residence predecessor successor death_date death_place children office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
philadelphus , north carolina ? paul brooks 7 june 2015 maxton , north carolina 3 daughters chairman of the lumbee august 31 , 1948 2004 diane goins jimmy goins
 2010 jimmy goins
jimmy goins

james `` jimmy '' ernest goins -lrb- august 31 , 1948 -- june 7 , 2015 -rrb- was an american lumbee politician who served as the chairman of the lumbee tribe of north carolina from 2004 to 2010 .
as lumbee tribal chairman , goins led efforts to gain federal recognition for the lumbee tribe during the 2000s .
the 55,000-member lumbee have achieved north carolina state recognition , but have not yet received federal recognition .
the lumbee are the largest tribe living east of the mississippi river who have not received federal recognition .
goins was born on august 31 , 1948 , to ernest and ola lee goins .
he was raised in prospect , north carolina .
in 1965 , goins was a member of the prospect high school basketball team which won the indian basketball championship .
goins later served as an infantry squad leader during the vietnam war .
jimmy goins served as the chairman of the lumbee tribe for six years from 2004 until 2010 .
as chairman , goins led efforts to achieve federal recognition for the lumbee during the 2000s .
he testified before the united states senate committee on indian affairs in september 2007 in an effort to gain recognition .
in 2010 , goins signed a controversial lobbying contract with a nevada-based gaming consultant .
goins ran for chairman again in 2012 , but lost the election his successor , incumbent lumbee chairman paul brooks , on november 12 , 2012 .
brooks received 2,559 votes , or 52 % of the vote , while goins placed second with 2,042 votes -lrb- 42 % -rrb- .
a third candidate , lynn bruce jacobs , received 298 votes -lrb- 6 % -rrb- .
jimmy goins was killed in a car accident at 1:30 p.m. on june 7 , 2015 , at the age of 66 .
goins was driving on north carolina highway 71 , approximately 4.4 miles from the town of maxton , north carolina , when the accident occurred .
a resident of philadelphus , north carolina , he was survived by his wife , diane goins , and three daughters , rhonda , jackie and jamie .
north carolina governor pat mccrory and north carolina first lady ann mccrory released a joint statement of condolence following goins ' death .
mccrory ordered that all state flags be lowered to half staff in goins ' memory on june 11 , 2015 .
