Beth Dail Finch (1921 – December 27, 2012) was an American politician and businessperson. Finch served as the first female Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, from 1975 to 1981. She is the only woman to hold that office as of 2021. Beth Finch, a Democrat throughout her life, entered politics in the 1960s. She served on the successful 1960 gubernatorial campaign of Terry Sanford, a longtime friend. He was elected Governor of North Carolina that year. Beth Finch died on December 27, 2012, at the age of 91. Her husband, Tom Finch, died in 2004.