 AKA Frank Winston Ballance, Jr.
Born:15-Feb-1942
Birthplace:Bertie County, NC
Died:22-Feb-2019
Location of death:Raleigh, NC
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion:Baptist
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Congressman from North Carolina, 2003-04 Military service: NC National Guard (1968); NC National Guard Reserve (1968-71) Resigned in June 2004 for health reasons (myasthenia gravis). Later that year he and his son Garey, a state judge, were indicted on federal charges related to the misuse of funds entrusted to him while he was a state senator. In November he plead guilty and was sentenced to four years imprisonment. Father: Frank Winston Ballance
Mother: Alice Eason
Wife: Bernadine Smallwood (m. 1969, until his death, one son, two daughters)
Son: Garey M. Ballance (judge)
Daughter: Angela Ballance Mebane
Daughter: Valerie M. Harmon
High School: W. S. Etheridge High School, Windsor, NC (1959)
University:BS, North Carolina Central University (1963)
Law School:JD, North Carolina Central University (1965)
Professor:South Carolina State College (1965-66)
US Congressman, North Carolina 1st (3-Jan-2003 to 11-Jun-2004, resigned)
North Carolina State Senate (1989-2002)
North Carolina State House of Representatives (1982-85)
Gore 2000
NAACP
Money Laundering 2-Sep-2004 (indicted)
Mail Fraud 2-Sep-2004 (indicted)
Conspiracy 2-Sep-2004 (guilty plea, imprisoned)
Appendectomy 2007
Official Website:
http://ballance.house.gov/
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