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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=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11930794/travis-dean-granberry|title=Travis Dean Granberry (1935-2004) (brother of Jim Granberry)|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=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11930794/travis-dean-granberry|title=Travis Dean Granberry (1935-2004) (brother of Jim Granberry)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 7, 2021}}</ref>
==Gubernatorial race==
==1974 Gubernatorial race==
In 1974, Granberry was the GOP nominee for [[governor]] of Texas but carried only 7 of the 254 counties and hence lost the [[general election]] by a wide margin to [[incumbent]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor [[Dolph Briscoe]] of Uvalde. Granberry was opposed for the Republican gubernatorial nomination by [[Odell McBrayer]], the candidate of what later became known as the "Religious Right." Granberry handily defeated McBrayer, an [[attorney]] and [[United States Air Force]] veteran,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25419623/odell-lavon-mcbrayer|title=Odell McBrayer|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref> Granberry polled 53,617 votes (77.6 percent) to McBrayer's 15,489 ballots (22.4 percent) in a low-turnout [[primary]] election.
In 1974, Granberry was the GOP nominee for [[governor]] of Texas but carried only 7 of the 254 counties and hence lost the [[general election]] by a wide margin to [[incumbent]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor [[Dolph Briscoe]] of Uvalde. Granberry was opposed for the Republican gubernatorial nomination by [[Odell McBrayer]], the candidate of what later became known as the "Religious Right." Granberry handily defeated McBrayer, an [[attorney]] and [[United States Air Force]] veteran,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25419623/odell-lavon-mcbrayer|title=Odell McBrayer|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref> Granberry polled 53,617 votes (77.6 percent) to McBrayer's 15,489 ballots (22.4 percent) in a low-turnout [[primary]] election.