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| June 08, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The News & Observer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Kristin Collins

Jun. 8--Lois Grady Britt, a leader in agriculture whom some credit with helping build the state's hog industry, died Saturday at her home in Mount Olive. She was 69.

Britt was a former home economics teacher, a longtime employee of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service and a member of many statewide boards, including the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.

She was perhaps best known as the voice of North Carolina's pork industry.

For many years, she was the spokeswoman for Murphy Family Farms, the Duplin County company that brought factory-style hog farming to Eastern North Carolina. The industry pumped…

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