R. Harmon Drew, Sr.

Richard Harmon Drew, Sr. (February 5, 1917 — December 18, 1995) was a fourth generation judge and a former Democratic state representative who was descended from pioneer families of Webster Parish in north Louisiana. The first Drew in the area, Newett Drew (born in 1772 in Virginia), established a grist mill on Dorcheat Bayou in 1818 in what became the former community of Overton, subsequently wiped out by yellow fever. Drew's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all held judicial positions in either the city of Minden, or Webster and surrounding parishes. His son, Richard Harmon Drew, Jr. (born 1946), of Minden is currently serving his second 10-year term on the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal, based in Shreveport. Drew...