Background
Jernigan, Helen Chastain was born on July 31, 1925 in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Will Sims and Nota (Hamby) Chastain.
Jernigan, Helen Chastain was born on July 31, 1925 in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Will Sims and Nota (Hamby) Chastain.
Associate of Arts, Tennessee Wesleyan College, 1945. Certified in public administration, University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1989.
Editor house organ, Union Carbide Corporation, Oak Ridge, 1946-1948; library, Oak Ridge Schools, 1948; office manager, Bush Building Company, Nashville, 1948-1950; office manager to private practice physicians, Oak Ridge, 1950-1951; corporation secretary, Tennelec, Inc., Oak Ridge, 1965-1978; technical editor, Oak Ridge National Lab,, Oak Ridge, 1978-1984; columnist, feature writer, reporter, The Oak Ridger, 1974-1978; owner, partner, The Pine Tree, Oak Ridge, 1978-1991; court clerk, Anderson County Circuit Court, Clinton, Tennessee, 1984-1994.
Member of Executive Committee Anderson County Democratic, since 1960, chairperson rules committee, 1968-1972. Founding board directors Big Bros/Big Sisters Anderson County, 1978-1987. Member Tennessee Court Clerks.
Association, County Officials Association Tennessee, Tennessee Federation Democratic Women, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce (president 1979), East Tennessee Vegetarian Society, Civitan Club (Clinton chapter).
Married Edward Fairstein, July 9, 1949 (divorced 1971). Children: John Elliot, Joel Alan. Married Harold Wayne Jernigan, April 29, 1972.