| | Waddell has been active in fundraising for the museum of the former Mansfield Female College in Mansfield in DeSoto Parish, south of Shreveport. In 1930, the female college merged into [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1106&dat=20051208&id=Y4s-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=NvYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2466,2534358|title="Mansfield Female College: Gala draws 128 to college museum fund drive"|date=December 8, 2005|publisher=''The Winn Parish Enterprise'' through google.com|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref> | | Waddell has been active in fundraising for the museum of the former Mansfield Female College in Mansfield in DeSoto Parish, south of Shreveport. In 1930, the female college merged into [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1106&dat=20051208&id=Y4s-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=NvYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2466,2534358|title="Mansfield Female College: Gala draws 128 to college museum fund drive"|date=December 8, 2005|publisher=''The Winn Parish Enterprise'' through google.com|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref> |
| − | Waddell is the younger of two children of the late Billie McKinney, the first wife of Paul Kenneth Waddell (1916-2000), a native of [[California]] who moved to Shreveport as a young boy and earned his livelihood as a postal inspector.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23283865/paul-kenneth-waddell|title=Paul Kenneth Waddell|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref> He graduated in 1970 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. He and his wife, the former Sharon Roxanne Raines (born February 21, 1956), have three children, Robert Waddell, Jr., Sharon Elizabeth Waddell, and Erin Leigh Waddell Garrett, the judge of the 1st Judicial District, Section 3, District K.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/electedofficials|title Elected Officials (Caddo Parish)|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>People Search & Background Check.</ref> | + | Waddell is the younger of two children of the late Billie McKinney, the first wife of Paul Kenneth Waddell (1916-2000), a native of [[California]] who moved to Shreveport as a young boy and earned his livelihood as a postal inspector.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23283865/paul-kenneth-waddell|title=Paul Kenneth Waddell|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 22, 2020}}</ref> He graduated in 1970 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. He and his wife, the former Sharon Roxanne Raines (born February 21, 1956), have three children, Robert Waddell, Jr., Sharon Elizabeth Waddell, and Erin Leigh Waddell Garrett, the judge of the 1st Judicial District, Section 3, District K.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/electedofficials|title=Elected Officials (Caddo Parish)|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>People Search & Background Check.</ref> |