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Jess Carr Gilbert, known as J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert (March 6, 1922 – November 21, 2014), was a cotton farmer and a former Democratic member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from the town of Sicily Island in Catahoula Parish in northeastern Louisiana. Gilbert served three consecutive terms in the Louisiana State Senate from 1960 to 1972, having represented Franklin, Richland, and Catahoula parishes.