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==Background==

==Background==

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/>

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=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/%E2%80%9Chttps://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/>

==Farm reporter==

==Farm reporter==

In 1997, Wallace retired from the Farm Bureau after a career spanning twenty-eight years. He returned to his boyhood farmhouse in Crowville but soon joined KMAR-FM radio in Winnsboro at the request of station owner Tom D. Gay, Jr. Wallace hence launched "Round Franklin", referring to Franklin Parish, which was heard across northeast Louisiana for sixteen years.<ref name=amscl/>

In 1997, Wallace retired from the Farm Bureau after a career spanning twenty-eight years. He returned to his boyhood farmhouse in Crowville but soon joined KMAR-FM radio in Winnsboro at the request of station owner Tom D. Gay, Jr. Wallace hence launched "Round Franklin", referring to Franklin Parish, which was heard across northeast Louisiana for sixteen years.<ref name=amscl/>

Wallace died at his Crowville home in the spring of 2016 at the age of eighty-one. He and his wife, the former Carolyn Godfrey (1943-1999), had three daughters, one of whom, Kimberly Cupp, resides in Crowville. Two daughters, Candace and Ashley Wallace, died at birth in 1968 and 1981, respectively. Along with his wife, parents, and brother, Wallace is interred at the Harris Cemetery in Swampers in Franklin Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=161178688|title=Regnal E. Wallace|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 9, 2016}}</ref>

Wallace died at his Crowville home in the spring of 2016 at the age of eighty-one. He and his wife, the former Carolyn Godfrey (1943-1999), had three daughters, one of whom, Kimberly Cupp, resides in Crowville. Two daughters, Candace and Ashley Wallace, died at birth in 1968 and 1981, respectively. Along with his wife, parents, and brother, Wallace is interred at the Harris Cemetery in Swampers in Franklin Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=161178688|title=Regnal E. Wallace|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 9, 2016}}</ref>

==Legacy==

==Legacy==