Traylor is a founding board member of the Winnsboro Economic Development Foundation. He was formerly a board member of the Winnsboro Lions International and of the Franklin Parish Mental Health Association. He was the first president of Winnsboro Ducks Unlimited. He is a life member of the [[National Rifle Association]] and holds affiliation with the Rocky Mountain Conservation Fund. He is a member of the [[United Methodist]] denomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulm.edu/publicaffairs/march03/traylor.html|title=Supreme Court to Be Held at ULM, March 13, 2003|publisher=ulm.edu|accessdate=July 10, 2010}}</ref> He is an honorary member of the prestigious Order of the Coif.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.lsu.edu/index.cfm?geaux=newsandpublications.newsstories&pid=89227C16-1372-69E5-F7B88287A3F4131D&EF114F50-1372-69E5-F7A58C48228BF9F2|title=LSU Law Center: Far More than a Common Law School|publisher=law.lsu.edu|accessdate=July 10, 2010}}</ref>
==Personal life==
From his first marriage, Traylor has three married daughters. His second wife was Peggy Marie McDowell (1942–2009), who was previously married to state Represenative and later state Senator [[Noble Ellington]], of Winnsboro, a [[cotton]] broker]. Peggy had two sons, Noble Ellington, III, and Ryan Ellington, both of Winnsboro. She died in 2009 and is interred at Columbia Hills Cemetery in Columbia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mulhearnfuneralhome.com/printobit.aspx?MemberId=62308&MName=Peggy%20%20Traylor|title=Obituary of Peggy Marie Traylor|publisher=mulhearnfuneralhome.com|accessdate=July 10, 2010}}</ref>
===Controversies=== Peggy Traylor died without leaving a will intestate and her sons, Ryan and Noble Ellington, III, filed suit in June 2010 in Fifth Judicial District Court stating that their stepfather has blocked their attempts to collect information on their mother's estate and to take possession of some of her property.<ref>[http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20100720/NEWS01/7200308/Traylor-s-morality-challenged Peggy Traylor estate dispute], thenewsstar.com; accessed June 28, 2015.</ref>
The Ellington brothers, in August 2010, filed a complaint against Traylor with the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, alleging that Chet Traylor failed to appear at a federal court proceeding after he had been subpoenaed to provide a deposition regarding their mother's estate. The brothers claim that Traylor knew that the information that he provided about a scheduling conflict with the court was false and asks the disciplinary board to disbar him.<ref name=complaint>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/20150701115441/http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20100821/NEWS01/8210312/Complaint-filed-against-Traylor|title=Complaint filed against Traylor: Senate candidate accused of lying to avoid deposition |publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=August 21, 2010}}</ref>
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*[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=214297 Chet Traylor] at ''OurCampaigns.com''
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