Born: 12 Jul 1884, Chowan Co., NC
Died: 9 Jul 1966, Marion, NC
Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Marion, NC
Education: Horner Military Academy, Bingman School, UNC, UNC Law School
Read Law:
Admitted: 1906
App’t to Supreme Court: 1937
Elected to Supreme Court: 1938, 1946, 1954
App’t Chief Justice: 21 Aug 1956
Elected Chief Justice: 21 Aug 1956, 1958
Retired: 8 Mar 1962
Preceded by:
Associate Justice: N/A*
Chief Justice: M. V. Barnhill
Succeeded by:
Associate Justice: William B. Rodman, Jr.
Chief Justice: Emery Byrd Denny
Number of Opinions:
920 Majority
8 Dissenting
5 Concurring
933 Total
