HALL OF FAME 1998 Earl W. Heiner, Jr. is the President of Heiner's Bakery in Huntington, West Virginia. He began working at the bakery at the age of 14. After serving in the military he became the assistant manager of the bakery until he was named president in 1982. Heiner is the third generation to work at the bakery, which has been in business since 1905. In 1996, Heiner's Bakery was sold to Earthgrains, Inc. of St. Louis, one of the top three bakeries in the United States. Heiner graduated from Kentucky Military Institute in 1953 and from Marshall University with a B.A. degree in 1958 where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Eps ilon fraternity. He spent two years in the infantry as a first lieutenant in the Receiving and Processing Company and Executive Officer of Head Quarter Company in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Heiner is a member and trustee of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church where he has taught Sunday School for seven years. Heiner has been active in the following charities: Cammack Children's Center, Boys and Girls Club, Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the Y.M.C.A. He has been president of the West Virginia Bakers Association, president of the Tri-State Bakers Association, Huntington Clinical Foundation, Marshall Business Advisory Board, member of the Marshall University Foundation, Board of Directors for Commerce Bank of Huntington, Board of Trustees for Alderson-Broaddus College, and Gideon's. Heiner and his wife, Nancy Lee Eddy, have two sons, a daughter and seven grandchildren. Heiner's two sons now make the fourth generation to work at the bakery.