Edward M. Carmouche

Edward Moss Carmouche Sr. (June 21, 1921 – April 6, 1990), was an attorney in his native Lake Charles, Louisiana, who during the 1960s was a leader of the nationalist faction of the Louisiana Democratic Party.

Background

Carmouche was the eldest child of Paul Frederick Carmouche (1899-1971) and the former Alice Anne Moss (1899-1996). In 1943, he received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and entered the United States Army during World War II, in which he served as a captain in the European Theater of Operations. He received three Bronze Star medals, the Silver Star, the French Croix de Guerre, and the Medaille de la Reconnaissance.

In 1948, Carmouche received the Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia Law School in Charlottesville, Virginia. In 1949, he received a Master of Civil Law degree from the Roman Catholic-affiliated Tulane University Law School. In addition to his Carmouche, Martin and Wilson law firm in Lake Charles, he held the presidency of the Lutcher Moore Development Corporation and was as managing partner of Lutcher and Moore Cypress Lumber Company. Carmouche also had law offices in Washington, D.C., Lafayette, New Orleans, and Baton Rouge. At the time of his death, he was the chairman of the board of the Carmouche and Gray law firm. In 1960, Carmouche served on the party platform committee and was a successful elector candidate

Carmouche was subsequently replaced on December 28, 1967, by Arthur C. Watson, an attorney and a former state representative from Natchitoches.

Death

Carmouche was Presbyterian. Virginia Carmouche is also an attorney.

The Carmouches had five children. Carmouche died at the age of sixty-eight in Lake Charles.

In 1986, Edward and Virginia Carmouche co-authored the book Kindred, about their Carmouche, Lanier, and Martin families. In 1992, Virginia Carmouche wrote The Life of Edward M. Carmouche, a biography of her husband.