Born: 15 Jan 1892, Halifax Co., NC
Died: 10 November 1969
Buried: Elwood Cemetery, Enfield, NC
Education: UNC, University of Virginia,
University of Virginia Law School,
Wake Forest Law School
Read Law:
Admitted: 1914
NC House: 1923
App’t to Superior Court: 1932
Elected to Superior Court: 1932, 1934, 1942, 1950
Elected to Supreme Court: 1952, 1953
App’t Chief Justice: 1966
Elected Chief Justice: 5 Jan 1966
Died in office: 10 Nov 1969
Preceded by:
Associate Justice: Itimous Valentine
Chief Justice: Emery Byrd Denny
Succeeded by:
Associate Justice: J. Will Pless
Chief Justice: William Bobbitt
Number of Opinions:
657 Majority
25 Dissenting
17 Concurring
699 Total
