Lesley Vance (politician)

Lesley Vance (October 23, 1939 – November 3, 2015) was an American politician.

Lesley Vance
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 80th district
In office 2006–2015
Succeeded by	Chris Blackshear
Personal details
Born	(1939-10-23)October 23, 1939 Pike County, Alabama, U.S.
Died	November 3, 2015(2015-11-03) (aged 76) Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Political party	Republican (2010–2015) Democratic (1994–2010)
Profession	Funeral director, former coroner

Born in Phenix City, Alabama, Vance owned a funeral home. He served as county commissioner for Russell County, Alabama and was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1994 to his death in 2015. He was a member of the Democratic Party but switched to the Republican Party about two weeks after the November, 2010 general election.^[1][2]

Vance died at a hospice in Columbus, Georgia on November 3, 2015, from colon cancer at the age of 76.^[3][4]