Background
Tarleton, Harold Vernon was born on March 2, 1949 in Wadesboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Harold Wilson and Martha Elizabeth (Roberson) Tarleton.
Tarleton, Harold Vernon was born on March 2, 1949 in Wadesboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Harold Wilson and Martha Elizabeth (Roberson) Tarleton.
Bachelor, U. North Carolina, 1971.
Summer intern, The Anson Record, Wadesboro, North Carolina, 1968;
Summer intern, The Charlotte (North Carolina) Observer, 1970;
editor, The Hamlet (North Carolina) News, 1975-1977;
editor, The Danville (Virginia) Register, 1977-1979;
managing editor, The Wilson (North Carolina) Daily Times, 1980-1987;
editor, The Wilson (North Carolina) Daily Times, since 1987. Adjunct lecturer Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, North Carolina, 1984-1989. News analyst WUNC-television, Research Triangle Pk., North Carolina, 1989-1994.
Adjunct instructor Barton College, Wilson, North Carolina, 1996. Member publications board North Carolina Synod Lutheran Church in American, Salisbury, 1986-1988.
Chairman chapter American Red Cross, 1993-1994. Lieutenant junior grade United States Coast Guard, 1972-1975. Member North Carolina Association Press News Council (president 1991), North Carolina Editl.
Writers (president since 1996).
Married Virginia Kendall Witherington, April 23, 1971. Children: Tracy, Emilia, Adam.