Jim Hensley
- Birth Date:
- 12.04.1920
- Death date:
- 21.06.2000
- Length of life:
- 80
- Days since birth:
- 38006
- Years since birth:
- 104
- Days since death:
- 8716
- Years since death:
- 23
- Person's maiden name:
- James Willis Hensley
- Categories:
- Businessman
- Nationality:
- american
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
James Willis Hensley (April 12, 1920 – June 21, 2000) was an American businessman in the beer industry
Known for One of Arizona's richest men;
Father-in-law of U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John McCain
Spouses :
Mary Jeanne Parks (m. c. 1937; div. 1945)
Marguerite "Smitty" Johnson (m. 1945)
Children
Kathleen Hensley (b. 1943)
Cindy Lou Hensley (b. 1954)
Hensley was born in Texas and moved to Arizona during his youth. He was a bombardier on B-17 Flying Fortresses during World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war he was convicted of illegal distribution of liquor and was also involved in a racetrack operation that was investigated by authorities.
He founded Hensley & Co. in 1955. Headquartered in Phoenix, it grew to be one of the largest Anheuser-Busch beer distributorships in the nation. One of Arizona's richest men at the time of his death, Hensley was the father of Cindy Hensley McCain and the father-in-law of United States Senator and 2000 and 2008 presidential candidate John McCain.
Source: wikipedia.org
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