Kim Hendren degree in engineering from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He is an Independent Protestant who has been active since 1963 in the Gideons International, the men's group which distributes Bibles in such public places as hotel rooms. He is active in Kiwanis International. Hendren is married to the former Marylea Hutchinson, a sister of former U.S. Senator Tim Hutchinson and former U.S. Representative, former head of the DEA, and current Governor Asa Hutchinson. In 2002, Tim Hutchinson lost his reelection bid to Mark Pryor for the other U.S. Senate seat from Arkansas. Asa Hutchinson lost a Senate race in
Fenway Hotel Northerners during the winter months, changing owners in 1956 when it was bought for $300,000. Plans to restore the hotel and add two independent wings to the building, creating "a hotel with 132 rooms, a spa, a ballroom and a 150-seat restaurant, all surrounded by lush landscaping and a 6-foot-tall masonry wall", developed in 2007, raising traffic concerns from some residents. An earlier plan for a larger redevelopment was rejected. Redevelopment of the Jazz Age hotel stalled in 2010 over legal disputes and a foreclosure proceeding. On June 13, 2014, the non-profit organization, Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA