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Sam Ragan 1915-1996 (G-145)

Journalist and author. First Secretary, Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1972. Was N.C. Poet Laureate, 1982-1996. Born ½ m. N.

Arthur Talmage Abernethy Appointed State’s First Poet Laureate

On November 28, 1948, Arthur Talmage Abernethy was appointed Poet Laureate, just before the end of Governor R. Gregg Cherry's term of office.