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|death_date=October 3, 2025 (aged 76)
|death_date=October 3, 2025 (aged 76)
|death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|death_place=[[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana
|resting_place=Entombed at Resthaven Gardens of Memory in Baton Rouge
|resting_place=Entombed at Resthaven Gardens of Memory<br> in Baton Rouge
|spouse=Susan Marie Simpson Waddell
|spouse=Susan Marie Simpson Waddell (married 1971-2025, his death)
|children=Gregory Leo "Greg" Waddell<br>
|children=Gregory Leo "Greg" Waddell<br>
Riley Waddell
Riley Waddell
|alma_mater=[[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School<br>
|alma_mater=[[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School<br>
[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]
[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]
}}
}}
'''Leo Wayne Waddell''', known as '''Wayne Waddell''' (born October 14, 1948 – October 3, 2025) was a [[Shreveport]] [[business]]man and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 5 in Caddo Parish, [[Louisiana]]. He ran unopposed in the 2007 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] but resigned before he completed his third term in the body to become the director of the [[Louisiana State Exhibit Museum]] in Shreveport.
'''Leo Wayne Waddell''', known as '''Wayne Waddell''' (born October 14, 1948 – October 3, 2025) was a [[Shreveport]] [[business]]man and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 5 in Caddo Parish, [[Louisiana]]. He ran unopposed in the 2007 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] but resigned before he completed his third term in the body to become the director of the [[Louisiana State Exhibit Museum]] in Shreveport.
Early in 2020, Waddell was removed from the museum position by [[Kyle Ardoin]], Schedler's successor as secretary of state. No reason was cited for his removal. He was succeeded by another former state representative, and fellow Republican, Thomas Gaughan Carmody, Jr. (born 1961, also of Shreveport.
Early in 2020, Waddell was removed from the museum position by [[Kyle Ardoin]], Schedler's successor as secretary of state. No reason was cited for his removal. He was succeeded by another former state representative, and fellow Republican, Thomas Gaughan Carmody, Jr. (born 1961, also of Shreveport.
His obituary does not explain if he relocated to Baton Rouge or why he is entombed in Baton Rouge, rather than Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>
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