Both of his parents were born in the Appalachian Mountains, his mother from four generations of mountain people. The oldest of five children, John Ehle was raised in Asheville, where his father was an insurance company division director. Referring to Ehle, former governor Terry Sanford stated, “If I were to write a guidebook for new governors, one of my main suggestions would be that he find a novelist and put him on his staff.” Although he considered himself primarily a writer, John Ehle (1925-2018) made profound contributions to North Carolina in a variety of programs designed to help people reach their potential.
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