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==Background==
==Background==
Waller left [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School in his senior year to enlist in the [[United States Army]], in which he was a military policeman. Upon his return to civilian life, he received his high school diploma.<ref name=obit/> In 1947, he graduated from [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Centenary_College_of_Louisiana_Yoncopin_Yearbook/1947/Page_49.html|title=Yoncopin Yearbook (Class of 1947), p. 49|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=August 11, 2013}}</ref> At six feet, six inches in height and affectionately known as "Treetop," Waller played [[basketball]] for the Centenary Gentlemen. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order.<ref name=obit/>
Waller left [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School in his senior year to enlist in the [[United States Army]], in which he was a military policeman. Upon his return to civilian life, he received his high school diploma.<ref name=obit/> In 1947, he graduated from [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Centenary_College_of_Louisiana_Yoncopin_Yearbook/1947/Page_49.html|title=Yoncopin Yearbook (Class of 1947), p. 49|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=October 12, 2020}}</ref> At six feet, six inches in height and affectionately known as "Treetop," Waller played [[basketball]] for the Centenary Gentlemen. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order.<ref name=obit/>
Waller was a member of the board of the C. W. Lane and the Giddens-Lane companies. He owned and operated a crop dusting firm, the Dixie Dusting Company. He raised cattle, corn, and cotton on Halifax Plantation in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]]. He served on the board of the former Pioneer Bank and Trust Company in Shreveport, which closed in 1994. When he retired from farming, he opened the Evangeline Restaurant in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>
Waller was a member of the board of the C. W. Lane and the Giddens-Lane companies. He owned and operated a crop dusting firm, the Dixie Dusting Company. He raised cattle, corn, and cotton on Halifax Plantation in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]]. He served on the board of the former Pioneer Bank and Trust Company in Shreveport, which closed in 1994. When he retired from farming, he opened the Evangeline Restaurant in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>