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==Background==

==Background==

   

   

Stovall was born in Baytown, near [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], where his father worked in the oil fields. He spent the first decade of his life in a neighborhood built by the Humble Oil Company. The small residences in the subdivision were humorously called "Humble camps". He lived in [[Alaska]] for several years in the 1970s, when his father worked on the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. In 1984, Stovall graduated from West Rusk High School in New London in Rusk County in East Texas. He attended Kilgore Junior College in Kilgore and Texas State University in San Marcos, then the institution was known as '''Southwest Texas State University''',<ref name=dbstovall>{{cite web|url=http://www.texansforstovall.com/about.php|title=Proud to Be Texan|publisher=texansforstovall.com|accessdate=February 16, 2014}}</ref> also the alma mater of the late [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], who from 1949 to 1961 held the Senate seat that Stovall is seeking.

Stovall was born in Baytown, near [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], where his father worked in the oil fields. He spent the first decade of his life in a neighborhood built by the Humble Oil Company. The small residences in the subdivision were humorously called "Humble camps". He lived in [[Alaska]] for several years in the 1970s, when his father worked on the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. In 1984, Stovall graduated from West Rusk High School in New London in Rusk County in East Texas. He attended Kilgore Junior College in Kilgore and Texas State University in San Marcos, then the institution was known as '''Southwest Texas State University''',<ref name=dbstovall>{{cite web|url=http://www.texansforstovall.com/about.php|title=Proud to Be Texan|publisher=texansforstovall.com|accessdate=February 16, 2014}}</ref> also the alma mater of the late [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], who from 1949 to 1961 held the Senate seat that Stovall is seeking. Stovall did not obtain a degree from TSU.

   

   

While attending SWTSU, Stovall began employment in shift work at the Atlantic Richfield refinery in Pasadena, also near Houston, Texas, where he worked for thirteen years. In 1996, he launched Diamond K Equipment, Inc. , and moved to Liberty County shortly thereafter. He worked for what was then Lyondell-Citgo Refining until 2001, when he began full time in his business, which then specialized in bridge construction, primarily for the Texas Department of Transportation, in all parts of the state. In 2011, Diamond K began to branch into the testing of emissions testing in the oil fields.<ref name=dbstovall/>  

While attending SWTSU, Stovall began employment in shift work at the Atlantic Richfield refinery in Pasadena, also near Houston, Texas, where he worked for thirteen years. In 1996, he launched Diamond K Equipment, Inc. , and moved to Liberty County shortly thereafter. He worked for what was then Lyondell-Citgo Refining until 2001, when he began full time in his business, which then specialized in bridge construction, primarily for the Texas Department of Transportation, in all parts of the state. In 2011, Diamond K began to branch into the testing of emissions testing in the oil fields.<ref name=dbstovall/>  

   

   

He is a member of the Tarkington Independent School District trustees. He lists his religious affiliation as "[[Christian]]".<ref name=dbstovall/> He and his wife, his childhood sweetheart, Kathy Brackeen Stovall, have three children.<ref name=gilmermirror/>

He is a member of the Tarkington Independent School District trustees. He lists his religious affiliation as "[[Christian]]".<ref name=dbstovall/> He and his wife, his childhood sweetheart, Katherine Brackeen Stovall, have three children.<ref name=gilmermirror/>