Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1988-03-11

Duration: 00:07:38

Subjects: Roemer, Buddy

Contributors:

• Lormand, Ken Host
• Sockman, Roger Reporter
• Payne, Jerry Interviewee
• Lampkin, Frank Interviewee
• Averett, Nalda Interviewee
• Walker, Danny Interviewee
• Lyles, Christine Interviewee
• Dykes, D.L. Interviewee
• Roemer, Charles, II Interviewee
• Roemer, Adeline Interviewee

This segment from the March 11, 1988, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Roger Sockman’s visit to Bossier Parish to meet with the family and friends of Governor-Elect Buddy Roemer prior to his March 14th inauguration. Sockman reports that Roemer grew up on Scopena Plantation near Bossier City. He interviews: Jerry Payne, his classmate; Frank Lampkin, his high school principal; Nelda Averett, his uncle; Danny Walker, his boyhood friend; Christine Lyles, the former Roemer family cook; Dr. D.L. Dykes, his former minister; Charles Roemer II, his father; and Adeline Roemer, his mother. Host: Ken Lormand