(April 30, 1927 – August 16, 2008), known as Billy Boles, was a Monroe attorney and banker who, at twenty-four, served a single term in the Louisiana State Senate.
He represented his native Richland as well as neighboring Franklin and Catahoula parishes in northeastern Louisiana from 1952 to 1956, during the administration of Governor Robert F.
Kennon, his fellow Democrat.
Boles succeeded and preceded the pro-Long state senator, Ralph E.
King Sr., a physician from Winnsboro, the seat of Franklin Parish.