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==Background==

==Background==

A Homer native, Weaver was one of four children of Johnny and Merrill Weaver; he had two brothers and a sister. He graduated in 1960 from Homer High School. In 1964, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. He attended the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] Academy at Quantico, [[Virginia]]. From 1964 to 1973, he was an FBI agent and then transferred to the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]], stationed in [[Illinois]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[West Virginia]]. He was cited for outstanding performance and personal bravery on five occasions by [[J. Edgar Hoover]], the first FBI director.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:n7Bv-aAwzTsJ:files.statesurge.com/file/202936+Loy+Weaver&hl=en&gl=us|title="House Resolution No. 5," March 10, 2008|publisher=google.com|accessdate=September 5, 2009}}</ref> At the Drug Enforcement Administration, Weaver was in regular consultation with five state governors.<ref name=house/>​<ref name=obit/>

A Homer native, Weaver was one of four children of Johnny Bostine Weaver (1905-1995) and the former Merrill Green (1914-1993), who are interred at Arlington Cemetery in Homer. Weaver's brother, Charles Lee Weaver (1948-1991),  died in an [[automobile]] accident at the age of forty-two.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134249498/johnny-bostine-weaver|title=Johnny Bostine Weaver|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref> His surviving brother is Ray Finley Weaver; he also had a sister, Dolly Morgan, of Homer. He graduated in 1960 from Homer High School. In 1964, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. He attended the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] Academy at Quantico, [[Virginia]]. From 1964 to 1973, he was an FBI agent and then transferred to the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]], stationed in [[Illinois]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[West Virginia]]. He was cited for outstanding performance and personal bravery on five occasions by [[J. Edgar Hoover]], the first FBI director.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:n7Bv-aAwzTsJ:files.statesurge.com/file/202936+Loy+Weaver&hl=en&gl=us|title="House Resolution No. 5," March 10, 2008|publisher=google.com|accessdate=September 5, 2009}}</ref> At the Drug Enforcement Administration, Weaver was in regular consultation with five state governors.<ref name=house/>​<ref name=obit/>

From 1974 to 1981, Weaver was the principal owner and president of the [[Shreveport]]-based security company, Southern Research, Inc., which with a multi-million payroll employed some four hundred persons.<ref name=house/>​

Weaver served for two years as the principal owner and president of the [[Shreveport]]-based security company, Southern Research, Inc., which with a multi-million payroll employed some four hundred persons.<ref name=house/>​<ref name=obit/>

==Political life==

==Political life==