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Politicians in Insurance in North Carolina


  Dallas L. Alford, Jr. — of Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C. Born in Durham, Durham County, N.C. Son of Dallas Lloyd Alford, Sr. and Sally Kate (Pope) Alford. 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: Married 1945 to Margarette Glenn Griffin.
  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. Son of William Henry Bason and Flora Green (Murphey) Bason. 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: Married 1921 to Martha E. Hatchett.
  J. E. Bass (b. 1877) — of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, W.Va. Born in Cunningham, Person County, N.C., September 14, 1877. Son of R. B. Bass and Martha (Sydnor) Bass. Democrat. Insurance business; president, Lewisburg Ice Cream Company; secretary-treasurer, General Lewis Hotel, Lewisburg; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1941-44. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Huldah Hambrick.
  John Fletcher Bruton (b. 1861) — of Wilson, Wilson County, N.C. Born in Wentworth, Rockingham County, N.C., May 29, 1861. Son of David Rasbury Bruton and Margaret G. (Nixon) Bruton. Democrat. Lawyer; vice-president, North Carolina Home Insurance Co.; director, Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co.;; mayor of Wilson, N.C., 1894-96. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Alpha Tau Omega; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, November 15, 1887, to Hattie Tartt Barnes.
  Walter A. Bunch — of Asheboro, Randolph County, N.C. Insurance business; mayor of Asheboro, N.C., 1937-39. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Lloyd Lee Gravely (b. 1889) — also known as Lloyd L. Gravely — of Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C. Born in Danville, Va., December 5, 1889. Son of John Oglesby Gravely and Lula (Kent) Gravely. 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. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Descendant of Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson; son of John Oglesby Gravely and Lula (Kent) Gravely; married to Mary Clarke Hoofnagle. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams family of New York.
  Kenneth R. Harris — also known as Ken Harris — of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in Iredell County, N.C. Republican. Banker; insurance business; mayor of Charlotte, N.C., 1977-79. Still living as of 1995.
  David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) — also known as David F. Houston — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Monroe, Union County, N.C., February 17, 1866. Son of William H. Houston and Cornelia Anne (Stevens) Houston. Superintendent of schools; university professor; president, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president, University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone and Telegraph Co. and president, Bell Telephone Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States Steel Corporation. Member, American Economic Association. Died, from heart disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198 days). Interment at Memorial Cemetery, near Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Married, December 11, 1895, to Helen Beall (1873-1940).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) — of Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., September 14, 1878. Son of William Marion Loftin and Loreta C. (Thomason) Loftin. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and director, Florida East Coast Hotel Co.; director, Gulf Life Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East Coast Railway, 1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1936. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Alpha Tau Omega; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Blue Key; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Highlands, Macon County, N.C., September 22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8 days). Interment at Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Henry M. Michaux, Jr. (b. 1930) — of Durham County, N.C. Born in Durham, Durham County, N.C., September 4, 1930. Son of Henry McKinley Michaux, Sr. and Isadore (Coates) Michaux. 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.
  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. Son of J. Leon Nuckols and Chesney (Asher) Nuckols. 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. Still living as of 2003.
  Relatives: Married, July 9, 1938, to Mary Emyl Stanley.
  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. Son of James Gudger Stikeleather and Nancy (Weaver) Stikeleather. 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. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1937 to Dorothy Kimberly.

 

 


 
   
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