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Memorial service held for Congressman-elect Luke Letlow
Memorial service held for Congressman-elect Luke Letlow after dying from COVID-19 complications By KNOE Staff | January 2, 2021 at 2:22 PM CST - Updated January 2 at 6:14 PM
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died after being hospitalized with COVID-19.
The memorial service for Letlow was held Saturday, Jan. 2 at 2 p.m. at North Monroe Baptist Church in Monroe. If you missed the service,
click here to watch it on YouTube.
The following is from Kilpatrick Funeral Homes & Cemeteries:
Congressman-elect Luke Joshua Letlow, from Start, Louisiana, passed away from complications due to COVID-19 on December 29, 2020. He was born to Johnny and Dianne Letlow on December 6, 1979, in Richland Parish, Louisiana.
He was undergoing treatment for the virus at Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport
Letlow had developed a COVID-related blood clot and underwent two procedures to treat it
The second follow-up procedure appeared to go to plan on Tuesday
Letlow then suffered a heart attack later that day and died
His death sent shockwaves through the government and the nation given his age and that he had no underlying health conditions
He is the first federally-elected official to die from the infection
The 41-year-old s funeral is planned for Saturday afternoon at North Monroe Baptist Church in Monroe
Weeks before his death he held campaign rallies indoors and outdoors
Who was Luke Letlow?
Born in Start, west of Monroe, Luke Joshua Letlow was raised by Dianne and Johnny Letlow. The youngest son in the family dubbed as âa ninth-generation Louisianianâ graduated from Ouachita Christian High School and then studied at Louisiana Tech University in 2003 to earn a Bachelor of Science degree. Interestingly, he has worked as an intern for John Cooksey in 2000 when Cooksey represented Louisiana s 5th congressional district and worked for US Representative Bobby Jindal during Jindal s tenure from 2005 to 2008.
Letlow served as chairman of the Louisiana Tech College Republicans in 2001 and as the State Chairman of the Louisiana Federation of College Republicans in 2002. He served as campaign manager for Ralph Abraham and soon became his chief of staff during his three-term tenure. Recently, in a run-off election on December 5, 2020, he defeated State Representative Lance Harris.