Lycurgus R. Varser
American judge
Lycurgus Rayner Varser (August 13, 1878 – October 19, 1959) was an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, serving for nine months in 1925.
Biography
Varser was born in Gates County, North Carolina, and attended Reynoldson Academy.
He began attending Wake Forest University in 1895, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1899 and his law degree in 1901. He was admitted to the bar in 1901. He took up the practice of law in Kinston, North Carolina. On June 29, 1904 he married Lily Ford Snead of Virginia. He remained in Kinston until 1911 when he moved to Lumberton, North Carolina. There, he joined the law firm of Angus Wilton McLean and Dickson McLean. By 1919, he was a director of the National Bank of Lumberton. He was elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1920, and reelected in 1922, serving on various committees including the agriculture and appropriations committees.
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