114th Year, 17th Issue Thursday, December 5, 2002 Sparta, North Carolina

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Former Democrat party chair dies at 92

By COBY LaRUE
Staff

A former Democratic party leader in the county and well-known local figure died on Nov. 25 at the age of 92. George T. Finney died at Alleghany Memorial Hospital in Sparta.

He was born in Alleghany County on July 28, 1910 to Joseph Thomas and Emma Rotenberry Finney and worked in the building construction business for more than 30 years. He was a 50-year member and past master of the Piney Creek Masonic Lodge No. 432 and a past director of the Alleghany County Board of Elections.

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