Bryan Anthony Poston, Sr. (March 11, 1924 – October 4, 2009) was an American politician and businessman.

Background

Poston was born in

Benson, Louisiana Benson is an unincorporated community in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located approximately halfway between Mansfield and Converse on the Kansas City Southern Railroad The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class ...

to Charles and Marjorie Poston. He went to

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

. He served in the

United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

as an Aerial Engineer Gunner Sgt. on a B-17 Bomber. Later, he served in the Louisiana Senate from 1964 until 1991. Poston lived with his wife and family in

Hornbeck, Louisiana Hornbeck is a town in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 480 at the 2010 census, up from 435 in 2000. It is part of the Fort Polk South Micropolitan Statistical Area. History As early as the 1830s people settled in the ...

and was a businessman. He retired in 1991 and died with Alzheimer's disease in

Many, Louisiana Many () is a town in, and the parish seat of Sabine Parish in western Louisiana. The population was 2,853 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 36 or 1.246 percent from 2000. History The site where Many currently sits was originally a Belgian settle ...

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1924 births 2009 deaths Democratic Party Louisiana state senators People from Vernon Parish, Louisiana 20th-century American businesspeople Baptists from Louisiana United States Army personnel of World War II Louisiana State University alumni Neurological disease deaths in Louisiana Deaths from Alzheimer's disease United States Army Air Forces soldiers Burials in Louisiana 20th-century American politicians People from DeSoto Parish, Louisiana 20th-century Baptists {{Louisiana-politician-stub