Biography of John Duncan Henley Jr, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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John and Floy Henley, as owners of Henley's Florist & Greenhouses on South
Washington which they bought, previously Gowdy's Florist & Greenhouse, in Jan.
1949. Born in Glendore, Miss., the son of John D. and Adelie Lee (Huffman)
Henley, he moved to Arkansas at an early age to receive his schooling at
Brinkley High School, Hendrix College, and Arkansas State Teachers College, and
the Univ. of Arkansas. At one time he was with Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Little
Rock and later in Wilmington, Del. In 1931, he opened Henley Advertising Co. in
Conway, Ark. He became an accomplished musician, and was the band director for
Conway and Morrillton High Schools, and then the Arkansas State Teachers
College, and in 1936, in Smackover, Ark. He came to Forrest City in 1942 as
Director of the Forrest City High School band and Choral group. On Mar. 26,
1924, he married Miss Floy Gwinn, daughter of Will and Jessie (Duke) Gwinn of
Conway, and grand-daughter of James and Nancy Duke, pioneer settlers of Faulkner
County. To this union was born a son and a grandson.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas