--Son of John Dixon Lineberger, Sr. and wife Louise Bradshaw. He grew up in Asheville, NC, then Mystic, CT (during World War II) and then Raleigh, NC, where he graduated from Broughton High School in 1953, where he was senior class president.
--1957 graduate of Wake Forest with a degree in business, where he was on the tennis team, the Debate team, and president of KA fraternity.
--John was commissioned into the U.S. Navy as an Ensign. He served on the USS Fremont in the Mediterranean, where he was a communications/cryptology officer and qualified for Command at Sea. After three years, he joined the Navy Reserves, where he served as commanding officer of the local reserve group and retired in August of 1988 with the rank of Captain. One of his distinctions was being presented the Meritorious Service Medal by Ronald Reagan for being the primary organizer and participant of the NC Mobilization Coordination Executive Committee for civil defense from 1985 to 1988.
--He married Sarah Collins. He was the father of 6 and had 15 grandchildren.
--Occupation: His career was centered on food. He was employed with the S&W cafeteria in jobs from asst manager to Vice President in Tennessee, Virginia, NC. After that, he was employed by Eckerd's Drugs for 10 years, where he travelled to the different locations setting up their in-house soda fountains. When Eckerd's was sold in 1985, he started the JD Lineberger Company with one line and operated it for almost 40 years as a basically one man operator. John was known as a pioneer broker and represented as many as 15 companies at one time.
--Member of Providence United Methodist Church.
--Avid golfer.
--1957 graduate of Wake Forest with a degree in business, where he was on the tennis team, the Debate team, and president of KA fraternity.
--John was commissioned into the U.S. Navy as an Ensign. He served on the USS Fremont in the Mediterranean, where he was a communications/cryptology officer and qualified for Command at Sea. After three years, he joined the Navy Reserves, where he served as commanding officer of the local reserve group and retired in August of 1988 with the rank of Captain. One of his distinctions was being presented the Meritorious Service Medal by Ronald Reagan for being the primary organizer and participant of the NC Mobilization Coordination Executive Committee for civil defense from 1985 to 1988.
--He married Sarah Collins. He was the father of 6 and had 15 grandchildren.
--Occupation: His career was centered on food. He was employed with the S&W cafeteria in jobs from asst manager to Vice President in Tennessee, Virginia, NC. After that, he was employed by Eckerd's Drugs for 10 years, where he travelled to the different locations setting up their in-house soda fountains. When Eckerd's was sold in 1985, he started the JD Lineberger Company with one line and operated it for almost 40 years as a basically one man operator. John was known as a pioneer broker and represented as many as 15 companies at one time.
--Member of Providence United Methodist Church.
--Avid golfer.
--Son of John Dixon Lineberger, Sr. and wife Louise Bradshaw. He grew up in Asheville, NC, then Mystic, CT (during World War II) and then Raleigh, NC, where he graduated from Broughton High School in 1953, where he was senior class president.
--1957 graduate of Wake Forest with a degree in business, where he was on the tennis team, the Debate team, and president of KA fraternity.
--John was commissioned into the U.S. Navy as an Ensign. He served on the USS Fremont in the Mediterranean, where he was a communications/cryptology officer and qualified for Command at Sea. After three years, he joined the Navy Reserves, where he served as commanding officer of the local reserve group and retired in August of 1988 with the rank of Captain. One of his distinctions was being presented the Meritorious Service Medal by Ronald Reagan for being the primary organizer and participant of the NC Mobilization Coordination Executive Committee for civil defense from 1985 to 1988.
--He married Sarah Collins. He was the father of 6 and had 15 grandchildren.
--Occupation: His career was centered on food. He was employed with the S&W cafeteria in jobs from asst manager to Vice President in Tennessee, Virginia, NC. After that, he was employed by Eckerd's Drugs for 10 years, where he travelled to the different locations setting up their in-house soda fountains. When Eckerd's was sold in 1985, he started the JD Lineberger Company with one line and operated it for almost 40 years as a basically one man operator. John was known as a pioneer broker and represented as many as 15 companies at one time.
--Member of Providence United Methodist Church.
--Avid golfer.
--1957 graduate of Wake Forest with a degree in business, where he was on the tennis team, the Debate team, and president of KA fraternity.
--John was commissioned into the U.S. Navy as an Ensign. He served on the USS Fremont in the Mediterranean, where he was a communications/cryptology officer and qualified for Command at Sea. After three years, he joined the Navy Reserves, where he served as commanding officer of the local reserve group and retired in August of 1988 with the rank of Captain. One of his distinctions was being presented the Meritorious Service Medal by Ronald Reagan for being the primary organizer and participant of the NC Mobilization Coordination Executive Committee for civil defense from 1985 to 1988.
--He married Sarah Collins. He was the father of 6 and had 15 grandchildren.
--Occupation: His career was centered on food. He was employed with the S&W cafeteria in jobs from asst manager to Vice President in Tennessee, Virginia, NC. After that, he was employed by Eckerd's Drugs for 10 years, where he travelled to the different locations setting up their in-house soda fountains. When Eckerd's was sold in 1985, he started the JD Lineberger Company with one line and operated it for almost 40 years as a basically one man operator. John was known as a pioneer broker and represented as many as 15 companies at one time.
--Member of Providence United Methodist Church.
--Avid golfer.
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