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 ==Background==
-Lenard was born to James Lenard (1890–1966) and Doshie Lenard (1888–1971) in West Monroe, in western Ouachita Parish. The second youngest of seven children, he outlived all of his siblings. James Lenard deserted the family during the [[Great Depression]]. Lloyd Lenard’s difficult upbringing is highlighted in his 2005 book, ''Papa Left Us But Mama Pulled Us Through''. Of his mother, Lenard said: "This tiny woman had only [[Christian]] love and pioneer courage with which to hold her family together after her handsome, womanizing husband left her on a tenant farm with seven children and no resources." Lenard further recalled how his mother taught him and his siblings to "take care of ourselves and stand on our own two feet. [We] did just that, and in her declining years, the children took care of her and, strangely enough, of their handsome father who had no others to whom to turn as he became ill and started his long slide into death."<ref name=mama>{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/author_lloyd_e_lenard_papa_left_us_but_mama_pulled_us_through.html|author=Lloyd E. Lenard|title=''Papa Left Us But Mama Pulled Us Through''|publisher=Lloydelenardauthor.com|accessdate=July 3, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>
+Lenard was born to James Lenard (1890–1966) and Doshie Lenard (1888–1971) in West Monroe in western Ouachita Parish. The second youngest of seven children, he outlived all of his siblings. James Lenard deserted the family during the [[Great Depression]]. Lloyd Lenard’s difficult upbringing is highlighted in his 2005 book, ''Papa Left Us But Mama Pulled Us Through.'' Of his mother, Lenard said: "This tiny woman had only [[Christian]] love and pioneer courage with which to hold her family together after her handsome, womanizing husband left her on a tenant farm with seven children and no resources." Lenard further recalled how his mother taught him and his siblings to "take care of ourselves and stand on our own two feet. [We] did just that, and in her declining years, the children took care of her and, strangely enough, of their handsome father who had no others to whom to turn as he became ill and started his long slide into death."<ref name=mama>{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/author_lloyd_e_lenard_papa_left_us_but_mama_pulled_us_through.html|author=Lloyd E. Lenard|title=''Papa Left Us But Mama Pulled Us Through''|publisher=Lloydelenardauthor.com|accessdate=July 3, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>
 Lenard graduated from Ouachita Parish High School in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] and attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then "Northeast Junior College." He completed his bachelor’s degree in [[journalism]] on a scholarship at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He obtained his master’s degree in [[advertising]] and merchandising at the [[University of Missouri]] in Columbia, a premier school in the field.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=111398520 Legacy.com|title=Obituary of Lloyd E. Lenard|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 12, 2008}}</ref>

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 |party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
 |occupation=[[Business]]man, [[Author]]
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 ==Career==
-Lenard’s graduate thesis was on the impact of the [[Dallas]]-based Neiman Marcus Company on the southwestern United States. He was offered a position with the Nieman Marcus training program but soon left to return to Monroe, where he became advertising manager of former [[Governor]] James Albert Noe’s KNOE [[radio]], since sold by the Noe heirs. Lenard became active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Jaycees, and the fledgling Louisiana [[Republican Party]].<ref name=obit/>
+Lenard’s graduate thesis was on the impact of the [[Dallas]]-based Neiman Marcus Company on the southwestern United States. He was offered a position with the Nieman Marcus training program but soon left to return to Monroe, where he became advertising manager of former [[Governor]] [[James A. Noe]]’s KNOE [[radio]] station since sold by the three Noe heirs. Lenard became active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Jaycees, and the fledgling Louisiana [[Republican Party]].<ref name=obit/>
 In the [1964 gubernatorial general election, he flew around the state with Republican nominee [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport oilman whom he called "Papa" Lyons, to interview the candidate for radio stations and [[newspaper]]s. Lyons was defeated by [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John J. McKeithen]] but nevertheless waged the first determined Republican bid for governor since [[Reconstruction]].<ref name=obit/>

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 Lenard’s graduate thesis was on the impact of the [[Dallas]]-based Neiman Marcus Company on the southwestern United States. He was offered a position with the Nieman Marcus training program but soon left to return to Monroe, where he became advertising manager of former [[Governor]] James Albert Noe’s KNOE [[radio]], since sold by the Noe heirs. Lenard became active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Jaycees, and the fledgling Louisiana [[Republican Party]].<ref name=obit/>
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 In the [1964 gubernatorial general election, he flew around the state with Republican nominee [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport oilman whom he called "Papa" Lyons, to interview the candidate for radio stations and [[newspaper]]s. Lyons was defeated by [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[John J. McKeithen]] but nevertheless waged the first determined Republican bid for governor since [[Reconstruction]].<ref name=obit/>
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 Lenard left KNOE and relocated to Shreveport to joine  the Atena Life Insurance Company  as its assistant general agent. He later became general agent for Pan American Life Insurance, having been responsible for the hiring and training of sales associates. He also worked as a recruiter and trainer for Lincoln National Life Insurance Company.<ref name=obit/>
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 As a past president of the Americanism Forum, Lenard engaged in public speaking, mostly before civic clubs and schools. One of his lectures was entitled "Fires of Tyranny." He also was the moderator of the Shreveport KWKH  radio program, ''Party Line.''<ref>"Conservative Speaker Set Tomorrow for Lions Club", ''Minden Press-Herald,'' August 3, 1966, p. 1.</ref>

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 |term_start2=1989
 |term_end2=1991
-|preceded2=Tommy Gene Armstrong
+|preceded2=[[Tommy Armstrong]]
 |succeeded2=Donald Aytch, Sr.
 ||birth_date=July 29, 1922
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 Other Lenard books are ''Miracle on the Thirteenth Hole'' (2003), a Christian novel about a golf-playing Baptist minister aptly named Dwight Church, who attempts to maintain his faith while he struggles with the pressures of society. The novel demonstrates that, like other human beings, pastors must seek renewal of their own faith from the greater power than themselves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/author_lloyd_e_lenard_miracle_on_the_thirteenth_hole.html|author=Lloyd E. Lenard|title=Miracle on the 13th Hole|publisher=lloydelenardauthor.com|accessdate=June 14, 2008; no longer on-line}}</ref>
-Lenard wrote a collection of [[Short story|short stories]] entitled ''The Moon’s Cold Light''. His final work is the otherwise prophetically named  "The Last Goodbye." [[Sarah Hudson-Pierce]]'s  Ritz Publications of Shreveport, published this poignant love story based on his wartime experience in [[Marseille]], [[France]].<ref name=stimes/>
+Lenard wrote a collection of [[Short story|short stories]] entitled ''The Moon’s Cold Light''. His final work is the otherwise prophetically named  "The Last Goodbye." [[Sarah Hudson-Pierce]]'s  Ritz Publications in Shreveport, published this poignant love story based on his wartime experience in [[Marseille]], [[France]].<ref name=stimes/>
 ==Other interests==

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 Lenard’s Republican activities steadily increased, and he served on the 144-member Republican State Central Committee, which meets in Baton Rouge. He was the state party treasurer for seven years.<ref name=lloyd>{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/index.html|title=Biograhical Sketch of Lloyd E. Lenard|publisherlloydelenardauthor.com|accessdate=June 13, 2008; no longer on-line}}</ref>
-On December 11, 1984, Lenard began the first of his three four-year terms on the newly-formed Caddo Parish Commission, formerly known as the Police Jury. His first term was actually three years. Other Republicans serving on the new 12-member panel were W. D. “Rusty” George and Tommy Gene Armstrong. The commission chairman at the time, Roy M. “Hoppy” Hopkins, was later elected to the state House. Tommy Armstrong served a one-year unexpired term in the Louisiana House as well from 1991 to 1992.<ref>Veta Samuels, ''The History of the Caddo Parish Commission,'' Shreveport, Louisiana.</ref>
+On December 11, 1984, Lenard began the first of his three four-year terms on the newly-formed Caddo Parish Commission, formerly known as the Police Jury. His first term was actually three years. Other Republicans serving on the new 12-member panel were W. D. “Rusty” George and [[Tommy Armstrong]]. The commission chairman at the time, [[Roy M. Hopkins|Roy McArthur “Hoppy” Hopkins]], was later elected to the District 1 seat in the state House. Tommy Armstrong served a one-year unexpired term in the Louisiana House as well from 1991 to 1992.<ref>Veta Samuels, ''The History of the Caddo Parish Commission,'' Shreveport, Louisiana.</ref>
 Lenard became commissioner more than a year after the defeat of Governor [[David C. Treen]], Louisiana’s first Republican governor since Reconstruction, who was handily unseated in the fall of 1983 by Democratic former Governor  [[Edwin Edwards]]. Though [[Ronald W. Reagan]] twice won Louisiana’s [[electoral vote]]s for president, the Louisiana GOP grew slowly during the 1980s, hurt by its failure to win the election for [[U.S. Senator]] in 1986 to choose a successor to veteran [[Russell Long]] and the gubernatorial contest a year later.

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 During [[World War II]], Lenard was chosen for the officer training school for the [[United States Navy]] at [[Notre Dame University]] in [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]], [[Indiana]]. He was a lieutenant with the amphibious forces in the Mediterranean, Middle East and African theaters.<ref name=mama/>
-==Career and political choices==
+==Career==
 Lenard’s graduate thesis was on the impact of the [[Dallas]]-based Neiman Marcus Company on the southwestern United States. He was offered a position with the Nieman Marcus training program but soon left to return to Monroe, where he became advertising manager of former [[Governor]] James Albert Noe’s KNOE [[radio]], since sold by the Noe heirs. Lenard became active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Jaycees, and the fledgling Louisiana [[Republican Party]].<ref name=obit/>

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	Other Lenard books are ''Miracle on the Thirteenth Hole'' (2003), a Christian novel about a golf-playing Baptist minister aptly named Dwight Church, who attempts to maintain his faith while he struggles with the pressures of society. The novel demonstrates that, like other human beings, pastors must seek renewal of their own faith from the greater power than themselves.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/author_lloyd_e_lenard_miracle_on_the_thirteenth_hole.html\|author=Lloyd E. Lenard\|title=Miracle on the 13th Hole\|publisher=lloydelenardauthor.com\|accessdate=June 14, 2008; no longer on-line}}</ref>		Other Lenard books are ''Miracle on the Thirteenth Hole'' (2003), a Christian novel about a golf-playing Baptist minister aptly named Dwight Church, who attempts to maintain his faith while he struggles with the pressures of society. The novel demonstrates that, like other human beings, pastors must seek renewal of their own faith from the greater power than themselves.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/author_lloyd_e_lenard_miracle_on_the_thirteenth_hole.html\|author=Lloyd E. Lenard\|title=Miracle on the 13th Hole\|publisher=lloydelenardauthor.com\|accessdate=June 14, 2008; no longer on-line}}</ref>

−	Lenard wrote a collection of [[Short story\|short stories]] entitled ''The Moon’s Cold Light''. His final work is the otherwise prophetically named "The Last Goodbye". Ritz Publications of Shreveport~~, Louisiana~~, published this poignant love story based on his wartime experience in [[Marseille]], [[France]].<ref name=stimes/>	+	Lenard wrote a collection of [[Short story\|short stories]] entitled ''The Moon’s Cold Light''. His final work is the otherwise prophetically named "The Last Goodbye." [[Sarah Hudson-Pierce]]'s Ritz Publications of Shreveport, published this poignant love story based on his wartime experience in [[Marseille]], [[France]].<ref name=stimes/>

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 Lenard’s sentimental autobiography ''Papa Left Us But Mama Held Us Together'' received high reviews. Retired Judge Dan Sawyer of Shreveport evaluates Lenard’s work, accordingly, “a book for all ages. For the generation beginning its search in life, it serves as an example that anyone who keeps his/her eyes fixed on a goal can accomplish anything. To the mature generation it gives insights on life only maturity can understand and appreciate, but it will pry open the minds of all generations. The book is masterfully written. It has all the details of a biography written in the style of a fine novel. Mr. Lenard has the gift of choosing just enough descriptive language to paint a picture without losing the story in syrupy picturesque details.”<ref name=mama/>
-Lenard also wrote the novel ''The Last Confederate Flag,'' which explores the philosophical controversy over the display of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] flag in the [[American South]]. Lenard was a member of the heritage association, Sons of Confederate Veterans. In the story, a fictitious Stonewall Bedford of [[Georgia]] arises at a city council meeting to oppose militants calling for the removal of the Confederate battle flag. Bedford finds that the dispute before the city council is merely the "first skirmish in an all-out assault against his beloved flag and the South's cultural heritage."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/author_lloyd_e_lenard_the_last_confederate_flag.html|author=Lloyd E. Lenard, |title=The Last Confederate Flag|accessdate=June 14, 2008}}</ref> Lenard died before it became fashionable to remove Confederate monuments from their historic locations.
+Lenard also wrote the novel ''The Last Confederate Flag,'' which explores the philosophical controversy over the display of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] flag in the [[American South]]. Lenard was a member of the heritage association, Sons of Confederate Veterans. In the story, a fictitious Stonewall Bedford of [[Georgia]] arises at a city council meeting to oppose militants calling for the removal of the Confederate battle flag. Bedford finds that the dispute before the city council is merely the "first skirmish in an all-out assault against his beloved flag and the South's cultural heritage."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/author_lloyd_e_lenard_the_last_confederate_flag.html|author=Lloyd E. Lenard|title=The Last Confederate Flag|accessdate=June 14, 2008; no longer on-line}}</ref> Lenard died before it became fashionable to remove Confederate monuments from their historic locations.
 Other Lenard books are ''Miracle on the Thirteenth Hole'' (2003), a Christian novel about a golf-playing Baptist minister aptly named Dwight Church, who attempts to maintain his faith while he struggles with the pressures of society. The novel demonstrates that, like other human beings, pastors must seek renewal of their own faith from the greater power than themselves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/author_lloyd_e_lenard_miracle_on_the_thirteenth_hole.html|author=Lloyd E. Lenard|title=Miracle on the 13th Hole|publisher=lloydelenardauthor.com|accessdate=June 14, 2008; no longer on-line}}</ref>