Biography of Knox Kinney, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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The record of Knox Kinney, young Forrest City lawyer, in the professional,
religious, civic, and public service fields is as outstanding as that of any
young men in the State of Arkansas. Mr. Kinney is a member of the House of
Representatives of the State of Arkansas, Past President of the Young Business
Men's Club, VP of the Rotary Club, Vice Commander of the King-Beazley American
Legion Post, VP of the Eastern Arkansas Young Men's Club and Chairman of the St.
Francis County National Infantile Paralysis Foundation. He also serves as the
State Division for the 1953 March of Dimes Campaign, and the Arkansas,
Tennessee, and American Bar Associations. Mr. Kinney's parents moved here when
he was 5 years of age, Mr. & Mrs. K. H. Kinney, now of Hughes, from Blytheville.
He graduated from Forrest City High School, Columbia Military Academy and then
one year at The Citadel, before World War II interrupted his schooling. In April
1943, he joined the U. S. Army and saw action in the European Theatre wit the
94th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 14th Armored Division. Three years later he
was placed on inactive duty status as a Lieutenant. He then attended Vanderbilt
University where he received a L. L. B. and B. S. Degree. In 1949 he entered law
practice, with admission to the bar in Tennessee and Arkansas, one year in
Memphis with Snowden, Davis, McCloy and Donelson, and in 1950, opened his own
practice in Forrest City. His wife is the pretty and friendly Patricia Lee
Patrick of Memphis. They have one son.


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

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