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Submitted: 10/20/20 • Approved: 10/21/20 • Last Updated: 10/24/20 • R360318-G0-S3
April 28, 1941-June 16, 1979
Inscribed on back of stone:
A loving son, brother, uncle, and devoted educator of special children.
*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
STINNETT - Funeral services for Tommy Edward Herring, 38 of Lubbock were at 3 p.m. today in Stinnett Church of Christ with Mr. Percy Parrish, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Sunset Memorial Cemetery by Alexander-Simpson Funeral Directors.
Born April 28, 1941 in Pampa, Mr. Herring died Friday in an automobile accident in Lubbock. He had been with Lubbock Independent School District for 16 years, serving as elementary counselor and director of special education. He had been principal at Ballinger Elementary School since 1974.
Survivors include his parents, two brothers, and one sister.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, June 18, 1979, Page 2)
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Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Tommy Edward Herring
Date of Birth: 28 Apr 1941
Gender: Male
Birth County: Gray
Father's Name: Russell Lester Herring
Mother's name: Zora Edward Beardain
Roll number: 1941_0004
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Tommy Herring
Death Date: 16 Jun 1979
Death County: Lubbock
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Tommy Edward Herring
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1941
Birth Place: Pampa, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas
Father: Russell Herring
Mother: Zora Beardain
Age at Death: 38
Death Date: 16 Jun 1979
Death Place: Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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