Obituaries:  Earnest Thurman Herrington, Sabine Parish       H-652
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 5, 1985
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Earnest Thurman Herrington (Photo)

  Mr. Earnest Thurman Herrington, 73, of Negreet, passed away in
the Sabine Medical Center in Many, on Aug. 29, 1985, at 9:30 p.m.

  Services were held in the Beulah Baptist Church on Sept. 1,
1985, at 2 p.m. Burial was in the Beulah Cemetery. Pallbearers
include Rick Tedder, Mark Ussery, Keith Ussery, Gino Parler,
David Britt, Buddy Herrington, Don White, and Herman Ray Rogers.
Honorary pallbearers include Wayne Pontiff, Larry Painter, Mike
Herrington, and Jim Gabbert.

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Edna Herrington of
Negreet; nine daughters, Viola Dyson of Many, Frances Baker of
Hammond, Joy White of Florien, Joyce Ann Cooper, and Glenda
Howell, both of Alexandria, Althas Parler, Faye Painter, Linda
Rogers, and Kathy Tedder, all of Negreet; six brothers, Bill
Herrington, and Hilman Herrington, both of Sandersville, Miss.,
Theodore Herrington of Oak Grove, Rook Herrington of Hobbs, new
Mexico, Donald Herrington of Reform, Ala., and Lloyd Herrington
of Kentucky; four sisters, Frances Bridges of Chicago, Ill,
Minnie Shedd, and Velma McCraney, both of Sandersville, Miss.,
and Helen Gabbert of Valparaiso, Fla.; 33 grandchildren; 35 great
grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

  Services were under the direction of the Warren Meadows Funeral
Home.