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==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Fant was affiliated with the NLU Booster Club and Alumni Center, the Monroe [[Chamber of Commerce]], the Bayou Desiard Optimist Club, the National and Louisiana Basketball Coaches associations, the Masonic lodge, and the Shriners.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url= http://www.bayou.com/~suelynn/obituaries/lofobit.html|title=Lenny O’Neil Fant|publisher=bayou.com|accessdate=January 4, 2009}}</ref>
Fant was affiliated with the NLU Booster Club and Alumni Center, the Monroe [[Chamber of Commerce]], the Bayou Desiard Optimist Club, the National and Louisiana Basketball Coaches associations, the Masonic lodge, and the Shriners.<ref name=obit>Lenny O’Neil Fant obituary, bayou.com, accessed January 4, 2009; no longer on-line</ref>
He died two weeks before what would have been his seventy-fifth birthday after an eighteen-month battle with [[colon cancer]]. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Jo Hethcox. Survivors included his son, Lynn Fant (1951–2012), a native of Talladega, [[Alabama]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=lynn-fant&pid=157954686&fhid=12527|title=Obituary of Lynn Fant|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=June 8, 2012}}</ref> daughter Wanda Fant Smith and husband, Vance; grandchildren, Brandon Cruse; Janna Smith; Bo Smith; and Shawna Smith Grant, all then of West Monroe, and a brother: J. D. Fant of [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]].<ref name=obit/>
He died two weeks before what would have been his seventy-fifth birthday after an eighteen-month battle with [[colon cancer]]. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Jo Hethcox. Survivors included his son, Lynn Fant (1951–2012), a native of Talladega, [[Alabama]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=lynn-fant&pid=157954686&fhid=12527|title=Obituary of Lynn Fant|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=June 8, 2012}}</ref> daughter Wanda Fant Smith and husband, Vance; grandchildren, Brandon Cruse; Janna Smith; Bo Smith; and Shawna Smith Grant, all then of West Monroe, and a brother: J. D. Fant of [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]].<ref name=obit/>