Carolyn King Justus (born September 15, 1945)[1] is an American politician, a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly.
Justus graduated from Brevard High School and studied at Gaston Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.[2]
She represented North Carolina's 117th House district, including constituents in Henderson and Transylvania counties, from late 2002 until 2010, when she declined to run for a fifth term[3] and was succeeded by Chuck McGrady.[4] She is the widow of Larry T. Justus, and served as his clerk during his nine terms in the seat; after he died shortly before the 2002 legislative elections, his name was not removed from the ballot and he received a majority of votes cast, so the local Republican party appointed Carolyn Justus to the empty seat for the new term.[4]
Since retiring from the Assembly, she has served as chair of the Henderson County Heritage Museum.[5]
- ^ "North Carolina manual [serial]".
- ^ Scott Parrott, "Rep. Justus advances to full election", Times-News, Hendersonville, North Carolina), May 3, 2006, p. 4A.
- ^ Mark Johnson, "Justus won't return", Under the Dome, Blogs, The News & Observer, January 15, 2010, archived at the Wayback Machine, March 18, 2012.
- ^ a b Gary Glancy, "Top 10 stories: Elections bring big changes", BlueRidgeNow.com (Times-News, Hendersonville, North Carolina), December 29, 2010, updated December 30, 2010.
- ^ Nathaniel Axtell, "Former legislator Justus understands history", BlueRidgeNow.com (Times-News, Hendersonville, North Carolina), June 29, 2014.