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|term_start=January 2013​

|term_start=January 2013​

|preceded=[[Jim Landtroop]] (transferred to District 88 and defeated)​

|preceded=[[Jim Landtroop]] (transferred to District 88 and defeated)​

|birth_place=Duncan, [[Oklahoma]], USA​

|birth_place=Duncan, [[Oklahoma]], USA​

|birth_date=February 4, 1945​

|birth_date=February 4, 1945​

|residence=Wharton, Texas

|residence=Wharton, Texas

|occupation=[[Business]]man​

|occupation=[[Business]]man​

|spouse=Barbara Stephenson​

|spouse=Barbara Lynn Stephenson​

|children=Two children​​: Scott and Allison

|children=Scott Stephenson<br>

Allison S. LeGrand

|religion=[[United Methodist]]​

|religion=[[United Methodist]]​

|alma_mater=Plainview (Texas) High School

|alma_mater=Plainview (Texas) High School

Stephenson is a  native of Duncan in Stephens County in southern [[Oklahoma]] southwest of Lawton. At some point, he moved to Hale County, north of [[Lubbock]], Texas, where he graduated in 1964 from Plainview High School in Plainview. He then attended the two-year South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, and then [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock, from which he received in 1969 a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.<ref name=votesmart/>​ Since 1976, Stephenson has owned the CPA firm, Stephenson and Company. After college, he worked as senior accountant for Main Lafrentz and Company in [[Dallas]], Texas. He is a member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.<ref name=votesmart/>​

Stephenson is a  native of Duncan in Stephens County in southern [[Oklahoma]] southwest of Lawton. At some point, he moved to Hale County, north of [[Lubbock]], Texas, where he graduated in 1964 from Plainview High School in Plainview. He then attended the two-year South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, and then [[Texas Tech University]] in Lubbock, from which he received in 1969 a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.<ref name=votesmart/>​ Since 1976, Stephenson has owned the CPA firm, Stephenson and Company. After college, he worked as senior accountant for Main Lafrentz and Company in [[Dallas]], Texas. He is a member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants.<ref name=votesmart/>​

Stephenson and his wife, Barbara, have two children, Scott and Allison. He is a [[United Methodist]].​<ref name=votesmart/>​

Stephenson and his wife, Barbara Lynn (1948-2016), have two children, Scott and Allison LeGrand. He is a [[United Methodist]].​<ref name=votesmart/>​ Upon his death Stephenson will be interred alongside his wife at the Texas State Cemetery in [[Austin]]. His gravestone has the spelling of his first name as "Phyllip."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cemetery.tspb.texas.gov/pub/user_form822.asp?pers_id=12063|title=Barbara Lynn Stephenson|publisher=Texas State Cemetery ([[Austin]])|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref>

 

==Political life==

==Political life==