Background
Petree, William Horton was born on November 4, 1920 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Elbert Heaton and Ethel (Tucker) Petree.
Petree, William Horton was born on November 4, 1920 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Elbert Heaton and Ethel (Tucker) Petree.
University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Science, 1944. Juris Doctor, 1948). Chairman, Winston-Salem Foundation Committee, 1977-1978.
Worked at Kilpatrick Stockton Limited Liability Partnership (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) specializing in Taxation Law, Estates Law, Corporate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1948, North Carolina. Chairman, Winston-Salem Foundation Committee, 1977-1978.
Member: Forsyth County (President, 1969-1970), North Carolina and American Bar Associations.
Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Past board directors, member executive committee Old Salem, Inc. Past member campaign coordinating committee Forsyth County, North Carolina. Past chairman foundation committee Winston-Salem Foundation.
Past president Forsyth County Tuberculosis and Health Association. Trustee, elder, past board directors Moravian Home. Past chairman finance board Moravian Church in American, South.
Past trustee, executive committee Salem College, board visitors, since 1995. 1st lieutenant United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1944-1946. Member Forsyth County Bar Association (past president), Forsyth Country Club (past director), Piedmont Club, Kiwanis (board directors Winston-Salem club, president 1976-1977), Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Lena Morris, December 23, 1943. Children: William Horton Junior, Mary Jo.