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Line 6: − 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] − +
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Blaylock entered the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]], served in World War II]], and completed twenty years of service in 1959. During part of the war, he was based in [[England]] with the 8th Air Force. Later, he was assigned to the [[Strategic Air Command]]. He was an enlisted man for the first ten years and then an Air Force officer, having reached the rank of major. At various times, he was stationed in [[Alaska]], Spokane, [[Washington]]; [[Baylor University ]] in [[Waco]], [[Texas]], and the Little Rock Air Force Base.[2] He was a charter member of the Air Force Memorial Foundation[4]
Blaylock entered the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]], served in World War II]], and completed twenty years of service in 1959. During part of the war, he was based in [[England]] with the 8th Air Force. Later, he was assigned to the [[Strategic Air Command]]. He was an enlisted man for the first ten years and then an Air Force officer, having reached the rank of major. At various times, he was stationed in [[Alaska]], Spokane, [[Washington]]; [[Baylor University ]] in [[Waco]], [[Texas]], and the Little Rock Air Force Base.[2] He was a charter member of the Air Force Memorial Foundation[4]
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 who fought in the wars in [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]].[2]
While working with Captain Bruce K. Holloway at Duncan Field in [[San Antonio]], Blaylock was introduced by Holloway to Melba Winona Wright. From 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 who 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]