Edgar Cason
| Edgar Cason | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 17, 1952 Place of birth missing |
| Residence |
Coushatta, Red River Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Flora Jean Caskey Cason |
| Children |
Sawyer James Cason |
Sawyer James Cason
Merritt Rice Cason
Daniel Edgar Cason
Edgar Cason, sometimes known as Ransom Edgar Cason (born February 17, 1952), is a farmer, businessman, and philanthropist from Coushatta in Red River Parish in northwestern Louisiana, where he has resided since 1990. He is particularly known for his donations to Republican political and Southern Baptist church causes, the latter through his Cason Foundation, which he established in 2010.
Cason formerly owned Fairview Trucking and holds at least sixty-eight acres in the heart of the Haynesville Shale, which yields more than $1 million a month for Chesapeake Energy of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He owns Cason Timber and Cattle Company in Coushatta. Cason has previously lived in Alexandria, Pineville, , Provencal, Ruston, Bossier City, Campti, Lecompte, and Haynesville, Louisiana, and Hamburg, Arkansas.From 1995 to 2012, Cason received payments totaling $1,314,303 in the federal farm subsidy program.
The Caskey Divinity School at Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville is named for his father-in-law, a pastor from Red River Parish. Cason and his wife, the former Flora Jean Caskey (born July 1955), donated $5.1 million to the divinity school over several years prior to 2013. It was reported that the Cason Foundation was prepared to give upwards of $60 million for the operation of the divinity school, but the Baptist Message, the state denominational newspaper, could not ascertain any public statements on behalf of Edgar Cason stipulating a specific amount that might be forthcoming.
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