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- ↑ Votesmart.com-Lyons Gray
- ↑ 'North Carolina Manual 2001-2002, Elaine Marshall-North Carolina Secretary of State, Biographical Sketch of Lyons Gray, pg. 534
- ↑ "Journal of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina Extra Session 1989" (PDF). North Carolina General Assembly. p. 6. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
- ↑ 'Lyons Gray picked for top state revenue job,' Wesley Young, Winston-Salem Journal, December 12, 2012
- ↑ ZSR Library-Gray Family Antique Photo Album
- ↑ "NC State House 039". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
