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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.

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

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Perry T. Heishman,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 23, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/29154.

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