Felix Octave Pavy

Felix Octave Pavy
Louisiana State Representative for St. Landry Parish
In office 1932–1936
Preceded by	George K. Perrault Gilbert L. Dupré Edward J. Loeb)[1]
Succeeded by	Fred L. Bailey Anthony J. Bertinot Henry D. Larcade, Jr.
Personal details
Born	November 27, 1879 Grand Coteau St. Landry Parish Louisiana, USA
Died	May 13, 1962 (aged 82) Opelousas, St. Landry Parish
Resting place	Myrtle Grove Cemetery in Opelousas
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Fannie Estilette Dupré Pavy
Relations	Benjamin Pavy (brother) Carl Weiss (nephew by marriage) Gilbert L. Dupré (father-in-law)
Children	Marie Laperle Pavy
Residence	Leonville and Opelousas, Louisiana
Alma mater	St. Charles College Louisiana State University Tulane University School of Medicine
Occupation	Physician
Religion	Roman Catholic

Felix Octave Pavy (November 27, 1879 – May 13, 1962), was a physician and Democratic politician from Opelousas, Louisiana.

Pavy was the uncle by marriage of Dr. Carl Weiss, the presumed assassin of Huey Pierce Long, Jr. His brother, Judge Benjamin Pavy of the Louisiana 16th Judicial District Court, was the father-in-law of Dr. Weiss. Dr. Pavy's father-in-law was the attorney Gilbert L. Dupré, who from 1913 to 1932 was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Dr. Pavy succeeded his father-in-law in the House and served a single term from 1932 to 1936.^[2][3]

Pavy was born in Grand Coteau in St. Landry Parish. He attended the former St. Charles College in Grand Coteau, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and Tulane University School of Medicine, from which he received his M.D. degree in 1904. He practiced medicine first for many years in rural Leonville in St. Landry Parish; in 1947, he moved to Opelousas, where he remained until his death in the spring of 1962 of a two-month illness.^[4]

Pavy was a past president of the St. Landry Parish School Board. A long-term member of the St. Landry Parish Police Jury, he was for seventeen years the president of that body. In 1928, four years before his election to the state House of Representative, Pavy had opposed Huey Long by running as an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor^[4] against the Long-designated choice, Paul Cyr, a dentist from Jeanerette in Iberia Parish. Cyr later broke with the Longs.

At the time of his death, Dr. Pavy was vice-president of the gravity drainage district in Arnaudville. He was affiliated with fraternal benefit society, the Woodmen of the World, and both the St. Landry and Louisiana state medical societies. After services in the St. Landry Roman Catholic Church, Dr. Pavy was interred beside his wife, the former Fannie Estilette Dupré (1882-1957), who was the daughter of Representative Dupré, and their infant daughter, Marie Laperle Pavy (1908-1909) at the Myrtle Grove Cemetery in Opelousas.^[4][5]

References

1. It is unclear if Edward J. Loeb and E. L. Loeb, a legislator with whom Felix Octave Pavy served, are the same person; if so, the Louisiana legislative listing has made an error.
2. "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812- Current: St. Landry Parish" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
3. Henry E. Chambers, A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2) (Chicago and New York City: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925), pp. 378-379
4. "Felix Octave Pavy". New Orleans Times-Picayune. May 14, 1962. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
5. "Fannie Estilette Dupré Pavy". findagrave.com. Retrieved March 7, 2015.