High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lorris May Wimberly, Sr. (March 4, 1898 — May 2, 1962), was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1928–1940 and again from 1948-1956. A native and resident of Arcadia, the seat of Bienville Parish in north Louisiana, Wimberly was House Speaker from 1936–1940, 1950–1952, and from May 14-July 10, 1956. He was also the state highway department director during the 1940s and headed the Department of Public Works from 1956-1960. He was a member of the powerful Long political faction which dominated the state during most of Wimberly`s public career.