Raymond C. Eubanks Jr. (December 18, 1933 – March 23, 2022) was an American politician. He served as a member of the

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Life and career

Eubanks was born in

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. He attended

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and the

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. He served in the

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. In 1965, Eubanks was elected to the

, representing

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. He then ran for the senate in 1968 but lost to Paul M. Moore. In 1980, he was appointed by Governor

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to serve as a

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in Spartanburg County. Eubanks died on March 23, 2022, at the age of 88. He had been married to Carolyn West Eubanks who died in 2020 and with whom he had two children.

References

1933 births 2022 deaths Politicians from Spartanburg, South Carolina Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives Wofford College alumni University of South Carolina School of Law alumni Probate court judges in the United States 20th-century American judges 20th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub