Sidney Alvin Locks, Jr. (February 5, 1949 – May 29, 2020) was an American politician and Baptist minister. Locks was born in

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and graduated from J.S. Cook High School in 1967. He graduated from

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, in

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, with a degree in religion and philosophy in 1971 and from

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in 1974. He served as a Baptist minister in several places including Sandy Grove Missionary Baptist Church in

Lumberton, North Carolina Lumberton is a city in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. As of 2020, its population was 19,025. It is the county seat of Robeson County. Located in southern North Carolina's Inner Banks region, Lumberton is located on the Lumbe ...

. Locks served on the Lumberton School School Board and was a

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. Locks served in the

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from 1982 to 1990 from Lumberton, North Carolina. Locks died in

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.'North Carolina Manual 1987-1988, Thad Eure, North Carolina Secretary of State-editor, Biographical Sketch of Sidney Alvin Locks, pg. 461

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1949 births 2020 deaths People from Lumberton, North Carolina People from Opelousas, Louisiana Wiley University alumni Interdenominational Theological Center alumni Baptist ministers from the United States School board members in North Carolina Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives 20th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub