Woodrow Wilson Jones

Judge Woodrow Wilson Jones

Personal

Birthday:

1/26/1914

Birthplace:

Rutherfordton, NC

Date of Death:

11/25/2002

Place of Death:

Rutherfordton, NC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, 1937-1944, 1946-1950, 1956-1967
City attorney, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, 1940-1943
Prosecutor, Rutherford County [North Carolina] Recorder`s Court, 1941-1943
U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant junior grade, 1944-1946
State representative, North Carolina, 1947-1949
U.S. representative from North Carolina, 1950-1957

Education

Name of School:

Mars Hill College

Degree:

A.A.

Degree Year:

1934

Name of School - Second:

Wake Forest University School of Law

Our school seeks to prepare our students for the practice of law in the United States. Some of our graduates will use their legal educations for important purposes other than law practice, but we recognize that each graduate may be admitted to the bar in any of the 50 states. We, therefore, have a responsibility to provide our students with a foundation of legal knowledge and skill upon which they can build lives of service within the legal profession. We must attempt to instill in every student a respect for the rule of law, a devotion to the ideal of public service, and a commitment to basic professional values: honesty, diligence, competence, intelligence, and civility.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1937

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina

Court Name:

North Carolina Western District Court

President Nominating:

Lyndon B. Johnson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

6/28/1967

Retirement from Active Service:

2/1/1985

Termination Date:

11/25/2002

Termination Reason:

Death