About William R. Purcell
Born 1931. William R. Purcell is an American politician.
William Robert Purcell (born February 12, 1931, in Laurinburg, North Carolina) is a Democratic politician. He was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-fifth Senate district, including constituents in Anson, Richmond, Scotland and Stanly counties 1997–2013. Purcell served as a captain in the U.S. army medical corp in France from 1957 to 1959. Purcell then graduated from Davidson College and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and was a pediatrician. Purcell served on the Laurinburg, North Carolina, city council and was mayor.
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American politician
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William R. Purcell was born on 12 February 1931 in Monroe.
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