John P. Hey is one of the teaching elders of Grace Bible Church. He was born in Greenwood in 1939 and has lived most of life in the Delta. He was saved and baptized at eleven years of age, and has been active in church since. He attended Mississippi College, majoring in chemistry and minoring in Bible and Speech. While there, he met his wife, Nora; they have...John P. Hey is one of the teaching elders of Grace Bible Church. He was born in Greenwood in 1939 and has lived most of life in the Delta. He was saved and baptized at eleven years of age, and has been active in church since. He attended Mississippi College, majoring in chemistry and minoring in Bible and Speech. While there, he met his wife, Nora; they have four children and five grandchildren. He earned his MD in 1964 from the University of Mississippi Medical School, with a residency at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. He served as an Army captain in Vietnam. He moved to Greenwood in 1967 and established a practice in family medicine, with subspecialties in geriatrics and sleep medicine. He helped found Grace Bible Church in 1970, and later the Greenwood Christian School. While helping in the pastorate here he has preached and taught through the entire Bible verse by verse. He is an avid reader, and very active in Civil Air Patrol as a mission pilot, incident commander, check pilot, and wing medical officer. | more | less
