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In 1948, Speed began a two-year stint in the newly organized [[United States Air Force]] serving as an airplane mechanic during the [[Korean War]]. <ref name=mlg/>Thereafter, he dedicated three years of his life completing a [[Spanish]]-speaking mission for [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. While attending the Mormon institution, [[Brigham Young University]], in Provo, Utah, he met and married in 1958 at the Salt Lake Temple the former Sue Collins (born 1937). They had two daughters, Peggy Sue (born 1959) and Samantha (born 1973) and the middle child, their son, Boone (born 1965). In 1959, Speed received his Bachelor of Science degree in animal science from BYU.<ref name=askart/>
In 1948, Speed began a two-year stint in the newly organized [[United States Air Force]] serving as an airplane mechanic during the [[Korean War]]. <ref name=mlg/>Thereafter, he dedicated three years of his life completing a [[Spanish]]-speaking mission for [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. While attending the Mormon institution, [[Brigham Young University]], in Provo, Utah, he met and married in 1958 at the Salt Lake Temple the former Sue Collins (born 1937). They had two daughters, Peggy Sue (born 1959) and Samantha (born 1973) and the middle child, their son, Boone (born 1965). In 1959, Speed received his Bachelor of Science degree in animal science from BYU.<ref name=askart/>
Before he became a full-time artist, Speed supported his family as an elementary school teacher in [[Salt Lake City]] but residing in Provo.<ref name=mlg/> "Having come from [[conservative]] West Texas, I really wanted to be the world's best cowboy. Yet every time I got a chance to be around any kind of western art, I couldn't stop reading about it, looking at it, and studying it", Speed said.<ref name=speed>{{cite web|url=http://www.beauchampwesternart.com/BeauchampWesternArt/Grant_Speed.html|title=Grant Speed|publisher=beauchampwesternart.com|accessdate=June 25, 2011}}</ref>
Before he became a full-time artist, Speed supported his family as an elementary school teacher in [[Salt Lake City]] but residing in Provo.<ref name=mlg/> "Having come from [[conservative]] West Texas, I really wanted to be the world's best cowboy. Yet every time I got a chance to be around any kind of western art, I couldn't stop reading about it, looking at it, and studying it", Speed said.<ref name=speed>{{cite web|url=http://www.beauchampwesternart.com/BeauchampWesternArt/Grant_Speed.html|title=Grant Speed|publisher=beauchampwesternart.com|accessdate=June 25, 2011; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>
==Artist and sculptor==
==Artist and sculptor==