Kate Ranson Cornue was a native to Huntersville and was involved in the Huntersville Woman's Club, Huntersville ARP Church, and wrote for the Mecklenburg Gazette. Cornue was the first white teacher to volunteer to teach in black only schools and was a pioneer teacher in the in the integration of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. She taught drama and in 1983 the NC Theater Conference awarded her the Distinguished Career Award.