Jimmy Ray Henry was born on August 15, 1934, to Boyd and Emma Henry. Jimmy Henry’s family lived in the Fort Sanders area of Knoxville at 1302 Grand Avenue, only two blocks away from the Long’s residence. Jimmy dropped out of high school sometime before graduating and often hung-out at Comer's. Jimmy died on August 20, 1955, as a result of a pistol shot to the head a week earlier. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Wesley G. Morgan, Ph.D.