Grace Netherland Heiskell Terry was born February 2, 1923, in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
Grace attended high school at Miss Master’s School in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and then went to Katherine Gibbs College in Boston. When she returned to Arkansas, she worked as a secretary for her uncle, John Netherland "Ned" Heiskell, the editor in chief of the Arkansas Gazette.
Grace married Walter Terry, and they moved to New Jersey. He later became the vice president of Morgan Guaranty Trust Company. Grace has two children, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Grace Netherland Heiskell Terry passed away on June 23, 2024.
#1: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Grace Heiskell Terry; Fayetteville, Arkansas; 2016
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#2: Grace Terry's Father, Fred Heiskell, 1903
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#3: Grace Heiskell Terry's sister, Josephine "Deanie" Heiskell; ca. 1930s
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#4: Grace Heiskell Terry's father, Fred Heiskell, and sister, Josephine Heiskell, 1931
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#5: Grace Terry's father, Fred Heiskell
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#6: Grace Heiskell Terry's mother, Georgia Royston Heiskell
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#7: Grace Heiskell (Terry) at the Arkansas Gazette; Little Rock, Arkansas, 1942
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#8: Grace Terry with her husband Walter, 1944
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#9: Grace Heiskell (Terry)'s daughter, Georgie, 1950
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#10: Walter and Grace Terry (center) with Martha Riggs (left) and Deanie Harrison at the Acropolis in Athens; October 1965
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#11: Grace and Walter Terry
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#12: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Grace Heiskell Terry; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2016
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#13: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Grace Heiskell Terry; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2016
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#14: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Grace Heiskell Terry; Fayetteville; Arkansas, 2016
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