Post office in Rayville to be renamed in honor of former politician Luke Letlow

Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow and wife Julia Barnhill Letlow, July 22, 2020.

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill by Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy to rename the U.S. Postal Service facility in Rayville, as the “Luke Letlow Post Office Building.” Cassidy says the legislation honors Luke Letlow, a Louisiana native, elected in 2020 to represent the state’s 5th Congressional District, who died of COVID-19 complications five days before taking office.

“Luke was a public servant, father and husband. In his short life of 41 years, spent almost all of his adult life serving his fellow Americans,” Cassidy said.

Cassidy praised Letlow’s dedication to improving lives in Louisiana, and Letlow’s story shows the impact COVID had on our state.

“This office commemorates all that. I thank House Majority Leader Steve Scalise for introducing the House Companion, and the whole House for passing this bill. And with that, I yield,” Cassidy said.