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Judge Johnson Jay Hayes
b.23 Jan 1886 Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
d.22 Oct 1970 Alexander, North Carolina, United States
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m. Abt 1870
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[edit] BioJohnson Jay Hayes born in 1886 and in 1907, attended Wake Forest University Law School . He began practicing law in North Wilkesboro and in 1927 moved to Greensboro to join Brooks, Parker and Smith, a prominent law firm. Four months later he was appointed judge of the Middle District of the Federal Courts, serving thirty years. He moved his family back to Wilkes and held federal court in Wilkesboro in the old Federal Court building. Later the new federal court building was named the Johnson Jay Hayes Federal Court Building . His effort with the state legislature and citizens of Wilkes County saw the establishment of Wilkes Community College where a building is named in his honor. In his later years, Judge Hayes compiled a history of Wilkes County entitled The Land of Wilkes and authored an autobiography and a Genealogy of the McNeil Clan. [edit] Federal Judicial Service
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