Background
Herrin, Joseph Richard was born on August 14, 1923 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Joseph Richard Senior and Ophelia Madlin (Mullikin) Herrin.
Herrin, Joseph Richard was born on August 14, 1923 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Joseph Richard Senior and Ophelia Madlin (Mullikin) Herrin.
Graduate, Gulf Coast Military Academy, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1941.
District manager, assistant vice president, Herrin Motor Lines, Inc., Shreveport, 1941-1950; vice president, president, Herrin Transportation & Whse. Company, Inc., Shreveport, 1950-1975; owner, Cattle Farm, Marshall, Arkansas, 1968-1985; president, Herrin Feed and Farm Supply, Inc., Marshall, 1970-1975; president, Mid-States Industries, Inc., Shreveport, 1973-1975; president, American International December Superior vena cava syndrome Inc., Little Rock, since 1969; president, H.C.H. Inc., Little Rock, since 1985; president, CHR, Inc., since 1996. Consultant international trade and business, since 1985.
Secretary, treasurer National Aeronautical Association, Shreveport, 1946. Pilot Civil Air Patrol, Shreveport, 1946. Governor committeeman Louisiana Peace Officers Development Commission, Baton Rouge, 1963, Louisiana International Relations Commission, Baton Rouge, 1960.
District lay leader Louisiana Conference United Methodist Church, Baton Rouge, 1973-1974. Member National Defense Executive Reserve, Citizens Democracy Corps Inc., Southwest Transportation and Whse. Association (board directors 1950-1958), Louisiana Motor Transportation Association (president HHG division 1962-1963), American Trucking Association (executive committee 1964-1966), Executive Secretaries Association (founder 1st chapter in Shreveport 1962), Service Corps of Retired Executives/American Council on Exercise (president 1978-1979, chairman 1996), President Club, Industrial Development Committee (board directors 1960-1963), Ambassador Club (board directors 1961-1976), Junior Chamber of Commerce, Lions, Optomist, Masons, York and Scottish Rites, Shrine.
Married Helen Richbourg, November 9, 1940. Children: Susan, Joe, Bo, William.