Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Herring, George William January 24, 2003
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The Cedartown Standard, Cedartown, GA, February 04, 2003
George William Herring, Colonel, USMC retired, 85, passed away Friday, Jan. 24, 
2003 at the Brandon Wilde, a retirement home in Evans, GA. Colonel Herring 
graduated from the U.S. Navel Academy in 1940. Among his duty stations during 
World War II, he served as a Company Commander with the First Marine Raider 
Battalion on Guadalcanal. During the Korean War, as the commanding officer of 
HMR-161, he pioneered U.S. Military Helicopter Tactics. As chronicled in the 
book, Calvary of the Sky, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he served with the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. His last duty station was as the 
commanding officer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station at Quantico, VA. After 
his military career, he taught mathematics in the public schools in northern 
Virginia and then retired to Jekyll Island, GA. Survivors include his wife, 
Elizabeth Morgan Herring; son, George William Herring of Dunwoody, GA; 
daughters, Elisabeth Herring Colquohoun, of Sharpsburg, GA, and Margaret 
Herring Keogh of Corvallis, OR; 3 grandaughters and 3 grandsons. Graveside 
services were held Friday, Jan. 31 at 3 p.m. at the Rose Hill Cemetery. Rev. J. 
Dean Phelps officiated. Memorials may be made to the Colonnade and Pavilion 
Endowment Foundation in honor of George W. Herring, attn: Rosie Messer, 
President, Brandon Wilde, 4275 Owens Road, Evans, GA 30809. Freeman Harris 
Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. (The Cedartown Standard, 
Cedartown, GA, February 04, 2003)


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