David McKee Hall (May 16, 1918January 29, 1960) was a Representative from

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. He was born in

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. He attended the public schools in

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, and then became a special student at the

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, receiving a certificate of law in 1947 and a law degree in 1948. Hall was admitted to the bar in 1948 and commenced practice in Sylva. He served as attorney for the towns of Sylva, Dillsboro, Webster, and Jackson County; Then, in 1952 he was appointed to the Twentieth Judicial District Committee. He organized the Jackson County Savings & Loan Association and served as secretary; in 1953 organized Jackson County Industries, Inc., and served as president; member of the

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in the 1955 session; member of North Carolina Board of Water Commissioners 1955–1958; elected as a

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to the

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and served from January 3, 1959, until his death in Sylva, North Carolina on January 29, 1960; and was interred in Webster Methodist Church Cemetery in Webster, North Carolina. Hall's great-aunt was

Gertrude Dills McKee Gertrude Dills McKee (June 8, 1885 – November 27, 1948) was an American civic leader and politician from North Carolina. She was the first woman elected to the North Carolina State Senate. Life and career McKee, known around Jackson County a ...

, first woman to serve in the

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, and his uncle was Governor Dan K. Moore.

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