Orange County Commissioner Jamezetta Bedford died unexpectedly Sunday from complications following hernia surgery at UNC Hospitals, her family announced. She was 67.
Bedford, who was elected to her District 1 seat in 2018, has served as the board’s chair and vice chair and had just been elected to another four-year term in March. She previously served on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education, including as chair and vice chair, from 2003 to 2015.
Bedford was a certified public accountant with Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC. She married her husband Ed Bedford in 1981, and they have three children: sons, Jim and his wife Lindsey and Kevin and his wife Jonelle; and a daughter Shannon. Bedford is also survived by two grandchildren…