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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
LeSage was twice married. He was [[divorce]]d from the former Lorraine Yearwood (1928-2020), the daughter of Boyd Yearwood (1907–1976) and Olwen M. Yearwood (1907–2003), later of [[Bossier City]]. The couple had two daughters, Susan Virginia "Susie" LeSage and Sherry Anne LeSage (1950–2010), a prominent Shreveport [[real estate]] agent. Sherry LeSage, her mother Lorraine LeSage, and maternal grandmother Olwen Yearwood, formed Yearwood-LeSage Realtors.<ref>Lorraine LeSage Obituary (1928 - 2020) - Shreveport, LA - Shreveport Times (legacy.com, accessed April 20, 2021.</ref>The trio was the only three-generations of women engaged in real estate in Louisiana at the time. In 1987, Yearwood-LeSage merged with Towery Real Estate. Sherry LeSage was named Shreveport "Realtor of the Year" in 1990 and was appointed to a term on the Louisiana State Real Estate Commission. She died days before her sixtieth birthday, having contracted an auto-immune disease, scleroderma, which attacks the [[kidney]]s and requires regular [[dialysis]].<ref name=salobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=sherry-anne-lesage&pid=142330381|title=Sherry Anne LeSage obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 29, 2010|accessdate=April 30, 2010}}</ref>
LeSage was twice married. He was [[divorce]]d from the former Lorraine Yearwood (1928-2020), the daughter of Boyd Yearwood (1907–1976) and Olwen M. Yearwood (1907–2003), later of [[Bossier City]]. The couple had two daughters, Susan Virginia "Susie" LeSage and Sherry Anne LeSage (1950–2010), a prominent Shreveport [[real estate]] agent. Sherry LeSage, her mother Lorraine LeSage, and maternal grandmother Olwen Yearwood, formed Yearwood-LeSage Realtors.<ref>Lorraine LeSage Obituary (1928 - 2020) - Shreveport, LA - Shreveport Times (legacy.com, accessed April 20, 2021.</ref>The trio was the only three-generations of women engaged in real estate in Louisiana at the time. In 1987, Yearwood-LeSage merged with Towery Real Estate. Sherry LeSage was named Shreveport "Realtor of the Year" in 1990 and was appointed to a term on the Louisiana State Real Estate Commission. She died days before her sixtieth birthday, having contracted an auto-immune disease, scleroderma, which attacks the [[kidney]]s and requires regular dialysis.<ref name=salobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=sherry-anne-lesage&pid=142330381|title=Sherry Anne LeSage obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=April 29, 2010|accessdate=April 30, 2010}}</ref>
LeSage had two step-daughters from his second wife, the former Dolores F. Word, whom he married c. 1980. Deborah Word "Debbie" Jackson is married to Patrick Jackson, and Sondra Word Jordan, who is the wife of Damon Jordon. LeSage has two step-grandchildren, Victoria Laiche Jordan and Zackary Joseph Jordan.<ref name=obit/>
LeSage had two step-daughters from his second wife, the former Dolores F. Word, whom he married c. 1980. Deborah Word "Debbie" Jackson is married to Patrick Jackson, and Sondra Word Jordan, who is the wife of Damon Jordon. LeSage has two step-grandchildren, Victoria Laiche Jordan and Zackary Joseph Jordan.<ref name=obit/>