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May 19, 2021 · He also is survived by former spouses, Cookie Demler Roemer and Patti Crocker. Visitation and services will be held at Istrouma Baptist Church in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, May 25, 2021.
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May 19, 2021 · He also is survived by former spouses, Cookie Demler Roemer and Patti Crocker. Visitation and services will be held at Istrouma Baptist Church in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, May 25, 2021.
Mar 20, 1988 · His junior year at Harvard, Buddy married Frances (Cookie) Demler, his high school sweetheart. They moved back to Scopena after graduation, ... husband, Buddy was reading a book by whatever light ...
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Roemer was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. His parents were Charles Elson "Budgie" Roemer, II and Adeline McDade. He was raised in Bossier City. In 1964, he graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. In 1967, he received an MBA in finance from Harvard Business School. After college, Roemer returned to Louisiana to wo...
As a member of Congress, Roemer Louisiana's 1st congressional districtin the northwestern section of the state, anchored about Shreveport and Bossier City. After his 1980 election victory, Roemer won congressional re-election without opposition in 1982, 1984, and 1986. In Congress, Roemer frequently supported Reagan policy initiatives and fought wi...
Roemer was one of a large number of Democratic candidates to challenge three-term incumbent governor Edwin Edwards. Roemer won the election by winning 33% of the vote compared to Edwards' 28%. Roemer entered the governor's office on March 14, 1988. In October 1989, voters rejected a number of Roemer tax initiatives but approved a constitutional ame...
In the summer of 2004, Roemer briefly considered entering the race to succeed retiring U.S. Senator John Breaux. Roemer shortly after decided not to run for the senate.
In January 2011, Roemer told Baton Rouge television station WAFB that he was considering a bid for the U.S. presidency in 2012. On July 21, 2011 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Roemer announced his entry as a candidate for the Republican nomination for President. On November 30, 2011, Roemer officially announced that he would seek t...
Roemer was married to Cookie Delmer until they divorced. Then he married Patti Crocker until they divorced. He was married Scarlett Roemer. Roemer had three children with Delmer. Roemer died at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from problems caused by diabetes, aged 77.
Bridges, Tyler. The Rise of David Duke. University of Mississippi: Jackson, 1994. ISBN 978-0-87805-684-2Bridges, Tyler. Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana, and the Fall of Governor Edwin Edwards. Farrar, Straus & Giroux: New York, 2001. ISBN 978-0-374-52854-6DuBos, Clancy. “Roemer’s Redemption: The Former Governor Takes Another Shot at the Mansion.” Gambit Weekly. September 19, 1995.Gardner, James C., Jim Gardner and Shreveport, Vol. II. Shreveport: Ritz Publications, 2006, 285–288.Former Governor profile Archived 2008-02-21 at the Wayback Machine from the Louisiana Secretary of StateFinancial information at OpenSecrets.orgBuddy Roemer (1987–1994)Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, collected coverage at The New York TimesWho Is Buddy Roemer's Husband? Her husband is Cookie Demler (m. 1962-1981) Patti Crocker (m. 1981-2000) Scarlett Roemer (m. 2000)
Jul 9, 2012 · A brother-in-law, Henry Read of New Orleans, and a host of nieces and nephews, and special family Charlton Lyons III, Cookie Demler Roemer, Patti Marchiafava join in celebrating this unique life.
Grandson Chas Roemer, son of Buddy Roemer and first wife, the former Frances "Cookie" Demler, later Cookie Thomas, is an elected Republican member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
