Ouachita-Richland County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....HERRINGTON , MARTIN June 24, 2009
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News Star World - June 27, 2009
MARTIN HERRINGTON 

Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home, Ridgeland, MS 

Dr. Martin Selby Herrington, 64, passed away Wednesday June 24, 2009 at St. 
Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital. A Memorial Service will be held 2:00 P. M. 
Saturday June 27, 2009 at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home on Highland Colony 
Parkway in Ridgeland, preceded by visitation at 12 Noon. Dr. Herrington was 
born in Yazoo County, MS, and was reared in Rayville, LA. He attended Baylor 
University, received his bachelor's degree from Northeast Louisiana 
University, received his master's and specialist degrees from Mississippi 
College, and received his doctorate in educational leadership from Mississippi 
State University. Dr. Herrington was an ordained deacon, a Sunday school 
teacher, and a tenor in the church choir at various Baptist churches. At the 
time of his death he was a member of First Baptist Church of Jackson. He was 
also a member of the Lion's Club International. In the late 1960's he served 
with the US Marine Corps in the Vietnam Conflict. He participated in the 
liberation of the ancient imperial city of Hue in the Tet Offensive. He was a 
career public school educator in the state of Mississippi. The first half of 
his career was spent as a school administrator in Yazoo, Hinds, and Humphreys 
Counties and Moss Point City Schools. The last half of his career was spent at 
the MS State Department of Education as a coordinator of training for school 
superintendants, principals, and school board members. He also served as an 
auditor for the accreditation of MS public schools. He was preceded in death 
by his parents, Dr. Herbert Richard Herrington, Sr. and Rita Cue Martin 
Herrington, both of Bentonia ; and brother, Dr. Herbert Richard Herrington, 
II, of Nashville, TN. He is survived by his wife, Janice Gibson Herrington of 
Ridgeland; children, Mark, Paul, and Tracie; grandchildren, Will, Cole, Ana, 
Bella, Paula, Landon, Ashlei, Clay and Luke; and sisters, Katherine Owen of 
Ruston, LA, Ginger Davis of Clinton, and Victoria Goeders of West Monroe, LA. 
In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to the American 
Cancer Society, 1380 Livingston Ln, Jackson, MS 39213, the Baptist Children's 
Village, P.O. Box 27, Clinton MS 39060-0027, or the MS Kidney Foundation, 3000 
Old Canton Rd., Jackson, MS 39216



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