Roy Riggsbee

Life and Orange County connections

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1. 1935 to 1937 Roy Riggsbee serves as mayor of Carrboro Lefler and Wager's list of Carrboro mayors gives Roy Riggsbee the term from 1935 to 1937, between C. C. Head and W. H. Parker.Search the index · FamilySearch: Hugh Talmage Lefler and Paul Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 371
2. February 1945 The Carrboro Lions Club is organized Twenty-five Carrboro men organized a Lions Club with the help of a delegation from the Durham Lions, electing the Rev. V. E. Queen of the Methodist church president and Roy Riggsbee secretary. The club began regular meetings in the Methodist church hut on March 9 and received its charter at a banquet at the Carolina Inn on April 20 with 30 charter members. People: Roy RiggsbeeSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), March 1, 1945, p. 1
3. May 7, 1945 Carrboro reelects Mayor I. A. West and its aldermen without opposition In the Carrboro town election on May 7, Mayor I. A. West and all four aldermen, who had served two years, were returned to office. Although the election drew much interest, no other person was put forward for any office on any ballot. People: Roy RiggsbeeSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 17, 1945, p. 3
4. May 5, 1947 Carrboro re-elects I. A. West mayor Carrboro's town election returned I. A. West as mayor and chose D. M. Ray, P. L. Senter, Roy Riggsbee and Mac Poole as aldermen. People: Dwight Ray, Roy RiggsbeeSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 8, 1947, p. 3
5. May 3, 1949 Carrboro voters elect I. F. Hardee mayor over Mayor I. A. West In a light turnout of 211 votes, I. F. Hardee won Carrboro's three-way race for mayor with 81 votes to 68 for L. B. Collins and 64 for Mayor I. A. West. The four sitting aldermen, D. M. Ray, Roy Riggsbee, P. L. Senter and A. B. Poole, kept their seats against three challengers. People: Dwight Ray, Roy RiggsbeeSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 5, 1949, p. 1
6. May 8, 1951 J. Sullivan Gibson unseats Mayor I. F. Hardee in Carrboro UNC geography professor J. Sullivan Gibson, in his first race for office, beat Mayor I. F. Hardee, who was finishing his first term. Roy Lloyd and Sidney Barker ousted commissioners P. L. Senter and A. B. Poole, while Dwight M. Ray and Roy Riggsbee were reelected. People: Dwight Ray, Roy RiggsbeeSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 10, 1951, p. 1
7. November 11, 1952 Carrboro commissioners keep Police Chief J. Alvin Williams after rival petitions After some merchants petitioned for the dismissal of Police Chief J. Alvin Williams, saying his methods hurt business, and about twice as many residents signed petitions backing him, the Carrboro Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on November 11, 1952, to keep him. The board ordered him and Policeman E. C. Parnell to rotate day and night shifts and called for teamwork and no grudges. People: Roy RiggsbeeSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), November 13, 1952, p. 4
8. May 4, 1953 Carrboro reelects Mayor J. Sullivan Gibson and fills its first six-member town board In the first town election since the legislature enlarged the board from four members to six, Carrboro voters returned Mayor J. Sullivan Gibson over Webb Evans, 184 to 147, and chose Roy S. Lloyd, E. O. Hardee, W. E. Sturdivant, Roy Riggsbee, W. M. Lackey and John F. McLaughlin from eleven candidates. Lloyd, Riggsbee and Hardee were incumbents, and incumbent Sidney Barker lost. People: Roy RiggsbeeSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 7, 1953, p. 1
9. May 2, 1955 Carrboro elects R. B. Todd mayor, and Roy Riggsbee leaves the town board after twenty years Carrboro voters elected R. B. Todd, a dairy co-operative plant manager, as mayor to succeed J. Sullivan Gibson, who did not run after two terms; Todd was unopposed on the ballot but an unusually heavy write-in vote of 93 went to Webb Evans against his 158. For the town board they returned John McLaughlin and W. M. Lackey and elected Offie Durham, while mayor pro tem Roy Riggsbee lost after 20 years on the board. People: Roy RiggsbeeSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 5, 1955, p. 1
10. week of November 28, 1955 Carrboro's town officials honor former mayor Roy Riggsbee for 20 years of service Carrboro's commissioners, Mayor R. B. Todd and other town officials surprised Roy Riggsbee with a testimonial steak supper and a ring, and entered a resolution of thanks in the town minute book for his 20 years as commissioner, mayor and board chairman, which ended in May. Riggsbee, a Bynum native and owner of Riggsbee-Hinson Furniture Store, had been elected mayor about five years after moving to Carrboro some 25 years earlier. People: Roy RiggsbeeSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), December 8, 1955, p. 4
11. January 13, 1956 Former Carrboro mayor Roy Riggsbee dies Roy Riggsbee, 62, a Carrboro furniture merchant who had served the town for 20 years as mayor and commissioner, died after a blood clot struck him at his store. Hundreds filled Carrboro Methodist Church for his funeral two days later. People: Roy RiggsbeeSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), January 19, 1956, p. 6