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Politicians in Real Estate and Development in North Carolina

  Dallas L. Alford Jr. — of Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C. Born in Durham, Durham County, N.C. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; real estate and insurance business; member of North Carolina state senate 6th District, 1959. Methodist. Member, Elks; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Kiwanis; Delta Sigma Phi; Jaycees. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Dallas Lloyd Alford, Sr. and Sally Kate (Pope) Alford; married 1945 to Margarette Glenn Griffin.
  James Allen Austin (1886-1954) — also known as J. Allen Austin — of High Point, Guilford County, N.C. Born in New London, Stanly County, N.C., November 6, 1886. Democrat. Lawyer; real estate developer; bank director; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Guilford County, 1921-22. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Freemasons. Died in High Point, Guilford County, N.C., January 19, 1954 (age 67 years, 74 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, High Point, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Daniel Austin and Mary Jane (Talley) Austin; married to Nancy Kerns.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  David W. Barlow (b. 1945) — of Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C. Born in Caldwell County, N.C., May 31, 1945. Democrat. School teacher; real estate broker; mayor of Lenoir, N.C., 1999-2003. Baptist. Still living as of 2003.
  Relatives: Son of Boyd Calvino Barlow and Thelma (Smith) Barlow; married to Theresa Roberts.
  Samuel Murphey Bason (1894-1986) — also known as Sam M. Bason — of Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C. Born in Swepsonville, Alamance County, N.C., December 3, 1894. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Bank of Yanceyville; owner, Caswell Insurance and Realty Company; director, North Carolina Railroad; member of North Carolina state senate 15th District, 1947-48, 1953-54, 1959. Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons. Died in January, 1986 (age 91 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Bason and Flora Green (Murphey) Bason; married 1921 to Martha E. Hatchett.
  William M. Cumming (1860-1922) — of Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C. Born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., July 9, 1860. Real estate business; notary public; Vice-Consul for Haiti in Wilmington, N.C., 1887-1908. Died, from heart disease, in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., January 24, 1922 (age 61 years, 199 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of William Andres Cumming and Mary (Rankin) Cumming; married, October 23, 1893, to Susanne Cooper.
  Epitaph: "A perfect and an upright man, one that feared God and eschewed evil."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Earnest Garrison (1892-1964) — also known as W. E. Garrison — of Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C. Born in Lincoln County, N.C., March 2, 1892. Democrat. Building contractor; real estate business; member of North Carolina state senate 25th District, 1955-56, 1959. Baptist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners. Died December 2, 1964 (age 72 years, 275 days). Interment at Hollybrook Cemetery, Lincolnton, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of William L. Garrison and Docia (Clanton) Garrison.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lloyd Lee Gravely (1889-1953) — also known as Lloyd L. Gravely — of Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C. Born in Danville, Va., December 5, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; tobacco buyer; manager, tobacco products factory; director and general manager, China America Tobacco Co.; director, Standard Insurance and Realty Co.; mayor of Rocky Mount, N.C., 1925-28; member of North Carolina state senate 6th District, 1929-32, 1935. Methodist. Member, Kiwanis; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; Junior Order; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Sons of the American Revolution. Died March 6, 1953 (age 63 years, 91 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Oglesby Winston Gravely and Lula (Keene) Gravely; married, August 2, 1916, to Mary Clarke Hoofnagle.
  Franklin Wills Hancock III (b. 1918) — also known as Wills Hancock III — of Oxford, Granville County, N.C. Born in Oxford, Granville County, N.C., June 1, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real estate business; farmer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-48; member of North Carolina state senate, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1959. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lucy Osborn (Landis) Hancock and Franklin Wills Hancock Jr..
  Frederick Rulfs Keith (b. 1900) — also known as Fred R. Keith — of St. Pauls, Robeson County, N.C.; Lumberton, Robeson County, N.C. Born in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., December 25, 1900. Republican. Realtor; farmer; hardware store owner; banker; candidate for U.S. Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1948, 1960, 1964; chair of Robeson County Republican Party, 1952. Baptist. Member, Farm Bureau; American Legion; Tau Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Keith and Lillie (Rulfs) Keith; married, November 24, 1927, to Grace Butler.
  F. Brevard McDowell — of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Lawyer; newspaper editor; real estate developer; mayor of Charlotte, N.C., 1887-91. Burial location unknown.
  Patrick T. McHenry (b. 1975) — Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., October 22, 1975. Republican. Realtor; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 2002-04; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 2005-. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Samuel S. McNinch — of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Republican. Brick manufacturer; real estate developer; mayor of Charlotte, N.C., 1905-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1912. Burial location unknown.
  Mark Randall Meadows (b. 1959) — also known as Mark Meadows — of Highlands, Macon County, N.C.; Skyland, Buncombe County, N.C. Born in a U.S. Army hospital at Verdun, France, of American parents, July 28, 1959. Republican. Restauranteur; real estate developer; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 2008; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 2013-. Member, Sigma Chi. Still living as of 2018.
  See also congressional biography — Wikipedia article
  Henry M. Michaux Jr. (b. 1930) — of Durham County, N.C. Born in Durham, Durham County, N.C., September 4, 1930. Lawyer; insurance and real estate business; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1973-77, 1985-; U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1977-81. African Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, National Bar Association. Still living as of 2005.
  Relatives: Son of Henry McKinley Michaux, Sr. and Isadore (Coates) Michaux.
  Du Brutz Cutlar Moore (b. 1895) — also known as Cutlar Moore — of Lumberton, Robeson County, N.C. Born in Burgaw, Pender County, N.C., August 6, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate business; secretary of North Carolina Democratic Party, 1934-36; member of North Carolina state senate 11th District, 1953-59. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Bailey Moore and Serena Lee (Corbett) Moore; married 1922 to Ruth Robeson Norment.
  Jack A. Nuckols (b. 1912) — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.; Walnut Cove, Stokes County, N.C. Born in Pineville, Bell County, Ky., July 3, 1912. Democrat. Insurance and real estate business; member of West Virginia state senate 9th District, 1952-61; appointed 1952; resigned 1961; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1956. Christian. Member, Elks; Moose; Farm Bureau; Lions; Jaycees; Odd Fellows; Fraternal Order of Police. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of J. Leon Nuckols and Chesney (Asher) Nuckols; married, July 9, 1938, to Mary Emyl Stanley.
  J. Carlyle Rutledge (b. 1909) — of Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, N.C. Born in Stanley, Gaston County, N.C., December 28, 1909. Democrat. Lawyer; real estate business; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1943-46; member of North Carolina state senate 21st District, 1957-59. Methodist. Member, Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Graham Rutledge and Frances Virginia (Moore) Rutledge; married to Judith Rea Kukendal.
  James Gudger Stikeleather Jr. (b. 1911) — also known as James G. Stikeleather, Jr. — of Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C. Born in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., September 8, 1911. Democrat. Insurance and real estate business; president, Carolina Federal Savings & Loan Association; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1955; member of North Carolina state senate 31st District, 1956-59. Methodist. Member, Sigma Chi. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Gudger Stikeleather and Nancy (Weaver) Stikeleather; married 1937 to Dorothy Kimberly.
  Lawrence Davis Tyson (1861-1929) — also known as Lawrence D. Tyson — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn. Born in Greenville, Pitt County, N.C., July 4, 1861. Democrat. University professor; lawyer; president, Knoxville Cotton Mills, Knoxville Spinning Co., Poplar Creek Coal and Iron Co., Lenoir City Land Co., East Tennessee Coal and Iron Co., Coal Creek Mining and Manufacturing Co.; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1903-05; Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1903-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1908; general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1920; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1925-29; died in office 1929. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the Revolution. Died in 1929 (age about 67 years). Interment at Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Lawrence Tyson and Margaret Louise (Turnage) Tyson; married, February 10, 1886, to Bettie Humes McGhee.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Thomas Woodley (b. 1873) — also known as W. T. Woodley — of Tyner, Chowan County, N.C. Born in Chowan County, N.C., 1873. Democrat. Farmer; real estate agent; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of North Carolina state senate 1st District, 1913-14. Episcopalian. Member, Modern Woodmen of America. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of W. T. Woodley and Mary Isabella (Parker) Woodley; married 1905 to Margaret Pretlow.
G. Smedes York George Smedes York (born c.1940) — also known as G. Smedes York — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., about 1940. Real estate developer; mayor of Raleigh, N.C., 1979-83. Still living as of 2014.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Image source: York Properties
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