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Nina Kynard, "Vintage Lady" This month’s cover profile is a woman with the civil service, working much of her who fell in love with a Breweriana career at Gunter AFB. I have two sisters, collector 39 years ago and she’s been collecting many things since that fateful day. Nina Kynard owns Kynard Korner’ Vintage Boutique clothing store located in Eastbrook Flea Market, and what a huge collection she has! Her store is full of great fashions from decades ago along with accessories to accent. She carries both men and women fashions for the discriminating fashionistas out there in the River Region, she sees many customers, especially the younger ladies who know how to be cool and unique in today’s fashion scene. And the prices they offer represent great value. Her husband Ray collects brewery ads and paraphernalia and together they travel to many parts of the country seeking new items and selling others. Collecting is in the genes and they’ve been Nina and husband Ray...House Divided Masking sharing this passion since their first date in Montgomery. We recently Linda Vickrey Wilson and sat down with Nina and she shared her Teresa Vickrey. We grew story with us, the collecting, her work, up in the Morningview area. retirement, traveling and of course I attended Morningview the sunsets on Lake Jordan. On second Elementary, Capital Heights thought we should have included her Jr. High and Lee High School husband Ray and shared a few cold graduating in 1970. I had ones! I hope you enjoy getting to know two early marriages and have Nina as much as we have. a daughter, Susan Deavers
BOOM!: Please give us a brief biography, i.e. where you’re from, education, what brought you to the Montgomery area, did you raise your family here, schools, married, family, etc? Nina: I was born in Montgomery on October 2, 1952. I am the daughter of Glenn and Myrtle Pugh Vickrey. My father was the Manager of White Chapel Funeral Home when it was located on South Jackson Street and my mother was
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reside in Montgomery. Our daughter, Kelli and her husband now live in Gulf Shores, Alabama and our son, Craig and his family live in Alpharetta, Georgia. Our children have blessed us with thirteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Most of the grandchildren are in Montgomery. BOOM!: You are the owner of Kynard Korner Vintage Boutique, located in the Eastbrook Flea Market at 425 Coliseum Blvd in Montgomery. Please share with our readers how you got involved with selling vintage clothing and accessories? How do you define “Vintage” clothing and accessories?
Nina: I have been a collector most of my life. I had a collection of Breyer horses as a child. As an adult, I collected antiques after I was given my grandmother’s treadle sewing machine. I frequented yard sales and thrift stores early on to help save money while raising our kids and to look for household furniture and antiques. My husband is also a collector of Breweriana (Brewery ads and paraphernalia) so we would hunt together. In 2000, I became a vendor in an antique mall and the following year moved into Eastbrook Flea Market. I sold and a son, Bobby Mills from furniture and my previous marriages. I collectibles. In married my husband, Ray 2004, my son Kynard on Valentine’s Day in gave me the 1981 and we celebrated 39 clothes that Nina and Ray enjoying Fitzgerald Gala years this past February. He belonged to his has three children; a son, Chris Kynard and grandmother who had recently passed twins, Kelli McMahon and Craig Kynard. away. She had kept everything all the We became the Brady bunch with the kids way back to the 40’s. I decided sell them being ages 13, 11 and 5 years old. We and discovered that there were people bought our home in Dalraida at the time interested in vintage clothing. I became we married and we still live there. All of more interested in the clothing and styles our kids were raised here and three still as more people contacted me looking The River Region’s 50+ Lifestage Magazine
