Editing East Carroll Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Buddy Caldwell]], [[District Attorney]] of the Sixth Judicial District in East Carroll, elected in 2007 as the [[Attorney General of Louisiana|attorney general of Louisiana]], serving into 2016
* [[William J. Jefferson]], former [[U.S. representative]] from [[Louisiana's 2nd congressional district]], was born in Lake Providence. He was convicted of corruption in 2012; in 2017, seven of 10 charges against him were dropped and he was released from prison.
* [[Joseph E. Ransdell|Joseph Ransdell]], a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] who served in Congress from 1913 to 1931. Ransdell was born in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] but resided for many years in [[Lake Providence, Louisiana|Lake Providence]].
* [[Norris C. Williamson]], state senator from 1916 to 1932; advocate of cotton planter interest and worked to gain state funding to eradicate the [[Rhipicephalus microplus|cattle tick]]
* [[John D. Winters]], [[historian]] at [[Louisiana Tech University]], author of ''The Civil War in Louisiana'' (1963), was reared in Lake Providence

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Image:Burgeoning corn crop, East Carroll Parish, LA IMG_7378.JPG|Beginning corn crop (2013) surrounds both sides of the Louisiana State Cotton Museum in Lake Providence
Image:Another look at the oxbow lake at Lake Providence, LA IMG_7400.JPG|The city of Lake Providence is named for the oxbow lake
Image:Gasoline dock for boaters, Lake Providence, LA IMG_7394.JPG|A dock on Lake Providence
Image:East Carroll Parish Police Jury complex IMG_7416.JPG|The East Carroll Parish Police Jury office complex in Lake Providence
Image:Delta Bank, Lake Providence, LA IMG 7417.JPG|Delta Bank in downtown Lake Providence
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