Harris D. Blake Personal: Born in Jackson Springs, N.C., November 3, 1929. Resident of Pinehurst since 1953. Married in 1953 to the former Barbara Carter. One daughter, Joy. Education: - West End High School. Attended Elon College
Military: - Korean War Veteran. Battalion Operations Sergeant, US Army 1951-1953. Honorable Discharge.
Business: Current - President and Owner of Pinehurst South Commercial Realty & Development
- General Partner of BBL & Associates and BH Partnership
Past - President of Blake-Kirby Corporation (Bojangles franchises)
- Secretary/Treasurer of Colonial Abrasives, Inc.
- Director and Chairman of Executive Committee, First Federal Savings & Loan
- Director of Carolina Bank and Member of Executive Committee (now BB&T)
- Employed as a clerk and later manager of Pinehurst Hardware & Supply Co.; purchased business in 1964 and expanded into three hardware and building supply locations
- Director of Channel 40 TV in Fayetteville.
Past & Present Community Service: - Trustee, Moore Regional Hospital
- Trustee, Sandhills Community College
- Board of Directors, North Carolina Housing Finance Agency
- Commission on School Facility Needs, State of North Carolina
- Community Technology Team, Moore County Board of Education/Chair of Funding Activities Sub-Committee
- Chairman of the President’s 500 Club, Moore Regional Hospital Foundation
- Finance Chairman, World Golf Hall of Fame Tournament
- Chairman of Special Gifts Division, Moore Regional Hospital
- Chairman of Fund Raising for Moore Buddies Program
- Chairman of Moore County Save Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
- Chairman of Gordon Cameron Scholarship College Fund
- Committee Member of United Fund of Moore County
- Director, Moore County Food Bank
- Director, North Carolina Food Bank
- Vice Chairman, Moore County Board of Education - 1970-1976
- President, Sandhills Area Chamber of Commerce
- President, Pinehurst Lions Club
- President, Sandhills Kiwanis Club
- President, Moore County Historical Society
Church: - Elder, Jackson Springs Presbyterian Church
- Elder, Community Presbyterian Church
- Past President, Moore County Men’s Presbytery Organization
- Past President, Presbytery Men’s Organization
- Past Member, Council of Presbytery of Coastal Carolina
- Past Chairman, Committee on Budget & Finance, Presbytery of Coastal Carolina
Past & Present Political: - Member, Moore County Board of Elections
- Member, Moore County Republican Executive Committee
- Republican Nominee for U.S. House of Representatives, Eighth Congressional District, 1982 and 1984
- Associate Administrator Farmers Home Administration (FMHA), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C. - 1985―1986 (Appointee of President Reagan)
- N.C. Senate 2002, 2004, 2006
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