Harry Corpening Martin (January 13, 1920 – May 3, 2015) was an associate justice of the

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, serving from 1982 to 1992. He was born in Lenoir, North Carolina. He attended the

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where he obtained a music degree. He then served in the

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during

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from 1942 to 1945. He received his law degree from

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after the war in 1948 and entered into a private practice. He became a judge in 1962 on the Superior Court of North Carolina. He would be appointed to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 1978 and Supreme Court in 1982, serving until his mandatory retirement due to age in 1992. He also served as chief justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court from 2000 to 2006. Martin married Nancy Dallam in 1955. They raised three children and later retired in Asheville, North Carolina. Marin died on May 3, 2015, in Asheville, North Carolina.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Harry 1920 births 2015 deaths Politicians from Asheville, North Carolina People from Lenoir, North Carolina Davidson College alumni Harvard Law School alumni University of North Carolina alumni Justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court North Carolina Court of Appeals judges 20th-century North Carolina state court judges United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II