Larkin T. Riser
| Larkin Theodore "Ted" Riser, Jr. | |
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Riser (c. 1970) as a student at Louisiana Tech University
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| Sheriff of Webster Parish, Louisiana | |
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In office July 1996 – July 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Royce L. McMahen |
| Succeeded by | Gary Steven Sexton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 3, 1949 Place of birth missing |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democrat / later Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Gloria Butler "Jan B." Riser |
| Children | Larkin T. Riser, III |
| Parents | Larkin T., Sr., and Bessie Mae Scallion Riser |
| Residence |
Sibley, Webster Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater | Louisiana Tech University |
| Occupation |
Law-enforcement officer |
Law-enforcement officer
Larkin Theodore Riser, Jr., known as Ted Riser (born March 3, 1949), is a former sheriff of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. He served two terms as a Democrat from 1996 to 2004 but at some point after leaving office, he switched to Republican affiliation.
Riser's grandfather, Clarence Riser (1893-1925), a native of Natchez, Mississippi, was killed, along with a brother-in-law, in a sawmill explosion in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana. Riser's father, Larkin Riser, Sr., known as L. T. Riser (January 10, 1922 – July 15, 2015), was three years old at the time. Ola Magee Riser, the mother of Riser, Sr., then married his step-father, Clem Matthews. Riser, Sr., was among the last surviving members of the Civilian Conservation Corps and served in the United States Army. He retired after forty years of employment at the Roundtree Olds Cadillac dealership in Shreveport. He was a long-time deacon at the Heflin Baptist Church in Heflin in south Webster Parish and an active fisherman and gardener. He is interred at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Creston in .
Larkin's mother, the former Bessie Mae Scallion (born September 1928), resides in Heflin, as does his sister, Annette Williford and her husband, Tommy. Riser has a brother, Dennis Riser of Selma, Alabama.
A former officer of the Louisiana State Police, Ted Riser resides in Sibley south of the parish seat of Minden. He has resided in Webster Parish continuously since 1974. He has taken numerous bicycle trips throughout the United States. Riser attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston and listed a Shreveport address while there in his junior year in 1970. This indicates that he likely graduated from high school in Shreveport. He has also resided in Bossier City, Louisiana. In 1971, Louisiana Tech awarded him the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree; the next year he entered into police training.
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