Wallace Martin
| Willard Wallace Martin, Sr. | |
North Carolina State Representative for Swain County
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| Born | c. 1926 Swain County, North Carolina, USA |
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| Died | September 22, 2016 Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Resting place | Cremation |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Bryson Martin |
| Alma mater | United States Naval Academy |
| Occupation | Professor at Pfeiffer University City manager for Sunset Beach |
Willard Wallace Martin, Sr., known as Wallace Martin (c. 1926 – September 22, 2016), was a college professor and city manager who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from his native Swain County, dates of service and party affiliation unavailable.
The son of Willard and Sarah Martin, he was reared in Swain County in the far western section of his state. Martin served in the United States Navy and attended the [[United States Naval Academy|Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, at which he played football and ran track. After his legislative service, he was for two decades a professor at United Methodist-affiliated Pfeiffer College (since University) near Richfield in Stanley County in west central North Carolina, at which he coached tennis and wrestling. After Pfeiffer, he was the town manager for Sunset Beach and then Bald Head Island, both in North Carolina. He retired to a farm in southern Virginia, where he and his wife, the late Ann Bryson Martin, restored an old farm house and tobacco barns.[1]
He is survived by his daughter, Carolyn Martin of the capital city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, two sons, Willard, Jr. (born March 14, 1953),[2] of Washington, North Carolina, and Richard E. Martin of the capital city of Raleigh, North Carolina. He died in Raleigh at the age of ninety; his memorial service was held thereafter in Asheville, North Carolina.[1] [[Category:Education [[Category:United States Navy}}
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Willard Martin Obituary. The Baton Rouge Advocate (September 28, 2016). Retrieved on September 19, 2017.
- ↑ Willard Martin. Mylife.com. Retrieved on September 19, 2017.