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==Background==

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Lenard was born to James Lenard (1890–1966) and Doshie Lenard (1888–1971) in West Monroe, in western Ouachita Parish. The second youngest of seven children, he outlived all of his siblings. James Lenard deserted the family during the [[Great Depression]]. Lloyd Lenard’s difficult upbringing is highlighted in his 2005 book, ''Papa Left Us But Mama Pulled Us Through''. Of his mother, Lenard said: "This tiny woman had only [[Christian]] love and pioneer courage with which to hold her family together after her handsome, womanizing husband left her on a tenant farm with seven children and no resources." Lenard further recalled how his mother taught him and his siblings to "take care of ourselves and stand on our own two feet. [We] did just that, and in her declining years, the children took care of her and, strangely enough, of their handsome father who had no others to whom to turn as he became ill and started his long slide into death."<ref name=mama>{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/author_lloyd_e_lenard_papa_left_us_but_mama_pulled_us_through.html|author=Lloyd E. Lenard|title=''Papa Left Us But Mama Pulled Us Through''|publisher=Lloydelenardauthor.com|accessdate=July 3, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Lenard was born to James Lenard (1890–1966) and Doshie Lenard (1888–1971) in West Monroe in western Ouachita Parish. The second youngest of seven children, he outlived all of his siblings. James Lenard deserted the family during the [[Great Depression]]. Lloyd Lenard’s difficult upbringing is highlighted in his 2005 book, ''Papa Left Us But Mama Pulled Us Through.'' Of his mother, Lenard said: "This tiny woman had only [[Christian]] love and pioneer courage with which to hold her family together after her handsome, womanizing husband left her on a tenant farm with seven children and no resources." Lenard further recalled how his mother taught him and his siblings to "take care of ourselves and stand on our own two feet. [We] did just that, and in her declining years, the children took care of her and, strangely enough, of their handsome father who had no others to whom to turn as he became ill and started his long slide into death."<ref name=mama>{{cite web|url=http://www.lloydelenardauthor.com/author_lloyd_e_lenard_papa_left_us_but_mama_pulled_us_through.html|author=Lloyd E. Lenard|title=''Papa Left Us But Mama Pulled Us Through''|publisher=Lloydelenardauthor.com|accessdate=July 3, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

Lenard graduated from Ouachita Parish High School in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] and attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then "Northeast Junior College." He completed his bachelor’s degree in [[journalism]] on a scholarship at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He obtained his master’s degree in [[advertising]] and merchandising at the [[University of Missouri]] in Columbia, a premier school in the field.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=111398520 Legacy.com|title=Obituary of Lloyd E. Lenard|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 12, 2008}}</ref>

Lenard graduated from Ouachita Parish High School in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] and attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then "Northeast Junior College." He completed his bachelor’s degree in [[journalism]] on a scholarship at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He obtained his master’s degree in [[advertising]] and merchandising at the [[University of Missouri]] in Columbia, a premier school in the field.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/shreveporttimes/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=111398520 Legacy.com|title=Obituary of Lloyd E. Lenard|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 12, 2008}}</ref>