Born: 26 Dec 1884, Ansonville, NC
Died: 13 Sept 1951, Raleigh, NC
Buried: Mary Love Cemetary, Hamlet, NC
Education: UNC and UNC Law School
Read Law:
Admitted: 1909
NC House: 1915
App’t to Superior Court: 1915
Elected to Superior Court: 1916
Resigned: 1920
Elected to Supreme Court: 1920
App’t Chief Justice: 17 Mar 1925
Elected Chief Justice: 1926, 1934, 1942, 1950
Died in Office: 13 Sep 1951
Preceded by:
Associate Justice: George Brown
Chief Justice: William A. Hoke
Succeeded by:
Associate Justice: Lycurgus Varser
Chief Justice: William Devin
Number of Opinions:
1912 Majority
70 Dissenting
35 Concurring
2017 Total
