Sour Hoisington". The Shreveport Times in Findagrave.com. November 25, 1945. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  • Arthur W. Sour, Jr., obituary, Shreveport Times, January 11, 2000
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