Background
Watts, Thomas Sumter was born on March 11, 1939 in Statesville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Atwell Edwin Junior and Katharine Sumter (Cowan) Watts.
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Thomas Sumter Watts
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AB History, Political Science, Davidson College, 1961; Bachelor of Laws, Wake Forest U., 1964.
Career
Associate, Small & Small Attorneys, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 1964-1965; partner, Small, Small & Watts, Elizabeth City, 1966-1970; prosecutor, 1st District State of North Carolina, Elizabeth City, 1970; assistant district attorney, 1st District State of North Carolina, Elizabeth City, 1971-1974; district attorney, 1st District State of North Carolina, Elizabeth City, 1975-1982; special judge, Superior Court State of North Carolina, Elizabeth City, 1982-1984; resident judge, Superior Court State of North Carolina, Elizabeth City, since 1985. Member judicial forms committee Administration Office of Court Justices, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1985-1989, member North Carolina Pattern Jury Instruction Committee, Institute of Government, Chapel Hill, since 1989. President North Carolina District Attorneys Association, 1978-1979.
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Board of directors United States and North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1969-1971, legal counsel North Carolina. chapter, 1968-1969 (Distinguished Svc. award Elizabeth City chapter 1968, named among Five Outstanding Young Men of North Carolina 1969). Member American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association (continuing legal education committee since 1988), 1st Jud.Dist. Bar Association, North Carolina Conference Superior Court Judges, Rotary (president Elizabeth City Morning Club 1987-1988).
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Married Marguerite "Peggy" Peters, December 28, 1963. 1 child, Mary Katharine.
