Dr. Donald Louis Herman, 80, of McComb, passed away March 21, 2017.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, at Culpepper Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Bethsaida Baptist Church Cemetery in French Camp. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. prior to services at the funeral home. Rev. Jimmie Ballard will officiate.
Dr. Herman was an avid hunter as a boy and loved his beagle Shorty. Shorty slept under the bed and kept the boys (and sometimes mom) awake with his snoring. He continued to take his family camping and fishing, instilling a love of animals and the outdoors. After college, he worked in health food science, animal nutrition, and soil and water quality industries in Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Kansas before becoming an agricultural consultant with Brookside Farms Laboratory Asc. working from McComb. He loved to talk with people and would spend hours yarnin’ and telling jokes. He was well-known at the McComb Golden Corral where he would eat and visit with friends almost daily. His sense of humor showed even to the nurses in his final days. He was devoted to his dog Sandy and she to him, walking her several times a day to the Railroad Park and back. He was a generous neighbor and friend to all who knew him.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Harry and Lucille Herman; wives, Sarah Sue Herman, Janice Herman.
He is survived by sons, Donald L. (Glenda) Herman, Jr. of Monument, Col., David L. (Tammie) Herman of Toccoa, Ga.; daughters, Melanie (Glenn) Lawrence of Meeker, Okla., Debra (Paul) Tanksley of Kosciusko, Cheryl Goudelock of Magee; brother, Harry A. Herman, Jr. of Pensacola, Fla.; cousin, Norma Glazebrook of Alton, Ill.; grandchildren, Austin, Daniel, Jamie, Erin, Trevor, Joshua; great-grandchildren, Misty, Daniel, Avery, Kinley.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (www.michaeljfox.org) or to a charity of your choice.
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