Carl Vernon Venters

Background

Venters, Carl Vernon was born on November 21, 1933 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States. Son of Carl Vernon and Margaret (Burnette) Venters.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1955.

Career

President, Farmville Broadcasting Company, North Carolina, 1960-1972; President, Durham Life Broadcasting, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, 1972-1982; chairman, Voyager Communications, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, since 1982; chairman, Communications Enterprises, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, since 1982.

Membership

President City Art Gallery, since 1983. Served to major United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1956-1959. Member National Association Broadcasters (vice chairman 1979-1980), Broadcast Pioneers, North Carolina Association Broadcasters (president 1971, Distinguished Service award 1983), Raleigh Sales and Marketing Association (president 1980), Raleigh Chamber of Commerce (vice president 1979).

Connections

Married Bobbie Hamby, June 13, 1954. Children: Carl Vernon, III, Rodney Lee, Julia. Married Linda Hull, July 15, 1979.

1 stepdau., Andrea Lynn.

Father:

Carl Vernon Venters

Mother:

Margaret (Burnette) Venters

Spouse:

Linda Hull

Spouse:

Bobbie Hamby

child:

Julia Venters

child:

Carl Vernon Venters

child:

III Venters

child:

Rodney Lee Venters