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Reggie was married to the former Doris Ann Boustany (born July 18, 1930), the daughter of businessman Frem F. Boustany, Sr. (1903–1993), and the former Beatrice Joseph (1912–1988). Doris was born in Lafayette and graduated with honors from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.​<ref name=whoswho/> Beatrice Boustany was a cousin of Amin Gemayel, a former president of Lebanon. Frem F. Boustany, Jr., a brother-in-law of Edmund Reggie, was a [[physician]] who died two months before the passing of  Beatrice.<ref>"[Beatrice] Boustany service set," ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' October 15, 1988, p. 20.</ref>​

Reggie was married to the former Doris Ann Boustany (born July 18, 1930), the daughter of businessman Frem F. Boustany, Sr. (1903–1993), and the former Beatrice Joseph (1912–1988). Doris was born in Lafayette and graduated with honors from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.​<ref name=whoswho/> Beatrice Boustany was a cousin of Amin Gemayel, a former president of Lebanon. Frem F. Boustany, Jr., a brother-in-law of Edmund Reggie, was a [[physician]] who died two months before the passing of  Beatrice.<ref>"[Beatrice] Boustany service set," ''Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' October 15, 1988, p. 20.</ref>​

Doris Reggie is a second cousin of former [[U.S. Representative]] Charles Boustany of Lafayette, a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Charles Boustany is a nephew-by-marriage of former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]], a Reggie confidant who also began his long political career in Crowley though Edwards was a native of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20131122/NEWS01/311220025/|title=Judge Edmund Reggie laid to rest: Democratic Party insider died Tuesday at 87|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=''Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|accessdate=November 23, 2013}}</ref>​

Doris Reggie is a second cousin of former [[U.S. Representative]] Charles Boustany of Lafayette, a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Charles Boustany is a nephew-by-marriage of former [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]], a Reggie confidant who also began his long political career in Crowley though Edwards was a native of Marksville in Avoyelles Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20131122/NEWS01/311220025/|title=Judge Edmund Reggie laid to rest: Democratic Party insider died Tuesday at 87|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=''Lafayette Daily Advertiser''|accessdate=November 23, 2013}}</ref>

 

Doris Reggie is a long-term Democratic Party figure, having been a delegate to the national party conventions from 1976 to 1996. She sat on the platform committees in 1980, 1984, and 1988. She was a member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee from 1975 to 1992 and sat on the finance committee from 1977 to 1996. She was amember of the national party finance committee from 1980 to 1992. She was the [[Democratic National Committee|Democratic national committeewoman]] for Louisiana from 1984 to 1988. In 1979, she was a member of the Governor's Committee for the International Year of the Child.<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Reggie, Doris Boustany", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004'', 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence,  [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 792.</ref>

A long-term Democratic Party figure, Doris Reggie was a delegate to the national party conventions held between 1976 and 1996. She sat on the platform committees in 1980, 1984, and 1988. She was a member of the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee from 1975 to 1992 and sat on the finance committee from 1977 to 1996. She was amember of the national party finance committee from 1980 to 1992. She was the [[Democratic National Committee|Democratic national committeewoman]] for Louisiana from 1984 to 1988. In 1979, she was a member of the Governor's Committee for the International Year of the Child.<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Reggie, Doris Boustany", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004'', 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence,  [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 792.</ref>

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==Political life==​