Henry Vinson is a man of many diverse talents. He has explored many interests throughout his life. He is a licensed commercial pilot with 10,000 flight hours logged. His aviation specialties include flying single-engine and multi-engine airplanes, rotorcraft-helicopters, and instrument-airplanes, as well as being the recipient of outstanding ratings for airplane flight instructor and helicopter flight instructor. 

Henry Vinson was born in 1960 in South Williamson, Kentucky. He graduated from Williamson High School in 1979. After attending South West Virginia Community College, he enrolled in the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. He earned a Master of Science degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from West Virginia University and then continued on to earn a Master of Applied Science degree in Mortuary Science from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. 

In 1982, he was appointed as the Coroner for Mingo County, West Virginia. Four years later, he became a funeral director for W. W. Chambers Funeral Home in Washington, DC. After his stint at W. W. Chambers Funeral Home, he owned and operated the largest gay escort service ever uncovered in Washington, DC at the age of 26. 

He is a member of several organizations including the Public Relations Society of America, the Airplane Owner and Pilot Association, the American Marketing Association, the American Communications Association, and the Experimental Aircraft Association. He is also an accomplished author.

In 2007, Henry Vinson received a Masters in Integrated Marketing Communications from West Virginia University and began a successful entrepreneurial career in Cincinnati, Ohio that still exists today. Henry Vinson Marketing and Advertising (HVMA) is a comprehensive marketing strategy firm that is focused solely on customer satisfaction. No customer is ever charged a single cent until they are completely satisfied with the outcome of their project. 

Piggybacking off his successful career as a marketing and advertising consultant, Henry Vinson opted to return to school in 2014 in order to pursue a law degree. He is currently enrolled in the Juris Doctor Program at William Howard Taft University, which is well-known for being America’s oldest nationally accredited distance learning law school.