Career
Not related to the late United States. Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina
He served from 1973 until his election as mayor on the Greenville City Council, partly in District 5 and also as an at-large member. Helms operated Southern Foods Company. The Helmses are interred at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Greenville.
In the 1980 presidential election, Helms was an early donor to former Governor John B. Connally, Junior., of Texas, who withdrew from consideration after amassing only delegate in the early portion of the campaign.
