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In 1957, Granberry completed his pre-dental studies in at North Texas State University in Denton, since known as the University of North Texas. In 1961, he received his D.D.S. degree from the Baylor College of Dentistry in [[Dallas]], at which he was the president of the Psi Omega fraternity, founder of the Baylor Orthodontology Honor Society, and president of the Student Clinicians Association of America. Following dental college, he and Edwina moved to Lubbock, where he worked for three years under pioneer orthodontist Dr. Grover Turner. He purchased Dr. Turner's practice and soon developed one of the largest orthodontic operations in Lubbock. The Granberrys lived in Lubbock until 1994, when they returned to Smith Council to engage in business. In Lubbock, Granberry was a [[Sunday school]] teacher, [[deacon]], and lay speaker for the Second Baptist Church, a [[Southern Baptist]] congregation.<ref name=obit/>

In 1957, Granberry completed his pre-dental studies in at North Texas State University in Denton, since known as the University of North Texas. In 1961, he received his D.D.S. degree from the Baylor College of Dentistry in [[Dallas]], at which he was the president of the Psi Omega fraternity, founder of the Baylor Orthodontology Honor Society, and president of the Student Clinicians Association of America. Following dental college, he and Edwina moved to Lubbock, where he worked for three years under pioneer orthodontist Dr. Grover Turner. He purchased Dr. Turner's practice and soon developed one of the largest orthodontic operations in Lubbock. The Granberrys lived in Lubbock until 1994, when they returned to Smith Council to engage in business. In Lubbock, Granberry was a [[Sunday school]] teacher, [[deacon]], and lay speaker for the Second Baptist Church, a [[Southern Baptist]] congregation.<ref name=obit/>

Granberry formerly was the chairman of the regents of East Texas State University, now Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas. He was a trustee for the Baylor College of Dentistry and the Methodist Hospital of Lubbock. He was president of the Lubbock Visitors and Conventions Bureau.<ref name=obit/>

Granberry formerly was the chairman of the regents of East Texas State University, now Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas. He was a trustee for the Baylor College of Dentistry and the Methodist Hospital of Lubbock. He was president of the Lubbock Visitors and Conventions Bureau.<ref name=obit/>Other former positions include: Chairman-East Texas State University Board of Regents, Trustee-Baylor College of Dentistry, Board of trustees-Methodist Hospital of Lubbock, President-Lubbock Visitors and Conventions Bureau, Chairman-Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, President-Texas Partners of the Americas with Peru, and Vice President-Texas Municipal League.

 

==Political career==

==Political career==

In 1970, he was handily elected as Lubbock’s youngest mayor in history. Only nineteen days in office, Lubbock was struck by a devastating tornado which struck the heart of the citya and left twenty-six person daead and thousands injured or homeless. Because of his management of tornado reconstruction, President Nixon appointed him to serve on the Peruvian Earthquake Voluntary Assistance Group, in which capacity he traveled four times to [[Peru]] to help in the recovery from their 1970 earthquake.<ref name=obit/>

In 1970, he was handily elected as Lubbock’s youngest mayor in history. Only nineteen days in office, Lubbock was struck by a devastating tornado which struck the heart of the citya and left twenty-six person daead and thousands injured or homeless. Because of his management of tornado reconstruction, President Nixon appointed him to serve on the Peruvian Earthquake Voluntary Assistance Group, in which capacity he traveled four times to [[Peru]] to help in the recovery from their 1970 earthquake.<ref name=obit/>

Granberry said that he and a united city council mobilized to direct the rebuilding of the city. He said that he was was given more credit for the reconstruction than he deserved. He termed Mayor Pro Tempore [[Deaton Rigsby]] his "right-hand man" in the rebuilding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190506/former-lubbock-councilman-school-trustee-rigsby-dies|title=Former Lubbock councilman, school trustee Rigsby dies|author=Adam D. Young|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 6, 2019|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref> As mayor,he worked triple time to care for his city, his family, and his dental practice.

Granberry said that he and a united city council mobilized to direct the rebuilding of the city. He said that he was was given more credit for the reconstruction than he deserved. He termed Mayor Pro Tempore [[Deaton Rigsby]] his "right-hand man" in the rebuilding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190506/former-lubbock-councilman-school-trustee-rigsby-dies|title=Former Lubbock councilman, school trustee Rigsby dies|author=Adam D. Young|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 6, 2019|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref> As mayor, he also worked triple time to care for his city, his family, and his dental practice.

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://www.mylife.com/james-granberry/e332317423356|title=James Granberry (H)|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://www.mylife.com/james-granberry/e332317423356|title=James Granberry (H)|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref>

==1974 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], Jr., 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 like Granberry a 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.

Granberry was the choice of Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Tower]], the nominal head of the Texas GOP at the time. He would carry his party's tattered banner in the year in which the national party was dragged down by the [[Watergate]] affair, which had forced the resignation of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]].

Granberry was the choice of Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Tower]], the nominal head of the Texas GOP at the time. He would carry his party's tattered banner in the year in which the national party was dragged down by the [[Watergate]] affair, which had forced the resignation of [[U.S. President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]].

Dolph Briscoe hence defeated Granberry in the strongly Democratic year. Briscoe polled 1,016,334 votes (61.4 percent), compared to 514,725 (31.1 percent) for Granberry, and 93,295 for the [[Hispanic]] Raza Unida Party nominee, Ramsey Muñiz, who had also been the La Raza candidate in 1972 against Briscoe. Another approximately thirty thousand ballots were cast in the 1974 contest for other candidates. Briscoe, who had served the last two-year gubernatorial term in Texas, therefore became the first Texas governor to win a four-year term since the establishment of the Texas Constitution of 1876.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 5, 1974.</ref> Briscoe polled 617,159 fewer votes against Granberry than he had with his initial election in 1972 against the [[conservative]] Republican [[Henry C. Grover]] of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], because of a much lower turnout in 1974.

Dolph Briscoe hence defeated Granberry in the strongly Democratic year. Briscoe polled 1,016,334 votes (61.4 percent), compared to Granberry's 514,725 (31.1 percent) and 93,295 for the [[Hispanic]] Raza Unida Party nominee, Ramsey Muñiz, who had also been the La Raza candidate in 1972 against Briscoe. Another approximately thirty thousand ballots were cast in the 1974 contest for other candidates. Briscoe, who had served the last two-year gubernatorial term in Texas, therefore became the first Texas governor to win a four-year term since the establishment of the Texas Constitution of 1876.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General election returns, November 5, 1974.</ref> Briscoe polled 617,159 fewer votes against Granberry than he had with his initial election in 1972 against the [[conservative]] Republican [[Henry C. Grover]], a state senator from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], because of a much lower turnout in 1974.

[[Image:Jim Granberry of TX.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Granberry in his later years]]

[[Image:Jim Granberry of TX.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Granberry in his later years]]

==Later years==

==Later years==

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.  

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.<ref name=obit/>

Granberry and his surviving widow, the former Edwina Brown (born 1937), have five children: Leslie Granberry Hamilton (formerly Lesie Meeks) (born 1961), James H. Granberry, Jr. (born 1965), who practices law in [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]] in Brazos County,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legaldirectories.com/Granberry-James-H-Jr-45523-Atty.aspx|title=James H. Granberry, Jr.|publisher=legaldirectories.com|accessdate=March 10, 2021}}</ref> Zachary T. Granberry (born 1967) of Houston, Timothy Edwin "Tim" Granberry (born 1968) of Plano, and Susan Granberry Mitchell (born 1970). In 1993, Granberry returned 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-eight.

Granberry and his surviving widow, the former Edwina Brown (born 1937), have five children: Leslie Granberry Hamilton (formerly Lesie Meeks) (born 1961), James H. "Jay" Granberry, Jr. (born 1965), who practices law in [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]] in Brazos County,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legaldirectories.com/Granberry-James-H-Jr-45523-Atty.aspx|title=James H. Granberry, Jr.|publisher=legaldirectories.com|accessdate=March 10, 2021}}</ref> Zachary T. Granberry (born 1967) of Houston, Timothy Edwin "Tim" Granberry (born 1968) of Plano, and Susan Granberry Mitchell (born 1970). In 1993, Granberry returned 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-eight.

Current Lubbock Mayor Dan Pope said that Granberry "was the youngest mayor to lead our city, more importantly, he lead us through the aftermath and rebuilding of our city following the May 11, 1970 tornadoes. We honor his life and will never forget his service to our city.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsbreak.com/texas/lubbock/news/2177272605907/former-lubbock-mayor-jim-granberry-passes-away|title=Former Lubbock Mayor  

Current Lubbock Mayor Dan Pope said that Granberry, the youngest mayor to lead city, was "led us through the aftermath and rebuilding of our city following the tornadoes. We honor his life and will never forget his service to our city.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsbreak.com/texas/lubbock/news/2177272605907/former-lubbock-mayor-jim-granberry-passes-away|title=Former Lubbock Mayor  

Jim Granberry passes away|publisher=newsbreak.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref>

Jim Granberry passes away|publisher=newsbreak.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref>