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Politicians in the Printing and Publishing Business in North Carolina
other than newspapers

William Carson Ervin (1859-1943) — also known as William C. Ervin — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C.; Morganton, Burke County, N.C. Born in McDowell County, N.C., December 15, 1859. Lawyer; newspaper editor; printer; mayor of Lenoir, N.C., 1888-89. Died in Morganton, Burke County, N.C., July 16, 1943 (age 83 years, 213 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Lawson Ervin and Evelyn (Moody) Ervin.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Joe Gregory Gentry (1893-1983) — also known as Joe G. Gentry — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Walnut Cove, Stokes County, N.C., September 23, 1893. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; printing business; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1935-36, 1941-42, 1947-48, 1955-56; defeated (Democratic), 1928; Republican candidate for West Virginia state senate 5th District, 1942. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis; American Legion; Elks. Died September 6, 1983 (age 89 years, 348 days). Interment at Elks Cemetery, Bedford, Va.   Relatives: Son of Sterling Hawood Gentry and Oda Catherine (Rierson) Gentry; married, June 3, 1922, to Jessie Elizabeth Ferguson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial John Elwin Kehl (1870-1936) — also known as John E. Kehl — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, October 10, 1870. Bookkeeper; printer; U.S. Consul in Stettin, 1897-1908; Sydney, 1908-11; Salonika, 1911-18; Aarhus, 1918-20; Stuttgart, as of 1926-29; U.S. Consul General in Hamburg, as of 1931-32. German ancestry. Died, in Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., April 2, 1936 (age 65 years, 175 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of John Kehl and Louise (Buckley) Kehl.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: U.S. passport application (1921)   John Franklin Westmoreland (1847-1913) — also known as J. F. Westmoreland — of Thomasville, Davidson County, N.C. Born in Stokes County, N.C., April 27, 1847. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; printer; newspaper publisher; suffered a stroke in the 1890s which confined him to a wheelchair; member of North Carolina state senate 26th District, 1895-96. Campbellite. Died in Thomasville, Davidson County, N.C., May 13, 1913 (age 66 years, 16 days). Interment at City Cemetery, Thomasville, N.C.   Relatives: Second great-grandfather of T. G. Westmoreland.   See also OurCampaigns candidate detail   T. G. Westmoreland (b. 1964) — also known as Wes Westmoreland — of Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C. Born in Cleveland County, N.C., May 4, 1964. Republican. Founder and president, Westmoreland Printers, Shelby, N.C.; chair of Cleveland County Republican Party, 2004-08, 2009-11; member of North Carolina state senate 46th District, 2012-; defeated, 2006; appointed 2012. Southern Baptist. Still living as of 2012.   Relatives: Second great-grandson of John Franklin Westmoreland.

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