NC Soil and Water Commissioners

Jeff Turlington, Chairman
At-large Member
1713 NC 55 West, Coats NC 27521
910-897-6788
Ifarmforyou@earthlink.net
Term expires Jan. 2009

Mr. Turlington is a native of Harnett County and an elected supervisor on the Harnett Soil & Water Conservation board. He is a former president of the N.C. Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts, and has served previously on the state Soil and Water Conservation Commission.

Mr. Hudson, a resident of Concord, is a retired teacher and farmer serving an appointment to the Cabarrus Soil & Water Conservation board. First elected to that board as a supervisor in 1996, he is also first vice president of the N.C. Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts.

Mr. Rawls, a farmer and resident of Watha, is currently president of the N.C. Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts. He has served as an elected supervisor with Pender Soil & Water Conservation District for the last 14 years. In addition to sitting on the N.C. Farm Bureau board of directors, Mr. Rawls has lengthy experience as an emergency medical services volunteer, and is a deacon and Sunday school teacher at his local church.

Mr. Smith has served as an elected supervisor with Polk Soil & Water Conservation District since 1989. A retired agriculture teacher, he holds a bachelor's degree from N.C. State University and a master's in agriculture education from N.C. A&T State University. Mr. Smith is married, with two children and two grandchildren, and is a deacon at his local church.

Mr. West is an elected soil and water supervisor for Currituck County, one of five counties that make up the Albemarle Soil & Water Conservation District, for which he has served as supervisor since 1987. A Currituck native, Mr. West is employed in information systems management for the federal government and also operates his own farm, which has been worked continuously by his family since the American Revolution. He has served in the U.S. Coast Guard, currently sits on the Currituck Co. Planning Board, and is active in his local church. Mr. West is married, with one son.