john, kerr, john, hosea, kerr, february, 1936, 2015, democratic, member, north, carolina, general, assembly, representing, constituents, greene, lenoir, wayne, counties, member, north, carolina, senatein, office, january, 1993, january, 2009preceded, byhenson,. John Hosea Kerr III February 28 1936 May 24 2015 was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing constituents in Greene Lenoir and Wayne counties John H Kerr IIIMember of the North Carolina SenateIn office January 1 1993 January 1 2009Preceded byHenson P BarnesSucceeded byDon DavisConstituency8th district 1993 2003 7th district 2003 2005 5th district 2005 2009 Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 11th districtIn office January 1 1987 January 1 1993Preceded byMartin LancasterSucceeded byPhil BaddourPersonal detailsBornJohn Hosea Kerr III 1936 02 28 February 28 1936Richmond VirginiaDiedMay 24 2015 2015 05 24 aged 79 Goldsboro North CarolinaPolitical partyDemocraticAlma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill BA JD Born in Richmond Virginia Kerr grew up in Warrenton North Carolina He received his bachelor s degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his law degree from University of North Carolina School of Law 1 An attorney from Goldsboro North Carolina Kerr served eight terms in the state Senate Previously he served three terms in the state House In 2007 Kerr announced that he would not seek re election in 2008 He was succeeded in office by Don Davis 2 Kerr died in 2015 3 Kerr s grandfather John H Kerr served in the United States House of Representatives Kerr s father John H Kerr Jr was a state legislator and one time Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives References edit John H Kerr obituary Archived from the original on 2015 05 30 Retrieved 2015 05 29 Kerr to retire from Senate Archived 2008 10 24 at the Wayback Machine newsobserver com WNCN Associated PressExternal links editNorth Carolina House of Representatives Preceded byMartin Lancaster Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 11th district1987 1993 Succeeded byPhil Baddour North Carolina Senate Preceded byHenson P Barnes Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 8th district1993 2003 Succeeded byR C Soles Jr Preceded byLuther Jordan Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 7th district2003 2005 Succeeded byDoug Berger Preceded byTony P Moore Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 5th district2005 2009 Succeeded byDon Davis nbsp nbsp This article about a North Carolina politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John H Kerr III amp oldid 1220718812, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,