Roy Rowe

Roy H. Rowe was an American politician.

Rowe was a theatre manager for Warner Bros., based in Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.[1] Upon returning to his hometown of Burgaw, North Carolina,[2] by the 1940s,[3] Rowe became the manager of the Pender Theater.[1] Rowe served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and the North Carolina Senate.[1][2] Rowe sought the Democratic Party nomination for the 1952 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election, which was won by Luther H. Hodges. Roy Rowe was married to Nina Worsley Rowe.[2]

References
  1. Jordan, Chase (24 March 2022). "While Pender emerges as a prime film location, could it also support a movie theater?". Star-News. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. "Tonia Bryan, 76; service was Tuesday". Carteret County News-Times. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. "High state officials to be here Monday". Statesville Daily Record. 23 October 1941. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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