Bill Hefner
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Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner (born 11 April 1930), was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, serving between 1975 and 1999.
Born in Elora, Tennessee, Hefner graduated from high school in Sardis, Alabama. He attended the University of Alabama, and he became the president and owner of radio station WRKB in Kannapolis, North Carolina. He was a member of the Harvesters Quartet, a group of gospel music singers based in North Carolina, from 1954 to 1967, and was a television performer on numerous North Carolina TV channels.
In 1974, he was elected as a Democrat to the 94th United States Congress; he served a total of 12 terms, from January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1999, before retiring from Congress.
Hefner built a reputation as an advocate for military veterans, and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina, was renamed in his honor in 1999.
This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
