Herman Arthur Hinshaw, son of William Nathan and Emma Jane Young Hinshaw, was born August 20, 1900 in Franklin County. He married Jimmie Mae Grammar in 1920 and they were the parents of one daughter. He operated a barber shop on the north side of the square in Winchester with his brother Floyd for over ten years and left that business to seek the office of Franklin County Trustee. He was elected in 1936 and served three, four-year terms. He then moved to Fayetteville and accepted a position as an accountant at Redstone Arsenal. He returned to Winchester following his retirement in 1965 and served as mayor from 1967-1975. He died in Lincoln County Hospital on February 2, 1983 and was buried in the Masonic Gardens of Franklin Memorial Gardens near Winchester.
 
Mayor Herman Hinshaw
 
 
1967-1975
 

 

 

 




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