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'''Samuel Murphey Bason''', known as '''Sam Bason''' (December 3, 1894 – January 15, 1986), was a [[banker]] in Yanceyville, [[North Carolina]], who served nonconsecutively from 1947 to 1959 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state senator<ref>Bason, Samuel, The Political Graveyard</ref> for District 15 in Caswell and Rockingham counties.
'''Samuel Murphey Bason''', known as '''Sam Bason''' (December 3, 1894 – January 15, 1986), was a [[banker]] in Yanceyville, [[North Carolina]], who served nonconsecutively from 1947 to 1959 as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] state senator for District 15 in Caswell and Rockingham counties.<ref>Bason, Samuel, The Political Graveyard.</ref>
==Biography==
==Biography==
Bason was a son of William Henry Bason (1847-1927), a veteran of the Army of the [[Confederate States of America]] in the [[American Civil War]], and the former Flora Murphey (1866-1948). He attended Burlington High School, where he was a pitcher for their [[baseball]] team; the institution is located in Burlington in his native Alamance County in northern North Carolina. He then attended the nearby Oak Ridge Military Academy in Oak Ridge in Guilford County. He began working at the [[rural]] Bank of Yanceyville, which used the motto: "The Bank Whose First Interest is Caswell (County)." The bank temporarily closed during the [[Great Depression]], but Bason worked feverishly and successfully to reopen it. Prior to stepping down after fifty-two years, Bason managed to merge the Bank of Yanceyville with a larger institution, Northwestern Bank. Bason also established Caswell Insurance and Realty Company which sold fire, life], and hail]insurance to [[tobacco]] [[Farming|farmers]]. In 1937, Democratic [[Governor]] Clyde Hoey appointed Bason to a four-year term on the North Carolina State Highway Commission. In 1947, he began serving three nonconsecutive terms in the North Carolina Senate.
Bason was a son of William Henry Bason (1847-1927), a veteran of the Army of the [[Confederate States of America]] in the [[American Civil War]], and the former Flora Murphey (1866-1948). He attended Burlington High School, where he was a pitcher for their [[baseball]] team; the institution is located in Burlington in his native Alamance County in northern North Carolina. He then attended the nearby Oak Ridge Military Academy in Oak Ridge in Guilford County. He began working at the [[rural]] Bank of Yanceyville, which used the motto: "The Bank Whose First Interest is Caswell (County)." The bank temporarily closed during the [[Great Depression]], but Bason worked feverishly and successfully to reopen it. Prior to stepping down after fifty-two years, Bason managed to merge the Bank of Yanceyville with a larger institution, Northwestern Bank. Bason also established Caswell Insurance and Realty Company which sold fire, life], and hail]insurance to [[tobacco]] [[Farming|farmers]]. In 1937, Democratic [[Governor]] Clyde Hoey appointed Bason to a four-year term on the North Carolina State Highway Commission. In 1947, he began serving three nonconsecutive terms in the North Carolina Senate.