Jim Beam column:'Bubba' Henry was visionary - American Press

Jim Beam column:'Bubba' Henry was visionary - American Press

E.L. “Bubba” Henry, a country lawyer from Jonesboro who directed more to streamline operations of the Louisiana Legislature than perhaps any other lawmaker, has died at 89. Henry was speaker of the House from 1972 to 1980, which was during the first two terms of the late-Gov. Edwin W. Edwards. Henry won his House seat for the first time in 1968, the first year I covered legislative sessions. Fifty years later, on April 1, 2018, I wrote about my …