Ervin to Be Buried in Blue Ridge Mountains
United Press International
MORGANTON, N.C. —
Former Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. (D-N.C.) will be buried Friday in the Blue Ridge mountains he loved, the family said Wednesday.
“He was a very kind and very great father,” said Ervin’s son, Sam Ervin III, who joined family members Wednesday in the senator’s hometown of Morganton to plan the services. Ervin, who was 88, died Tuesday of respiratory failure brought on by a three-week bout with emphysema, gall bladder surgery and kidney failure.
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