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| | |spouse=Betty Westhall Blevins (married 1960)<br> | | |spouse=Betty Westhall Blevins (married 1960)<br> |
| | Children:<br> | | Children:<br> |
| − | Stanley Duke Blevins<br> | + | Ronald Stanley Blevins<br> |
| | Kristi Lyn Dean | | Kristi Lyn Dean |
| | |party=[[Republican Party|Republican]] | | |party=[[Republican Party|Republican]] |
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| | In 1977, he signed up his wife for watercolor lessons and bought her art supplies for [[Christmas]] 1977. She embarked thereafter on a successful career in the arts. Blevins said he should be introduced as "the artist's husband", rather than she being the "pastor's wife."<ref name=bio/> | | In 1977, he signed up his wife for watercolor lessons and bought her art supplies for [[Christmas]] 1977. She embarked thereafter on a successful career in the arts. Blevins said he should be introduced as "the artist's husband", rather than she being the "pastor's wife."<ref name=bio/> |
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| − | The Blevinses have a son, Stanley Duke Blevins (born August 23, 1961) of Athens, Texas, who was in 2011 serving as the music minister at the North Mesquite Baptist Church in Mesquite in eastern Dallas County.<ref name=bio/> The couple also has a daughter, Kristi Lyn Duke (born December 14, 1966) of Lubbock. | + | The Blevinses have a son, Ronald Stanley Blevins (born July 3, 1962) of Abilene, Texas, who worked as a photographer with his father in Blevins Enterprises.<ref name=bio/> The couple also has a daughter, Kristi Lyn Duke (born December 14, 1966) of Lubbock. |
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| | In addition to his guest speaking since his retirement from the Highland Church, Blevins has served as an adjunct professor on the Lubbock campus of Wayland Baptist University. "Preachers stop being full-time pastors, but they never stop preaching,” Blevins said.<ref name=bio/> | | In addition to his guest speaking since his retirement from the Highland Church, Blevins has served as an adjunct professor on the Lubbock campus of Wayland Baptist University. "Preachers stop being full-time pastors, but they never stop preaching,” Blevins said.<ref name=bio/> |