Patricia Timmons-Goodson Judge biography, judge, Patricia Timmons-Goodson /Courts/Appellate/Appeal/Biographies/Biography.asp?Name=Goodson /Courts/Appellate/Appeal/Biographies/images/Bios/goodson.jpg Born in Florence, Florence County, South Carolina, September 18, 1954 to Beulah and Edward Timmons (E-7 US Army). Reared on military bases in the United States and in Europe. Married to Dr. Ernest J. Goodson of Kannapolis, North Carolina; Children: Ernest, Jr. ("Sonny") and Aaron; Active Member, Sunday School Teacher and Children's Church Worker, First Baptist Church, Moore Street, Fayetteville. Pine Forest High School, 1972; UNC-Chapel Hill, BA, Speech, 1976; UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law, JD, 1979. Judge, NC Court of Appeals, 1997-present (appointed in February 1997 by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.); District Court Judge, Twelfth Judicial District of North Carolina, 1984-97 (appointed in September 1984 by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.; Elected 1986, Re-elected without opposition 1990 and 1994 for 4-year terms); Staff Attorney, Lumbee River Legal Services, Inc., Fayetteville, NC, 1983-84; Assistant District Attorney, Twelfth Prosecutorial District, 1981-83; District Manager, 1980 United States Census, 1979-80. Co-Host and Co-Producer of "Dimensions of Justice" Television Program; Volunteer Reading Tutor, Van Story Elementary School; North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina Judicial Conference, North Carolina Association of District Court Judges; North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers; North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys; National Bar Association; Fayetteville Chapter of Link, Inc., past Vice-President; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission; North Carolina Supreme Court Dispute Resolution Committee; North Carolina Court's Commission, past Board Member; UNC-Chapel Hill General Alumni Association Board of Directors, past Board Member; Regional Morehead Scholarship Selection Committee; UNC Chapel Hill Board of Visitors, past Board Member; Dean J.C. Jones Memorial Scholarship Board of Directors, past Board Member. Save Our Schools (SOS), Cumberland County Outstanding Volunteer of the Year, Governor's Award, 1996; Service Award, Fayetteville Chapter of NAACP, 1996; Leadership Award, North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus, 1995; Minority Business and Professional League Legal/Justice Award, 1993; UNC-Chapel Hill Distinguished Young Alumnus Award, 1992; Citizen of the Year, Beta Chi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 1988; Citizen of the Year, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, 1986; Order of the Valkyries (UNC's highest women's honorary recognizing scholarship and leadership); Order of the Old Well (UNC's honorary recognizing distinguished service to the university); Holderness Moot Court, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law.