H. R. Herring

Aug. 14, 1925 – Nov. 25, 2015

Funeral services for Harry Robert “Bob” Herring will be Friday, Dec. 4 at 10:30 a.m., at the Encampment Presbyterian Church. Military graveside services are also planned at the Encampment Cemetery. He died Nov. 25 at age 90.

Mr. Herring was born Aug. 14, 1925, the third son born to Gladys Fisher Herring and George Ellis Herring in Encampment. He was educated in Encampment and graduated from high school there in 1943.

He worked for a timber company after graduation and one day during lunch break he commented he wished he would hear from the draft board, knowing tha...