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nersville to work in his father's store. He was married to
the late Esther McKaughan and served on the Board from
1961 until his retirement in March 1970. He is a Mason
and a Shriner. He is a life long member of Main Street
Methodist Church.
J. M. Pinnix, III (Johnny) was born on October 20,
1945 to J.M. and Esther Pinnix. He attended local pub-
lic schools and graduated with a B.S. in Pharmacy from
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969.
He is married to the former Charlene Hipp and has
served on the Board since March 1970. He is a Director
of the Chamber of Commerce.
KERNERSVILLE SALUTES FIVE DISTINGUISHED
FORMER CITIZENS
Many native sons and former citizens of Kerners-
ville have brought recognition to themselves, their fami-
lies and to this town. We are proud to claim them all
and wish we could name each one. However, we have
selected five who have made particular contributions in
the past and today. We honor them in this small way
because they have honored us, their fellow citizens,
with their lives of dedication and service.
Robah Bascom Kerner was born in Kernersville in 1859. After
his local education, he attended the University of North Carolina,
then taught four years at the Salem Boys' School "before he
reached his majority" (before he was 21). He attended Dick &
Dillard law school in Greensboro and was admitted to the bar.
As a Winston resident, he was appointed solicitor for the Inferior
Court in 1883. He served as City Clerk and Treasurer and on
the Board of the City as School Commissioner. He was elected
Mayor of Winston in February 1892. He died in office September
25, 1893 at the age of 34. His promising career as a public ser-
vant was cut short by his untimely death.
Jules Gilmer Korner, Jr. was born at Korner's Folly in
Kernersville in 1887. After early schooling with tutors and at
his father's private school, he attended Trinity College (now Duke
University) and there he did his undergraduate work and later
received his law degree. He was admitted to the bar in 1913.
He served in the armed forces as Lt. (J.C.) USNRF. After mov-
ing to Washington, D. C. he became a prominent attorney and
during the Hoover administration was appointed Chairman,
United States Board of Tax Appeals. Later he continued in pri-
vate practice as a leading Washington lawyer.
We in Kernersville salute him in this book not only as a
prominent citizen, but because of his interest in his native town,
his ancesters and his kinfolks. This interest took him to Germany
on several occasions where he made contact with Korner (Kerner)
relatives and where he did extensive research on family history.
Further research took him to many states, courthouses, family
Bibles, gravestones and old letters. The end result was his
splendid book on the Kerners and Kernersville, Joseph of Ker-
nersville. He died in 1967 and is buried in the Korner family
graveyard behind the Moravian Church.
Senator B. Everette Jordan's official biography says he was
born in Ramseur, N. C. (Randolph County) in 1896, but men-
tions that he lived in Kernersville while growing up as the son of
a Methodist Minister. He attended Rutherford and Trinity Col-
leges and has served as trustee for American University, Duke
University and Elon College. He has served as Methodist Lay
Leader, teacher of an adult Bible Class for more than 30 years,
and vice-president of the Board of Methodist Colleges.
In 1958 Governor Luther Hodges appointed him to fill the
unexpired term of the late W. Kerr Scott to the United States
Senate. He has been elected to each succeeding term. In the
Senate he has served with great distinction as Chairman of the
Senate Rules Committee, Chairman of the Senate Presidential
Inaugural Committee and also as a member of the Agriculture
Committee and other important Senate committees.
Edwin Monroe Stanley was born in Forsyth County in
1909. He received his LL.B. degree from Wake Forest Univer-
sity in 1931 and in 1964 he was honored by his alma mater
with the LL.D. degree. He was admitted to the North Carolina
bar in 1930 and engaged in general practice in Greensboro from
1931 to 1954. He became Judge of the Greensboro Juvenile
Court in 1951. In 1954 he was appointed United States At-
torney, Middle District of North Carolina. In 1957 he was ap-
pointed United States District Judge for the Middle District of
North Carolina and in 1961 he was appointed Chief Judge.
He has served as a member of the Committee on Trial
Practice and Technique, Judicial Conference of the United States,
member of the Judicial Conference of United States Committee
on Court Administration, trustee of Wake Forest University and
President of the General Alumni Association, Wake Forest Uni-
versity.
W. Fred Duckworth grew up in Kernersville, graduating
from Kernersville High School. Later he attended Davidson Col-
lege. His long association with Ford Motor Company dates back
to 1920 and he worked in numerous positions in Charlotte,
Memphis and Norfolk. He is now Chairman of the Board of
Cavalier Ford, Inc., in Norfolk, Virginia. He served as Mayor
of the City of Norfolk from 1950 to 1962. He is Vice-Chairman
of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission, Presi-
dent and Treasurer of the MacArthur Memorial Foundation,
President and General Manager of Tidewater Virginia Develop-
ment Council, Chairman of the Board of Tidewater Small Busi-
ness Investment Corp.
He received an honorarv Doctor of Laws degree from
Howard Payne College in 1969. He was selected "First Citizen"
by the City of Norfolk in 1956.
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