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==Background==​

==Background==​

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A sixth generation Texan,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.har.com/AWS/AWS.CFM?AGENT_NUMBER=97232|title=Bill Blythe, Realtor|publisher=har.com|accessdate=September 23, 2011}}</ref> Blythe was born in [[San Antonio]] in Bexar County to  William Blythe, Sr. (1907–2004), a native of Fordyce in Dallas County in southern [[Arkansas]]] and an attorney and colonel in the [[United States Army]], stationed throughout the world during thirty-seven years of service. Colonel Blythe had been one of the trainers of the [[Green Berets]]. Blythe's mother is the former Bess Tyson of the Elkins Lake community near Huntsville in Walker County in East Texas, later of Houston. Her parents were Thomas Brown Tyson and the former Fannie Rose Robinson of San Jacinto County, Texas. Bess Blythe's forbears were among the founders of the [[Republic of Texas]].<ref name=obit>Obituary of William J. Blythe, Sr., '' Houston Chronicle'', April 15, 2004.</ref>​

A sixth generation Texan,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.har.com/AWS/AWS.CFM?AGENT_NUMBER=97232|title=Bill Blythe, Realtor|publisher=har.com|accessdate=September 23, 2011}}</ref> Blythe was born in [[San Antonio]] in Bexar County to  William Blythe, Sr. (1907–2004), a native of Fordyce in Dallas County in southern [[Arkansas]]] and an attorney and colonel in the [[United States Army]], stationed throughout the world during thirty-seven years of service. Colonel Blythe had been one of the trainers of the Green Berets. Blythe's mother is the former Bess Tyson of the Elkins Lake community near Huntsville in Walker County in East Texas, later of Houston. Her parents were Thomas Brown Tyson and the former Fannie Rose Robinson of San Jacinto County, Texas. Bess Blythe's forbears were among the founders of the [[Republic of Texas]].<ref name=obit>Obituary of William J. Blythe, Sr., '' Houston Chronicle'', April 15, 2004.</ref>​

 

Blythe earned his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in general business from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. He also studied economics and political science at the [[University of Virginia]] at [Charlottesville,  and the [[London School of Economics]] in [[London]], [[England]]. Blythe served for eight years in the United States Army, both active and reserve duty. He retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel from the Texas State Guard. A former member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Jaycees, he received that organization's Charles A. Perlitz, Jr. Memorial Award for "Leadership Training through Community Development."<ref name=blythe/>​

Blythe earned his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in general business from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. He also studied economics and political science at the [[University of Virginia]] at [Charlottesville,  and the [[London School of Economics]] in [[London]], [[England]]. Blythe served for eight years in the United States Army, both active and reserve duty. He retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel from the Texas State Guard. A former member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Jaycees, he received that organization's Charles A. Perlitz, Jr. Memorial Award for "Leadership Training through Community Development."<ref name=blythe/>​

 

In 1962, Blythe joined his father, who retired that year from the Army, in the establishment in Austin of the former William Blythe Advertising and Public Relations Company.<ref name=obit/> With more than four decades in the real estate business, Blythe was as of  2011 an associate with Martha Turner Properties. His experience includes commercial and residential sales, building, and developing within the Houston Metropolitan Area.<ref name=blythe/>​

In 1962, Blythe joined his father, who retired that year from the Army, in the establishment in Austin of the former William Blythe Advertising and Public Relations Company.<ref name=obit/> With more than four decades in the real estate business, Blythe was as of  2011 an associate with Martha Turner Properties. His experience includes commercial and residential sales, building, and developing within the Houston Metropolitan Area.<ref name=blythe/>​

 

From his first marriage to the former Charlene Cotton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cotton of New Waverly,  also in Walker County, Texas, Blythe has two daughters, Alison Robinson Blythe and Ashley Chastain Blythe Zachry, son-in-law, Josh Zachry, and grandson, Davis Blythe Zachry.  After his divorce, Blythe married Adell M. "Dell" Blythe and acquired a stepdaughter, Paige Griffin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itemonline.com/weddings/x212531071/10-15-Blythe-Zachry-Wedding?keyword=topstory|title=Blythe Zachry Wedding|publisher=''Huntsville (Texas)  Item''|date=October 13, 2006|accessdate=September 23, 2011; article no longer on-line}}</ref> Blythe is a member of the associate vestry at St. John the Divine[[ Episcopal Church]] in Houston.<ref name=blythe>{{cite web|url=http://www.spoke.com/info/pFZG0ax/WilliamBlythe|title=William Blythe|publisher=spoke.com|accessdate=September 23, 2011}}</ref>​

From his first marriage to the former Charlene Cotton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cotton of New Waverly,  also in Walker County, Texas, Blythe has two daughters, Alison Robinson Blythe and Ashley Chastain Blythe Zachry, son-in-law, Josh Zachry, and grandson, Davis Blythe Zachry.  After his divorce, Blythe married Adell M. "Dell" Blythe and acquired a stepdaughter, Paige Griffin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itemonline.com/weddings/x212531071/10-15-Blythe-Zachry-Wedding?keyword=topstory|title=Blythe Zachry Wedding|publisher=''Huntsville (Texas)  Item''|date=October 13, 2006|accessdate=September 23, 2011; article no longer on-line}}</ref> Blythe is a member of the associate vestry at St. John the Divine[[ Episcopal Church]] in Houston.<ref name=blythe>{{cite web|url=http://www.spoke.com/info/pFZG0ax/WilliamBlythe|title=William Blythe|publisher=spoke.com|accessdate=September 23, 2011}}</ref>​

 

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==Legislative service==​

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