The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Friday, January 26, 1996               TAG: 9601260734
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
DATELINE: ELIZABETH CITY                     LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

CULPEPPER FILES

Levin B. Culpepper, a former Elizabeth City mayor and postmaster, filed Thursday to run for the Pasquotank County Board of Commissioners.

Culpepper, 73, will seek the seat held by former Sheriff Davis Sawyer Jr. Sawyer was appointed to the board two years ago to fill out the unexpired term of state Rep. William C. ``Bill'' Owens Jr., who was elected to the General Assembly.

Sawyer said he did not intend to seek re-election. by CNB