Samuel Bason
| Samuel Murphey Bason | |
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Bason in undated early photo
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| North Carolina State Senator for District 15 (Caswell and Rockingham counties) | |
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Assumed office 1947-1948, 1953-1954, 1959 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 3, 1894 |
| Died | January 15, 1986 (aged 91) Danville, Virginia |
| Resting place | Yanceyville Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Yanceyville, North Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Martha Eliza Hatchett "Marnie" Bason (married 1921-1986, his death) |
| Relations | Russell B. Long (son-in-law) |
| Children |
Carolyn Elizabeth Bason Long |
| Parents | William Henry and Flora Green Murphey Bason |
| Residence | Yanceyville, Caswell County North Carolina |
| Alma mater |
Burlington (North Carolina) High School |
| Occupation | Banker; Insurance agent |
| Religion | Presbyterian Church |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
December 3, 1894
Swepsonville
Alamance County
Carolyn Elizabeth Bason Long
William Hatchett Bason
Dorothy Helen Bason Burke
Burlington (North Carolina) High School
Samuel Murphey Bason, known as Sam Bason (December 3, 1894 – January 15, 1986), was a banker in Yanceyville, North Carolina, who served nonconsecutively from 1947 to 1959 as a Democrat in the North Carolina State Senate for District 15 in Caswell and Rockingham counties.
Bason was a son of William Henry Bason (1847-1927), a veteran of the Confederate Army of the American Civil War, and the former Flora Murphey (1866-1948). He attended Burlington High School, at which he played baseball; the institution is located in Burlington in his native Alamance County in northern North Carolina. He then attended the nearby Oak Ridge Military Academy in Oak Ridge in Guilford County. He served for twenty-two months in the United States Army in World War I. He began working at the rural Bank of Yanceyville, which used the motto: "The Bank Whose First Interest is Caswell". The bank temporarily closed during the Great Depression, but Bason worked feverishly and successfully to reopen it. Prior to stepping down after fifty-two years of service, Bason managed to merge the Bank of Yanceyville with a larger institution, Northwestern Bank. Bason also established Caswell Insurance and Realty Company which sold fire, life, and hail insurance to tobacco farmers. In 1937, Governor Clyde Hoey appointed Bason to a four-year term on the North Carolina State Highway Commission. In 1947, he began serving three nonconsecutive terms in the North Carolina Senate.
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