Former North Carolina Rep. Valentine dies at 89

ROCKY MOUNT, NC (AP) — Former US Rep. Tim Valentine of Nashville has died at age 89.

Sherry Peace with Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home in Rocky Mount said Valentine died Tuesday.

The Democrat served in the US House from 1983 to 1995, representing what was then the Second Congressional District that included parts of the Raleigh-Durham area.

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said he grew up two blocks away from the Valentines in Nashville. He said Valentine loved Nash County and North Carolina.

Valentine had served in the North Carolina House from 1955 to 1960.

Valentine served in the US Army Air Corps in World War II. He graduated from the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1948 and graduated from law school at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1952.

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