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Waller was born in Shreveport to Dayton Waller, Sr. (1895-1988), a native of Haynesville in northern Claiborne Parish, and his wife, the former Elisabeth Lane (1902-1946),<ref name=findgrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8739719|title=Dayton Hollis Waller, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 12, 2020}}</ref> the fourth of five children of Shreveport industrialist Charles W. Lane, Sr., and the former Addie Noel. Charles Lane, the grandfather of Dayton Waller, Jr., was orphaned at thirteen. Self-educated, he became the owner of the Giddens-Lane Company, a bank director, an appointee of the Caddo Levee Board, and later established the Charles W. Lane Company.<ref>[[Henry E. Chambers]], ''A History of Louisiana'', Vo1. 2, Chicago and New York, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925, pp. 35-36.</ref> The Lane Company is engaged in the management of commercial real estate development, agricultural lands, and [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] holdings. For years the firm was managed by E. Alton Sartor, Jr., another grandson of Charles W. Lane and hence a cousin of Dayton Waller, Jr. Sartor's wife, [[Jean Oliver Sartor]], was an artist in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=e-alton-sartor&pid=161140177#fbLoggedOut|title=E. Alton Sartor, Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=October 12, 2020}}</ref>

Waller was born in Shreveport to Dayton Waller, Sr. (1895-1988), a native of Haynesville in northern Claiborne Parish, and his wife, the former Elisabeth Lane (1902-1946),<ref name=findgrave>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8739719|title=Dayton Hollis Waller, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 12, 2020}}</ref> the fourth of five children of Shreveport industrialist Charles W. Lane, Sr., and the former Addie Noel. Charles Lane, the grandfather of Dayton Waller, Jr., was orphaned at thirteen. Self-educated, he became the owner of the Giddens-Lane Company, a bank director, an appointee of the Caddo Levee Board, and later established the Charles W. Lane Company.<ref>[[Henry E. Chambers]], ''A History of Louisiana'', Vo1. 2, Chicago and New York, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925, pp. 35-36.</ref> The Lane Company is engaged in the management of commercial real estate development, agricultural lands, and [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] holdings. For years the firm was managed by E. Alton Sartor, Jr., another grandson of Charles W. Lane and hence a cousin of Dayton Waller, Jr. Sartor's wife, [[Jean Oliver Sartor]], was an artist in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=e-alton-sartor&pid=161140177#fbLoggedOut|title=E. Alton Sartor, Jr.|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=October 12, 2020}}</ref>

Dayton Waller, Sr., the son of Shadrack Columbus Waller (1860-1932) and the former Mary L. Dawson (1865-1941), was a director of the C. W. Lane Company. The senior Waller was a [[United States Navy]] veteran of [[World War I]], a Shriner and a member of the American Legion and the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Shreveport. After the death of his first wife, Elisabeth, he married the former Blanche Hagan (died 1989), a native of Dry Prong in Grant Parish, by whom he had a second son, the half-brother of Dayton Waller, Jr. The Waller family is interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=findgrave/>

Dayton Waller, Sr., the son of Shadrack Columbus Waller (1860-1932) and the former Mary L. Dawson (1865-1941), was a director of the C. W. Lane Company. The senior Waller was a [[United States Navy]] veteran of [[World War I]], a Shriner and a member of the American Legion and the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Shreveport. After the death of his first wife, Elisabeth, he married the former Blanche Hagan (died 1989), a native of Dry Prong in Grant Parish, by whom he had a second son, Hollis Ray Waller (1950-2022), the half-brother of Dayton Waller, Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/obituaries/spt083467|title=Hollis Ray Waller obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 20, 2022}}</ref> The Waller family is interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=findgrave/>

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