Steve Goss | |
State Senate: | North Carolina |
State: | North Carolina |
District: | 45th |
Term Start: | January 1, 2007 |
Term End: | January 1, 2011 |
Preceded: | John Garwood |
Succeeded: | Dan Soucek |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Name: | Benjamin Stephenson Goss |
Birth Date: | 7 November 1949 |
Birth Place: | Jefferson, North Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Boone, North Carolina, U.S. |
Occupation: | Minister |
Alma Mater: | Appalachian State University (BS) Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.) |
Benjamin Stephenson Goss (November 7, 1949 – October 26, 2015) was an American politician.[1] He served two terms (January 2007 – December 2010) as a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate. He represented the 45th Senate district, including constituents in Alexander, Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes counties. He was defeated for re-election in 2010 by Republican Dan Soucek.[2]
Goss was an ordained Southern Baptist minister and resided in Boone, North Carolina. He has a BS in social science with a minor in education from Appalachian State University and a Master of Divinity (MDiv) from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He died at his home in Boone from cancer on October 26, 2015, at the age of 65.[3]