Former Oakboro Town Administrator Robert A. Harvey hopes to become to mayor come November.
Harvey, 56, is a 2005 retiree from the Federal Service where he worked for 32 years. He worked as a Naval Facilities Engineering Commander and his last job assignment in Washington, D.C., was as Head of Facilities Acquisition for the Navy and Marine Corps.
Harvey was reared in the southwest and a has a bachelor’s degree in business. He lived in Charleston, S.C., where he married his wife, Georgia Osborne-Harvey. He and his family moved to Oakboro, his wife’s hometown, in 1998.
In his new retirement, he enjoys restoring automobiles from the 1950s and 1960s and relaxing in the mountains. He also enjoys operating Ivy Tree Antiques on Main Street.
The “Norman Rockwell small town atmosphere and family values” that can be found in Oakboro are of particular importance to Harvey and his family.
Preserving the town’s atmosphere and “sustaining controlled growth” is also important to Harvey.
He and his wife Georgia have two children; Brooke, 16, and Hunter, 12.
Oakboro resident and business owner, Malcom Kennedy, of Oakboro Equipment Rental knows Harvey from the community.
“We live about a block apart,” Kennedy said. “Bob is a well qualified person and is a good manager of people. He’s a very responsible person especially for his actions and plans.”
-Kim Kinnecom
