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Lastrapes attended three Republican national conventions as a delegate pledged to Reagan: 1976 in [[Kansas City]], 1980 in [[Detroit]], and 1984 in [[Dallas]], He also attended the 1992 conclave in Houston as an observer.
Lastrapes attended three Republican national conventions as a delegate pledged to Reagan: 1976 in [[Kansas City]], 1980 in [[Detroit]], and 1984 in [[Dallas]], He also attended the 1992 conclave in Houston as an observer.
One of Lastrapes' cousins through their common grandfather, Dr. William Robertson Lastrapes, Sr. (1869-1951),<ref name=genealogy/> was Edward Taylor Lewis "Ned" Borie, Sr. (1927-2013), a chemical engineer in Baton Rouge.<ref name=nborie>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=edward-tl-borie-ned&pid=165695990|title=Edward T. L. "Ned" Borie obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=July 6, 2013|accessdate=Otober 8, 2021}}</ref> Borie was involved in grass roots Republican activities in East Baton Rouge Parish and was a delegate to the 1964 national convention in [[San Francisco]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html|title=Index of Politicians: Booth-clibborn to Borzaga|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=July 9, 2013}}</ref> which nominated [[Barry Goldwater]]. Borie died of head injuries sustained in a fall while on a family vacation in [[Italy]].<ref name=nborie/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/us/obituaries/theadvocate/name/jeanne-borie-obituary?pid=200278250|title=Jeanne "Patsy" Borie obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=October 8, 2021}}</ref>
One of Lastrapes' cousins through their common grandfather, Dr. William Robertson Lastrapes, Sr. (1869-1951),<ref name=genealogy/> was Edward Taylor Lewis "Ned" Borie, Sr. (1927-2013), a chemical engineer in Baton Rouge.<ref name=nborie>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=edward-tl-borie-ned&pid=165695990|title=Edward T. L. "Ned" Borie obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=July 6, 2013|accessdate=Otober 8, 2021}}</ref> Borie was involved in grass roots Republican activities in East Baton Rouge Parish and was a delegate to the 1964 national convention in [[San Francisco]], which nominated [[Barry Goldwater]] in the losing race against U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html|title=Index of Politicians: Booth-clibborn to Borzaga|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=July 9, 2013}}</ref> Borie died of head injuries sustained in a fall while on a family vacation in [[Italy]].<ref name=nborie/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/us/obituaries/theadvocate/name/jeanne-borie-obituary?pid=200278250|title=Jeanne "Patsy" Borie obituary (1927-2021)|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=October 1, 2021|accessdate=October 8, 2021}}</ref>
==Affiliations==
==Affiliations==