Background
Wharton, Cyrus Richard was born on January 30, 1890 in m. Gibsonville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Cyrus A. and Anna B. (Donnell) Wharton.
Wharton, Cyrus Richard was born on January 30, 1890 in m. Gibsonville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Cyrus A. and Anna B. (Donnell) Wharton.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1912, Bachelor of Laws, 1915.
Admitted to North Carolina bar, 1915. General practice law, Greensboro, from 1916, member firm Wharton, Ivey & Wharton. Former general counsel vice president, director, Executive Committee Pilot Life Insurance Company, special counsel
Chairman board of trustees Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia, North Carolina, from 1942.
Member American (state delegate house delegations 1947-1953, chairman standing committee judicial selection, tenure and compensation 1953-1957), North Carolina bar associations, American Life Convention (legal section), Association Life Insurance Counsel, American Judicature Society.
Married Lessie Norma Lindsey, December 27, 1917. Children: Richard Lindsey, Jane (Mistress Robert A. Darnell).