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| | (Arkansas farmer, educator, and political activist) | | (Arkansas farmer, educator, and political activist) |
| | |birth_date=December 8, 1918 | | |birth_date=December 8, 1918 |
| − | |birth_place=Marshall, Harrison County, [[Texas]], USA | + | |birth_place=[[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], USA |
| − | |death_date =March 25, 2012 (aged 93) | + | |death_date=March 25, 2012 (aged 93) |
| − | |death_place= | + | |death_place=Perryville, Perry County, Arkansas |
| − | |party=[[Arkansas]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] [[nominee]], 1972; Republican state chairman, 1988-1990 | + | |party=[[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|goubernatorial]] [[nominee]], 1972; state Republican chairman, 1986-1988 |
| − | |residence=[[Little Rock]], Arkansas | + | |religion=[[Southern Baptist]] |
| − | }religion=[[Church of Christ]]
| + | |spouse=Melba Wright Blaylock (married 1941-2012, his death)<br> |
| − | |spouse= Sue Lynn Thompson Coon (born 1938, married 1956)<br> | + | Six children:<br> |
| − | Two children:<br>
| + | David Robert Blaylock<br> |
| − | Catherine Lynn Coon<br>
| + | Len Blaylock, Jr.<br> |
| − | Kenneth Coon, Jr.
| + | Melvin James Blaylock<br> |
| − | |religion=[[Church of Christ]]<br>
| + | Betty Louise Freeze<br> |
| − | | + | Dale Alan Blaylock |
| | + | }} |
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| | '''Len Everette Blaylock, Sr.''' (December 8, 1918 – March 25, 2012),[1] was a [[farmer]], [[educator]], small [[business]]man, and [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]] from tiny Nimrod in Perry County in northwestern [[Arkansas]]. He was state welfare commissioner under the state's first Republican governor since [[Reconstruction]], [[Winthrop Rockefeller]]. He was the GOP gubernatorial nominee (1972), the U.S. marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas (1975–1978), the appointments secretary for Governor Frank D. White (1981–1983), and the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party (1985–1986). | | '''Len Everette Blaylock, Sr.''' (December 8, 1918 – March 25, 2012),[1] was a [[farmer]], [[educator]], small [[business]]man, and [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]] from tiny Nimrod in Perry County in northwestern [[Arkansas]]. He was state welfare commissioner under the state's first Republican governor since [[Reconstruction]], [[Winthrop Rockefeller]]. He was the GOP gubernatorial nominee (1972), the U.S. marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas (1975–1978), the appointments secretary for Governor Frank D. White (1981–1983), and the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party (1985–1986). |