Background
Fortune, Robert Jones was born on August 12, 1921 in King's Mountain, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Lavender and Tempie Ellen (Jones) Fortune.
textile chemist chemical products executive
Fortune, Robert Jones was born on August 12, 1921 in King's Mountain, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Lavender and Tempie Ellen (Jones) Fortune.
Student, Wake Forest University, 1940—1942. Bachelor of Science in Textile Chemistry, North Carolina State University, 1949.
Junior chemist Eastman Chemical Products Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, Kingsport, Tennessee, 1949—1951, chemist, 1952—1959, senior chemist, 1960—1976, manager, customer service for dyes, since 1976. With United States Army, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
President East Camp of Gideons, 1984—1985. Vice president Kingsport Symphony Chorus, 1985. County commissioner, since 1986.
Member of American Association Textile Chemists and Colorists (senior ).
Married Hazel Marian Falls, October 24, 1943. Children: Jennifer Ellen Fortune Johnson, Elizabeth Falls Fortune Witt.