Honoring the public service of Carolyn Leonard Hunt

Mebane Rash

June 8, 2015

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Honoring the public service of Carolyn Leonard Hunt

by Mebane Rash, EducationNC
June 8, 2015

					<h1>Honoring the public service of Carolyn Leonard Hunt</h1>
<p class="byline">by Mebane Rash, EducationNC <br />June 8, 2015</p>
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<p style="text-align: center">"We had very similar backgrounds, very similar. Both growing up in the country, working hard on our families' farms, beliefs, faith, all those things." -- Carolyn Hunt</p>
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<p style="text-align: center">"Thank God for Carolyn Hunt." - Jim Hunt</p>
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<h2>EdNC thanks Mrs. Hunt for her public service to her husband and her family, to our students and our state.</h2>
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<p><em>The quotes are from Gary Pearce, </em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Hunt-Biography-Gary-Pearce/dp/0895873885/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1433012105&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr0&amp;keywords=Gary+Pearce%2C+governor+hunt">Jim Hunt: A Biography</a><em>, 2010. </em></p>

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Many of us remember Carolyn Hunt as our State's First Lady from 1977-1985 and 1993-2001. Carolyn Hunt has a teaching degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. She taught in Nepal, worked as a substitute teacher, served on the Wilson County School Board, and volunteered in our schools for more than 35 years.

Hunt wedding — Carolyn married Jim in 1958. Photo from Governor Hunt’s personal collection.

“We had very similar backgrounds, very similar. Both growing up in the country, working hard on our families’ farms, beliefs, faith, all those things.” — Carolyn Hunt