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Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder

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Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 74th district
In office
January 14, 1985 – January 11, 1999
Preceded byBain Poole
Succeeded byLindbergh Thomas
Personal details
Born(1923-12-25)December 25, 1923
Tillar, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedDecember 11, 2020(2020-12-11) (aged 96)
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder (December 25, 1923 – December 11, 2020) was an American journalist and politician who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 74th district from 1985 to 1999.[1][2] In 2019 she was inducted into the Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.[3] Together with her late husband, Melvin J. Schexnayder, she owned and published the Dumas Clarion weekly newspaper in Dumas, Arkansas from 1954 to 1998.[3]

Schexnayder died on December 11, 2020, in Little Rock, Arkansas at the age of 96.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Blytheville Courier News Archives, Nov 1, 1989, p. 5". Newspaperarchive.com. 1989-11-01. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  2. ^ "Laurel Leader Call Newspaper Archives, Jul 15, 1995". Newspaperarchive.com. 1995-07-15. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  3. ^ a b "Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder". Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Charlotte Schexnayder, long-time Dumas editor and former legislator, dies at 96". Arktimes.com. 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2020-12-14.