Flying Tigers - Fort Bragg, NC

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‚Äï1986 (Appointee of President Reagan)
• N.C. Senate 2002, 2004, 2006