Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameRobert Junius KERNODLE Sr. [1807], [15308], [15309], [15310], [5804]
BirthDec 18, 1885, Alamance County, North Carolina [15308], [15310]
DeathApr 5, 1958, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina [15308], [15310]
BurialMagnolia Cemetery, 201 N. Oak Ave And West Front Street, Elon, North Carolina [15308]
FatherJohn Tobias KERNODLE (1849-1929)
MotherGeorgia Ann Carrina CLYMER (1858-1898)
Spouses
BirthApr 26, 1888 [15311]
DeathJan 18, 1975 [15311]
BurialMagnolia Cemetery, 201 N. Oak Ave And West Front Street, Elon, North Carolina [15311]
FatherWilliam Henry JONES (1816-1895)
MotherSusan Ann TURNER (1847-1934)
MarriageOct 26, 1910, Nansemond County, Virginia [15310]
ChildrenJennie Sue (1915-1979)
 Robert Junious (Died as Child) (1917-1918)
 William Henry (1919-1981)
Obituary Online notes for Robert Junius KERNODLE Sr.
Burlington (N.C.) Daily Times-News,
Tuesday, April 9, 1958
Robert Junius Kernodle
Final rites for Robert Junius Kernodle, 71., of 1013 Watts Street in Durham were held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the Congregational Christian Church in Durham.
Mr. Kernodle died Saturday following several weeks of critical illness.
Rev. W. T. Scott Jr., pastor of the church, conducted the service. Music was furnished by the church choir. Burial was in Magnolia Cemetery in Elon College.
Pallbearers were Frank Southerland, Joe Kernodle, Lawrence J. Ohleyer, Dr. John Robert Kernodle, George F. Hackney and H. Calloway Polard Jr., nephews of Mr. Kernodle.
Mr. Kernodle was son of the late John Tobias and Georgia Ann Corinna Clymer Kernodle. He was a member of the Congregational Christian Church of Durham. For many years before his retirement he was employed by a Durham tobacco company.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ruth Jones Kernodle; one daughter, Mrs. Jennie Sue Kernodle Snyder of Ashiya, Japan; two sons, William A. Kernodle of Cincinnati, Ohio, and John T. Kernodle of Durham and Raleigh; two sisters, Mrs. W. Levi Burke Sr. and Mrs. H. C. Pollard Sr., both of Burlington; two brothers, L. D. Kernodle and J. Ed Kernodle, both of Burlington, and seven grandchildren. 
Obituary Online notes for Ruth (Spouse 1)
Burlington (N.C.) Times-News
Sunday, Jan. 19, 1975
Ruth Kernodle
Mrs. Ruth Jones Kernodle, 86, of 1013 Watts Street, Durham and formerly of the Burlington area, died Saturday in Hillhaven Convalescent Center in Durham.
A native of Virginia, she was the wife of the late Robert J. Kernodle who was a native of Alamance County. She was the daughter of the late William Henry Jones and Susan Turner Jones.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Jennie Sue Snyder of the home; sons, William H. Kernodle of Cincinnati, Ohio, and John T. Kernodle of Orlando, Fla., and six grandchildren.
Final rites will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the United Church of Christ in Durham with Dr. William C. Smith, Jr. officiating. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Magnolia Cemetery at Elon College.
In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions be made to the United Church of Christ Endowment Fund.  [15311]
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