Etta Mae Herndon, 88, passed away on September 9, 2015 after an extended illness.
She was born in Appling County on November 12, 1956, graduated from Appling County High School and was retired from the Appling County School System.
Etta Mae was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Curtis Herndon; her parents, Elmer and Edna Herrington; a sister, Hulda Pope; and a brother, J. D. Herrington.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Gary Cochran of Wetumpka, Alabama; two grandsons, Clifton (Brittany) Cochran of Surrency and Charles (Molly) Cochran of Birmingham, Alabama; four sisters, Lunette (Donald) Hall of Baxley, Marsha (Curtis) Morris of Callahan, Florida, Elaine Parker of Fernandina Beach, Florida, and Linda (Tot) Weatherly of Hazlehurst; one brother, Kenneth (Ann) Herrington of Waycross; and a host of nieces and nephews. Also surviving are special friends, Wanda Powell, Betty Carter, Gene and Beth Mann, Jimmy and Miriam Johnson, and Margaret Wilcox.
Funeral services were held Saturday, September 12 at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Swain Funeral Home with the Rev. Jonathan Mann and the Rev. Virgil Carter officiating. Interment followed in Memorial Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery.
Active pallbearers included her grandsons, Clif Cochran and Charles Cochran along with her nephews, Ricky Pope, Bryan Pope, Kelvin Morris, and Gene Mann.
Honorary pallbearers were the Adult Sunday School Class of Memorial Free Will Baptist Church and members of the Appling County Retired Teachers Association.
The Herndon family is especially appreciative of her recent caregivers: Ruby James, Ida Jones, and Flossie White. The family would also like to thank Dr. Pumpelly and the staff at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Dr. Graham and Dr. Martin and the staff at Appling Healthcare System and Angie Potts and the staff with Comfort Care Hospice.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Appling Healthcare System’s Comfort Care Hospice Benevolence Fund in memory of Etta Mae Herndon.
Musical selections were rendered by David Williams.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Swain Funeral Home.