Herrington obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Herrington, R. P., Jr.       10 Apr 2001    Apr 2001    Don Johnson
Herrington, Randy Lee, Sr.    6 Mar 2005    Mar 2005    Jerry Nelson 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  4/10/2001

HERRINGTON, R.P. "DOC"
Dr. R.P. Herrington Jr. died Monday, April 9, 2001, of leukemia at Veterans
Memorial Hospital. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Religious services at the funeral home at 11 a.m.
Wednesday. Dr. Herrington, a retired optometrist, was the loving husband of
the late Jewel Thomas Yarbrough Herrington, who was of Kentwood. Survivors
include three sons, R.P. "Bobby" Herrington III of Jackson, Miss., Ray
Hubert Herrington of Raymond, Miss., and Roy Ponder Herrington of Fannin, 
Miss.; a daughter, Hilda Herrington Askew of Jackson, Miss.; a sister,
Dorothy Dahm of Biloxi, Miss.; 10 grandchildren and two great-grand-
daughters. He was a graduate of the University of Mississippi and Southern 
College of Optometry, Memphis, Tenn. Some of his greatest achievements
included proudly serving his country as an officer in the U.S. Navy during
World War II, where he survived the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941;
and having served under and accompanied Adm. Byrd on a South Pole
expedition. Dr. Herrington was an avid sportsman, a championship archer and
an inventor of "the Pod," bow-hunting equipment. According to Doc, his 
greatest accomplishment was his family. In lieu of flowers, memorials may
be made to the American Cancer Society or Gideon's International. 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  3/6/2005

HERRINGTON, RANDY LEE, SR. 
He died at 10:50 p.m. on Friday, March 4, 2005, at in Roseland. He was 41,
a native of Kentwood and a resident of Independence. Visitation at McKneely
Funeral Home, Amite, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Sunday, March 6, and from 
8 a.m. Monday, March 7, until religious service at 10 a.m., conducted by
the Rev. Heath Rohner. Interment in Tangipahoa Cemetery, Tangipahoa. He is
survived by his wife, Tammie Crose Herrington, Independence; three sons,
Randy Lee Herrington, South Carolina, Kelly Herrington, stationed in South
Carolina, and Justin Bass Herrington, Pumpkin Center; stepdaughters,
Rebecca Hazel Breaux and Krystal Ashton Breaux, both of Independence;
sister, Cristy Herrington Sharp, Hammond; three brothers, Ben Ray
Herrington Jr., Kodiak, Tenn., Timothy Gene Herrington and Michael Bass
Herrington, both of Kentwood; mother, Joyce Colleen Bass, Amite; father,
Ben Ray Herrington Sr., Roseland; and stepfather, George Carlton Bond,
Amite. He was preceded in death by grandparents, Edna Bass and Jack J. Bass
and O.D. and Mary Herrington. 

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