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FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

POWER OF ATTORNEY

For Executing Forms 3, 4, and 5

Know all by these presents, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Keith A. Istre, James R. McIlwain,
Esq., and George Ticknor, Esq., or any of
them signing singly, and with full power
of substitution, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's
name and on the undersigned's behalf, and
submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, authentication documents,
and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC of reports required by
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as
a director and/or executive officer and/or ten
percent stockholder of Lamar Advertising
Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and
on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete
and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form with
the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(4)	take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-
fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form
and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power
of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this 29th day of September, 2005.

/s/ Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.