Background
Rawls, Joseph Leonard was born on June 14, 1931 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Leonard and Lallah (Mizzel) Rawls.
Rawls, Joseph Leonard was born on June 14, 1931 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Leonard and Lallah (Mizzel) Rawls.
Student, U. North Carolina, 1949-1951.
Partner Luper & Rawls (Certified Public Accountants’s), 1958-1961. President, chairman Hardee’s Food Systems, Incorporated., Rocky Mount, 1961-1975, Chairman of the Board, 1975-1980. President Canton Station, Limited., Rocky Mount, from 1975.
Director Planter’s National Bank & Trust Company, Rocky Mount.
Board of directors U. North Carolina Medical Foundation, from 1970. Campaign chairman, president United Fund, 1977-1978.
Trustee North Carolina Wesleyan College. Board directors U. North Carolina Business Foundation.
Served with Army of the United States, 1954-1956. Member American Institute Certified Public Accountants’s, American Management Association, Young President's Organisation, Phi Gamma Delta. Clubs: Rotary, Order of Tar Heel 100.
Married Nancy Lee Williams, December 21, 1951. Children: Vivian Rawls Tefft, Joseph Leonard III. Student, U. North Carolina, 1949-1951.