Meet John Barrow
John Barrow has lived in Kernersville for the last 65 years and has practiced law in Kernersville since 1991. He is married to Shelly Pearson Barrow and lives on the south side of town off Hopkins Road. They have three grown sons that graduated from Kernersville schools.
John attended Kernersville Elementary School, Kernersville Junior High School and and graduated from East Forsyth Senior High School in 1972. John attended Western Carolina University and Graduated from University of North Carolina at Greensboro. John Graduated from Campbell University -Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law with a Juris Doctorate Degree.
While at Campbell University, John was a 1L and 2L Class Representative. In his 3rd year he was elected Student Bar President. During the last 30 years of law practice, John has served on the Forsyth County NC Bar Ethics Committee. He has twice been elected President of the Forsyth County Criminal Defense Bar and twice served on the Forsyth County Bar Executive Committee. John has been awarded the Harvey Lupton Award – Best Criminal Defense Attorney in Forsyth County. This award is awarded annually by the vote of the Criminal Bar of Forsyth County.
John is the third of six children of William “Wuz” Barrow and Ruth Barrow. From his home on Vernon Street, John as a child in the 1960s explored the town and dirt streets of Kernersville. John and his family attended the First Baptist Church and Kernersville public schools. JB was a Lieutenant on the KES Safety Patrol, played Little League Baseball, KJHS Football and ran track. John was a paperboy for the Winston Salem Journal and Twin City Sentinal. When High School came, John felt he needed a job to help pay his way and buy a car. While in High 
School, John worked at Dairy Queen and Bi-Rite. After high school John attended WCU, not finding to his liking, returned to Kernersville to attend UNC-G as a day student and work. John has worked at Pizza Hut, Thurston Motor Lines, Pilot Freight, H.E. Crawford Co.while attending WCU and UNC-G. Was a REALTOR in the mid 1970s and was a Store Manager for Bestway Grocery into the 1980s before finishing his college education. John worked several years as a carpenter before attending Campbell University Law School.
John has often been called a Renaissance Man, because of his wide range of skills and experiences.
In the last 30 years, John has engaged in stock car racing. Starting at Bowman Gray Stadium a NASCAR track, and most recently land speed racing at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah with the SCTA. In a racing career that spans 30 years, John has won 35+ races, two series Championships and holds numerous land speed records including two World Land Speed Records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
It has often said that John is “the best welder at the Courthouse”. John has served as an expert witness in matters involving the grocery business (BS in Business Administration) and the automotive field (self taught). John is a North Carolina Stated Bar Licensed Attorney and North Carolina State Bar Board Certified Mediator.
John is a person that is generous with his time and talents. He has passion for his wife and family. The Law and Racing. And importantly, for his Town, State and Country. He is devoted to the American Way of Life and appreciates the work and experiences that have brought him to this point in his life. He looks forward to applying his years of experience here in Kernersville to guiding the Town into the future. He is devoted to ensuring that future youth in Kernersville have the same opportunities to work and learn and succeed.
Only in America could a son of a music book salesman wind his way thru life and end up an attorney at law. Its America ……. and I’m not done yet!
email - Barrow4Alderman@yahoo.com
call or text – 336-646-0566
VOTE JOHN BARROW for KERNERSVILLE ALDERMAN On Tuesday, November 2, 2021
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