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Granberry did not seek reelection in 1972 and was succeeded by [[Morris "Moe" Turner]]. Earlier from 1966 to 1970, he was a member of the city council. Mayors and council members in Texas are all officially nonpartisan, but Granberry was known to be a [[Republican Party|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mylife.com/James Granberry/e332317423356|title=James Granberry (H), 88 - Hideaway, TX|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref>

Granberry did not seek reelection in 1972 and was succeeded by [[Morris "Moe" Turner]]. Earlier from 1966 to 1970, he was a member of the city council. Mayors and council members in Texas are all officially nonpartisan, but Granberry was known to be a [[Republican Party|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mylife.com/James Granberry/e332317423356|title=James Granberry (H), 88 - Hideaway, TX|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref>

Granberry was one of ten children of Henry and Mary Granberry. He was reared in Lindale in Smith County, south of [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] in East Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=Travis Dean Granberry (1935-2004) |publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate =March 7, 2021}}</ref>

Granberry was one of ten children of Henry and Mary Granberry. He was reared in Lindale in Smith County, south of [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] in East Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=Travis Dean Granberry (1935-2004) (brother of Jim Granberry)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate =March 7, 2021}}</ref>

==Gubernatorial race==

==Gubernatorial race==

==Later years==

==Later years==

In 1989, [[Bill Clements|William Perry "Bill" Clements, Jr.]], the first Texas Republican governor since [[Reconstruction]], appointed Granberry as chairman of the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. He resigned in the summer of 1991. He left Lubbock in 1993.  

In 1989, [[Bill Clements|William Perry "Bill" Clements, Jr.]], the first Texas Republican governor since [[Reconstruction]], appointed Granberry, who was still living in Lubbock at that time, as chairman of the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. He resigned in the summer of 1991.  

Granberry and his surviving widow, the former Edwina Brown (born 1937) have five children, James H. Granberry, Jr. (born 1965), who practices law in [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]] in Brazos County. Another son, Zach Granberry (born 1967), lives in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. The other children are Tim Granberry,  Susan Granberry Mitchell, and Leslie Granberry Hamilton (formerly Lesie Meekis).

Granberry and his surviving widow, the former Edwina Brown (born 1937), have five children, James H. Granberry, Jr. (born 1965), who practices law in [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]] in Brazos County. Another son, Zach Granberry (born 1967), lives in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. The other children are Tim Granberry,  Susan Granberry Mitchell, and Leslie Granberry Hamilton (formerly Lesie Meekis).

In his later years, Granberry returned in 1993 to his native Smith County in East Texas and was living in Hideaway in Smith County at the time of his death at the age of eighty-nine.

In his later years, Granberry returned in 1993 to his native Smith County in East Texas and was living in Hideaway in Smith County at the time of his death at the age of eighty-nine.