| − | The older of three children of William Edward Wallace (1900-1988), a [[cotton]] farmer, and the former Willie Eugenia Ford (1907-1994), Regnal Wallace was born on a farm in Crowville near Winnsboro in Franklin Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]]. His brother, Ford "Buddy" Wallace (1942-2011), was also a farmer based in Winnsboro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42224174|title=William Edward Wallace|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 9, 2016}}</ref> After two years in the 1950s in the [[United States Army]], he graduated from the [[Baptist]]-affiliated Louisiana College in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. From 1962 to 1969, he was a sportscaster for KALB-TV, the [[NBC]] affiliate in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana.<ref name=hilburn/> | + | The older of three children of William Edward Wallace (1900-1988), a [[cotton]] farmer, and the former Willie Eugenia Ford (1907-1994), Regnal Wallace was born on a farm in Crowville near Winnsboro in Franklin Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]]. His brother, Ford "Buddy" Wallace (1942-2011), was also a farmer based in Winnsboro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/%E2%80%9Chttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42224174|title=William Edward Wallace|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 9, 2016}}</ref> After two years in the 1950s in the [[United States Army]], he graduated from the [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. From 1962 to 1969, he was a sportscaster for KALB-TV, the [[NBC]] affiliate in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana.<ref name=hilburn/> |