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While working with Captain Bruce K. Holloway at Duncan Field in [[San Antonio]], Blaylock was introduced by Holloway to Melba Winona Wright of San Antonio. To their union in 1941 were born four sons and a daughter: David Robert Blaylock (born 1942) and wife Suzi of Coolidge, [[Arizona]], Len Blaylock, Jr. (born 1944), and wife Luanne of  Maumelle in Pulaski County, Melvin James Blaylock (born 1949) and wife Mary of London, Arkansas, Betty Louise Freeze and husband Mike of England,  Arkansas, and Dale Alan Blaylock (born 1960) and wife Vickie Kirkland Blaylock of  Greenbrier in Faulkner County.[1]

While working with Captain Bruce K. Holloway at Duncan Field in [[San Antonio]], Blaylock was introduced by Holloway to Melba Winona Wright of San Antonio. To their union in 1941 were born four sons and a daughter: David Robert Blaylock (born 1942) and wife Suzi of Coolidge, [[Arizona]], Len Blaylock, Jr. (born 1944), and wife Luanne of  Maumelle in Pulaski County, Melvin James Blaylock (born 1949) and wife Mary of London, Arkansas, Betty Louise Freeze and husband Mike of England,  Arkansas, and Dale Alan Blaylock (born 1960) and wife Vickie Kirkland Blaylock of  Greenbrier in Faulkner County.[1]

Len, Jr., served as the state executive director of the Farm Service Agency within the [[United States Department of Agriculture. Dale is a member of the security staff of the Arkansas governor's office. Len, III (born 1974), one of nineteen Blaylock grandchildren, is an Army officer wh fought in the wars in [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]].[2]

Len, Jr., served as the state executive director of the Farm Service Agency within the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]. Dale is a member of the security staff of the Arkansas governor's office. Len, III (born 1974), one of nineteen Blaylock grandchildren, is an Army officer wh fought in the wars in [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]].[2]

Blaylock began work on a college degree while he was in the military. Some coursework was taken at Baylor, but he finally obtained his bachelor's degree in 1962 from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. At times, Blaylock has been a storekeeper, a teacher, a school principak, a [[cattle]]man, and a government administrator as well as a farmer and a politician.[1]

Blaylock began work on a college degree while he was in the military. Some coursework was taken at Baylor, but he finally obtained his bachelor's degree in 1962 from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. At times, Blaylock has been a storekeeper, a teacher, a school principak, a [[cattle]]man, and a government administrator as well as a farmer and a politician.[1]

==Working for Winthrop Rockefeller==

==Working for Winthrop Rockefeller==

In 1964, Blaylock ran unsuccessfully for the Arkansas House of Representatives as a Democrat. He was defeated in the primary—by the incumbent Democrat Paul Van Dalsem (1907–1983), an associate of former Governor [[Orval E. Faubus]], who won his sixth and final term as governor that year by defeating Rockefeller in the [[general election]]. Arkansas political reformers in both parties often cited Van Dalsem as an example of objectionable "machine" politics.[5] In time, Blaylock, who had originally been anti-Faubus, became personally close to Faubus, and the two frequently visited. It was Blaylock who recommend that Governor [[Frank D. White]] in 1981 name Faubus to head the scandal-ridden Arkansas Veterans Affairs Department, much to the consternation of many Rockefeller Republicans.[6]

In 1964, Blaylock ran unsuccessfully for the Arkansas House of Representatives as a Democrat. He was defeated in the primary—by the incumbent Democrat Paul Van Dalsem (1907–1983), an associate of former Governor [[Orval E. Faubus]], who won his sixth and final term as governor that year by defeating Rockefeller in the [[general election]]. Arkansas political reformers in both parties often cited Van Dalsem as an example of objectionable "machine" politics.[5] In time, Blaylock, who had originally been anti-Faubus, became personally close to Faubus, and the two frequently visited. It was Blaylock who recommend that Governor [[Frank D. White]] in 1981 name Faubus to head the scandal-ridden Arkansas Veterans Affairs Department, much to the consternation of many Rockefeller Republicans.[6]