What is Vernon Rudolph?
{{unreferenced|date=January 2012}} '''Vernon Carver Rudolph''' (June 30, 1915, [[Marshall County, Kentucky]] - August 16, 1973) was the founder of [[Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.]] Rudolph was the oldest of two boys who were born to Plumie and Rethie Rudolph. As he got older, he began to help in the general [[shop|store]] that his father owned. When he [[graduation|graduated]] from [[high school]], he went to [[Paducah, Kentucky]] with his uncle. In 1933, Rudolph's uncle bought a doughnut shop and recipe for yeast-raised donuts. He bought them from a French federal employee named Joe La-beau. This all happened during the middle of the [[great depression]], so they moved to [[Nashville, Tennessee]] to see if they could get better business there and secure their financial future. {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rudolph, Vernon}} [[Category:1915 births]] [[Category:1973 deaths]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Kentucky]]