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'''William Jackson Blythe, Jr.''', usually known as '''Bill Blythe''' or '''William Blythe''' (born August 15, 1935), is a [[real estate]] broker in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Texas House of Representatives for Harris County]]. His legislative service in the former District 22-3, subsequently District 91, extended from 1971-1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/membersearch.cfm|title=W. J. "Bill" Blythe, Jr.|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 24, 2020}}</ref>
'''William Jackson Blythe, Jr.''', usually known as '''Bill Blythe''' or '''William Blythe''' (born August 15, 1935), is a [[real estate]] broker in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former member of the Texas House of Representatives for Harris County]]. His legislative service in the former District 22-3, subsequently District 91, extended from 1971-1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/membersearch.cfm|title=W. J. "Bill" Blythe, Jr.|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 24, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
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>