V. Lamar Gudger

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Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. (1919-2004) represented North Carolina's 11th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1977-1981. Gudger, who was born in Asheville, had several degrees from the University of North Carolina, served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942-1945, and subsequently became a lawyer, serving as solicitor for the state from 1952-1954. He was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1951-1952 and a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1971-1977 before his election to the federal Congress. Following an unsuccessful 1980 reelection campaign, he served as a Buncombe County special superior court judge from 1984-1989. He died on August 2, 2004 in Asheville and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.