John T. “Jake” Herring, Sr., 70, of Fitzgerald, Georgia died Saturday, December 4, 2010, at Dorminy Medical Center.
No services are scheduled at this time.
Mr. Herring was born May 5, 1940 in Ben Hill County, Georgia to the late John Lacey and Sadie Lucille Taylor Herring. He was a graduate of Fitzgerald High School and served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a farmer having worked land with his father and attended the former Deerwood Fellowship. He was a former resident of Waycross.
He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law: John T. Herring, Jr. & Debbie of Fitzgerald; grandchildren: Miranda Paige Herring of Fitzgerald and Billy J. Woods of Humboldt, Tennessee; brother: Jimmy Herring of Rutledge; sister: Barbara Setzer of Danielsville; the mother of his children: Linda Sue Herring of Fitzgerald; brother-in-law: Nathaniel Gunter of Fitzgerald as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter: Cynthia Darlene Woods and a sister: Betty Lou Gunter.