Perry T. Heishman
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Title
Perry T. Heishman
Subject
Heishman, Perry Twyman (1926-1989)
Description
Photograph of Perry T. Heishman as a young man. He is wearing a uniform that indicates he was part of the Civilian Air Patrol.
Perry was born in Edinburg, Virginia, to Perry A. and Jessie (Newland) Heishman. The family farmed in the “Massanutten Mountain” area of the Madison District in 1930 and in the Johnston District in 1940. He had two older brothers, Lester and William.
Perry graduated from Edinburg High School. Soon after, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and spent his career in the military where he was posted to bases both in the country and overseas. He died in Mississippi but was buried in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he had lived and worked many years. When he died, his obituary in the Honolulu newspaper noted he was a retired flight engineer with the U.S. Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base near Pearl Harbor.
He was married to Nola Estelle McCoy, (1930-1979) originally from Mobile County, Alabama. The couple lived in Pascagoula, Mississippi, when she died.
Ten years later, when Perry died, he left behind two grown children: Charles and Louise.
Perry was born in Edinburg, Virginia, to Perry A. and Jessie (Newland) Heishman. The family farmed in the “Massanutten Mountain” area of the Madison District in 1930 and in the Johnston District in 1940. He had two older brothers, Lester and William.
Perry graduated from Edinburg High School. Soon after, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and spent his career in the military where he was posted to bases both in the country and overseas. He died in Mississippi but was buried in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he had lived and worked many years. When he died, his obituary in the Honolulu newspaper noted he was a retired flight engineer with the U.S. Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base near Pearl Harbor.
He was married to Nola Estelle McCoy, (1930-1979) originally from Mobile County, Alabama. The couple lived in Pascagoula, Mississippi, when she died.
Ten years later, when Perry died, he left behind two grown children: Charles and Louise.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca 1944
Contributor
Identified by Richard Tisinger who found him in the Edinburg High School yearbook as a Junior in the 1943-1944 school year.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Same subject as in Morrison photo 02430.
Identifier
003105
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Perry T. Heishman,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed May 2, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/29154.
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